Month: August 2015

What Would A Sanders’ Presidency Look Like?

While most of the media understandably remains fixated on the horse-race aspect of the presidential contest (“Bernie’s surging!”), a few intrepid journalists are daring to think the unthinkable: what if Bernie actually won the election? What would a Sanders presidency look like? This is an important question, not least because how one answers it goes […]…Continue Reading What Would A Sanders’ Presidency Look Like?

Friday Links – August 28, 2015

NMC has released the second Library Edition of it’s Horizon Report, it explores academic and research libraries in a global context. You can download the report here: Download theNMC Horizon Report > 2015 Library Edition (PDF) The report explores some of the same trends and challenges that we are talking about. Below is a video summary….Continue Reading Friday Links – August 28, 2015

Systems Maintenance this Sunday, Aug 30th

During our regular maintenance window this Sunday, August 30th  from 6 am – 10 am we have the following activities scheduled:   Our Exchange email environment will receive the latest patch from Microsoft (Cumulative update 9) There is no service outage planned with this maintenance, though active Outlook Web Access (webmail) sessions may be prompted […]…Continue Reading Systems Maintenance this Sunday, Aug 30th

New Library staff member: Mikaela Taylor

On September 1st, Mikaela Taylor ’15, will join the Library in Special Collections & Archives as our inaugural Postgraduate Fellow for Special Collections and Archives. Mikaela studied Comparative Literature at Middlebury, worked as a Digital Liberal Arts intern this summer, and studied Italian language and culture in Rome and Siena, Italy. She hails from Houston, Texas. Mikaela will […]…Continue Reading New Library staff member: Mikaela Taylor

Trust Me: We All Liked President Carter Then Too But…

By now, most of you have likely heard of Jimmy Carter’s recent announcement that he has cancer which has spread to his liver and to his brain. Carter, who is 90 years old, is undergoing radiation and other therapy with an uncertain prognosis. However, he wryly noted in this press conference, hosted at the Carter […]…Continue Reading Trust Me: We All Liked President Carter Then Too But…