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!
News
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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)
| by Laksamee Cave
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!
| by Liefe Temple
An unusual egg with a dramatic backstory eggs on hard-boiled researcher-detective to crack the case!
Special Collections, MiddPoints
ON EGGS-HIBIT: Nancy Willard’s Bread Loaf Eggs
| by Liefe Temple
Nancy Willard (1936 - 2017) was an author, poet, and teacher, best known for her children’s books. During Willard’s time at Bread Loaf during the 1980s and 90s, she asked fellow faculty, attendees, and guests to sign wooden eggs. This EGGS-HIBIT is a collection of nearly three dozen hand painted and decorated eggs, themed around each signatory and their work, paired with a corresponding literary work.
New - The CSE Manual Online
| by Gretchen Kenet
Middlebury College students, faculty, and staff now have access to The CSE Manual Online, the authoritative reference for authors, editors, and publishers in all areas of the sciences.
Library Mews: Vera
Enjoy cute pet photos with us and get to know the staff working in Davis Family Library. Library Mews has expanded to include all animals, but you’ll still see plenty of cats.
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Airwaves to Archives: Using ChatGPT to make WRMC recordings more accessible online
| by Kaitlin Buerge
Using AI tools like ChatGPT and Whisper, Middlebury Libraries transcribed and summarized 423 historic WRMC radio recordings now available at the Internet Archive. Then we brought those summaries into ArchivesSpace, improving searchability and connecting each program directly to its audio and transcript online.