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   Information Literacy and AI: Reflections & Resources from Research Librarians

   March 17, 2026

   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

   March 10, 2026

   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.}

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   Welcome Caro

   February 23, 2026

   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.

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   From Bethel to Bethlehem: How the Bible Shaped the American Map

   February 11, 2026

   Tuesday February 24 4:30pm: How did biblical placenames like Bethel, Bethlehem, Canaan, and Goshen find their way to American landscapes? Join a religion scholar, a professor of modern Hebrew, and a Special Collections curator for a cross-disciplinary exploration of why early American colonists sought to mirror the geography of the Middle East on U.S. soil.

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   Staff Picks: "Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves" by Sophie Gilbert

   February 9, 2026

   Find out what the Davis Family Library is reading! Staff Picks features recommendations from people working in Davis. In this post, Mikaela Taylor, Special Collections Public Services and Outreach Specialist, features Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert.
   
   ^{We are reviewing items in our collections and other content that is available for free to Middlebury students, faculty and staff.}

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   Research Desk Closure

   January 26, 2026

   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.

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   Staff Picks: "What I ate in one year" by Stanley Tucci

   December 10, 2025

   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.}

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   Good luck on Finals! (Winter Recess Library Updates)

   December 3, 2025 | by Laksamee Cave

   Wishing you a delightful break! We have a few Library updates to share before the start of Winter Recess.

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   Adopt a pocket-pet at the library (December 2nd)

   November 28, 2025

   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! 

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    ON EGGS-HIBIT: Case cracked? The Mystery of Ron Powers’ Big Bird Egg Solved!

    November 17, 2025 | by Liefe Temple

    An unusual egg with a dramatic backstory eggs on hard-boiled researcher-detective to crack the case!