Library Tuesday Teas 2024
Spring 2024 Tuesday Teas will host, Matthew Tokeshi (April 2), Brahim El Guabli (April 9), Olga Shevchenko (April 16), Elizabeth Elmi (April 30). Sawyer Library, Stetson Reading Room, 4PM. All welcome. Continue reading »
News and Exhibits
On Display in Sawyer: Trapunto quilt made by members of AMST 373
Inspired by the work of Pacita Abad (1946-2004), a Filipina multimedia artist, members of AMST 373: US Empire in the Philippines, created a trapunto that now hangs in Sawyer library, near the Horn Research Commons. It will be on display until February 25. Continue reading »
Research as Practice: Research Journals Drop In Series
Research is a practice of finding, thinking, connecting, and starting again. Notebooks are a valuable tool to record your thinking and engage it with curiosity. This drop in session is a semi-structured opportunity to write, diagram, practice, and revisit and build on your thinking while giving you a chance to… Continue reading »
Workshop 2/27: Post-Internet Rabbit Holes: Digital Collecting and Curation as Research
What, like, even really is “curation”? Or, like, a research practice that has organization and visual representation at the core of it, to maximize thoughts and connections. How is mood-boarding, the thematic collecting of disparate images and texts, a kind of research that can be harnessed for wackier, more rigorous,… Continue reading »
Now on Display – Immerse Yourself: Winter Study 2024
Now on display in Schow Science Library and Sawyer Library's Lippman Atrium, Immerse Yourself explores how the Libraries’ collection supports the Williams curriculum. Continue reading »
Spotlight on Tradition: 125 Years of Cap&Bells
Welcome to "Spotlight on Tradition: 125 Years of Cap&Bells," an immersive journey into the captivating history of the oldest continuously running student theatre organization, both here at Williams, and in the US. As we step behind the curtain, this exhibit invites you to explore the rich tapestry of creativity, resilience, and community that defines the legacy of Cap&Bells. Continue reading »
Library Access to Elsevier and Sage E-Journals Changing January 2024
The Libraries will be making significant changes in how faculty and students access scholarly journal articles published by Elsevier and by Sage. We won’t be changing what you access, but we will be changing how you access it. Learn more about the new process. Continue reading »
Confidential Disposition (Shred!) Day will be Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
Shred Day is December 13th, 2023! To support a more sustainable campus and to promote better business workflows, Williams Office of VP Finance, Operations, and Treasurer and the Records Management Program (Special Collections, Libraries) sponsor a confidential disposition (shred) day! Let’s declutter! As… Continue reading »
Declutter Your Digital Life: Delete-a-thon! (deleting + digital sustainability + space organization)
Google storage space will be reduced January 1, 2024 when Google’s new limits will apply to us. See more information on this upcoming change. Jessika Drmacich (Records Manager & Digital Resources Archivist, Libraries) will lead a short training with Seth Rogers (Director of Client Services, OIT) focusing on organizing and… Continue reading »
Now on Display: Remembering Louise Glück, 1943-2023
Now on display in Sawyer’s Lippman Atrium, this exhibit features work by the poet Louise Glück who died on October 13th, 2023. Louise, who taught for almost twenty years at Williams College, leaves an extraordinary legacy—she published thirteen books of poetry, two collections… Continue reading »