Celebrate 100 years of Black History Commemorations
The inaugural week-long observance of Black history was held in 1926, making 2026’s Black History Month theme “A Century of Black History Commemorations.”
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Research Desk Closure
As some of you may have seen in the Middlebury Campus article, Davis Family Library’s Research Desk closed at the end of the Fall 2025 term. The closure of the Research Desk is the end of a service model better suited to another era but not the end of Research and Data Services.
Need to make a document more accessible?
SensusAccess is a web-based, self-service application that allows users to automatically convert documents into a range of alternate and accessible formats.
Library Mews: Lyra and Magic
These two beautiful horses belong to Rachel Fickes, Circulation Evening Supervisor. Find out more about them on Library Mews!
J-Term Library help
Librarians will be on chat 10am-4pm Monday-Thursday during J-Term. Pop by for help navigating resources, formatting citations, and more!
Staff Picks: "What I ate in one year" by Stanley Tucci
Find out what the Davis Family Library is reading! Staff Picks features recommendations from people working in Davis. In this post, Sarah Lohnes Watulak, Director of Digital Pedagogy and Media in DLINQ, features What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci.
We are reviewing items in our collections and other content that is available for free to Middlebury students, faculty and staff.
Hot chocolate, hot cider, and cheer!
Celebrate the end of fall classes and come by the library vestibule to grab a hot beverage. Monday, Dec. 8th, 2-4PM.
Good luck on Finals! (Winter Recess Library Updates)
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Wishing you a delightful break! We have a few Library updates to share before the start of Winter Recess.
Adopt a pocket-pet at the library (December 2nd)
How are you relaxing during finals? Stressbusters are happening all over campus. Starting at 10am on Tuesday Dec 2nd, 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. Locate the “chaser” pets, a silver fox and a red dragon, and bring them to the Circulation desk for a $20 Vermont Bookshop giftcard!
Special Collections, MiddPoints
ON EGGS-HIBIT: Case cracked? The Mystery of Ron Powers’ Big Bird Egg Solved!
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An unusual egg with a dramatic backstory eggs on hard-boiled researcher-detective to crack the case!