EBSCO eBooks - New App for Offline Reading
| by Gretchen Kenet
Beginning May 19, you will need a new application to read EBSCO e-books offline. Read on for more information!
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Adopt a pocket-pet at the library (May 7th)
How are you relaxing during finals? Stressbusters are happening all over campus. Starting at 10am on Thursday May 7th, tiny pocket-pets will be hidden on all three floors of the Davis Family Library. Come wander the stacks and take home a cute buddy. Options will include a yellow shark, green platypus, grey manatee, orange fox, and pink/purple lizard.
Footnotes to Success: A Senior History Thesis
Celebrate some of the ways our library staff are creating connections. These stories are one of the many “footnotes” that highlight how we are all contributing to our academic community. In this post, Alyssa Wright (Director of Research, Instruction, and Data Services) helps a student with their senior history thesis.
Behind the Scenes of the Library: Collections Edition, Part I
Ever wondered how books find their way to our shelves, how we get access to films from around the world, or how our electronic journal and database subscriptions find their way into LibrarySearch? Find out!
Staff Picks: "Bury Your Gays" by Chuck Tingle
Find out what the Davis Family Library is reading! Staff Picks features recommendations from people working in Davis. In this post, Kat Cyr, Interlibrary Loan Associate, features Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle.
We are reviewing items in our collections and other content that is available for free to Middlebury students, faculty and staff.
Judging our Books by the Numbers
Davis Family Library stands as an intellectual cornerstone of our campus, maintaining a diverse collection and a wide array of services which support our liberal arts curriculum. Here is a brief ‘year in review’ look at the numbers for 2025.
Information Literacy and AI: Reflections & Resources from Research Librarians
As Research Librarians, we strive to provide equitable access to a diversity of sources and perspectives that meets the needs of our academic community. Through instruction, outreach, and documentation, we endeavor to empower our learners to develop lifelong skills in critical thinking and information literacy. Read more about our thoughts on AI in academic research and check out two AI Research Guides we have created.
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Staff Picks: "Jesus and John Wayne" by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Find out what the Davis Family Library is reading! Staff Picks features recommendations from people working in Davis. In this post, Anna Hurd, Processing Archivist, Special Collections and Archives, features Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
We are reviewing items in our collections and other content that is available for free to Middlebury students, faculty and staff. 
Welcome Caro
Please help the Davis Family Library Welcome Caro Pinto. Caro will serve as the Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian. Her first day will be March 2nd.
The data of Black History
Phrases like “data visualization” and “data driven insights” are ubiquitous in the modern context, so much so that the history of these techniques is not often well documented. As part of the library’s celebration of Black History Month, we want to highlight the visionary data portraits created by W.E.B. Du Bois for exhibition at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris, France.