Special Collections, MiddPoints
Welcome, Alyssa Walker!
Please help us welcome Alyssa Walker to Davis Family Library! Alyssa will serve as Digital Records Archivist in Special Collections. Her first day is June 23.
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(Or at least you like our books…)
SRA Summer Workshops
This June there will be a series of workshops geared for Summer Research Assistants. These workshops will focus on a variety of topics, including basic research skills, using the citation manager Zotero, data analysis with R, and using AI for research. Lunch will be provided for in-person workshops.
Thank you and congrats to the graduating students!
Congratulations Class of 2026! The Davis Family Library celebrates all your hard work and accomplishments during your time at Middlebury College and beyond. We wish you luck in your future endeavors. We also want to celebrate the student employees who will graduate….
Filter by Availability Now in LibrarySearch
Find relevant resources at Middlebury and beyond with the new filter by availability toggle on LibrarySearch.
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.