The theme for this year’s Staff Picks is anti-racism, and in this post, Director of Research & Instruction at the Davis Family Library, Carrie Macfarlane writes about The Buddha in the Atticby Julie Otsuka.
March 8th is International Women’s Day and today we feature a film called “Through Chinese women’s eyes” produced, written and directed by Mayfair Mei-hui Yang.New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies, [2013]. In Chinese with English voiceover. Streaming video on Panopto (Midd login required). Summary: “Presents the transformations in the lives of Chinese women over the 20th century. Documents the attempts to erase gender differences under Mao, today’s changing ideas of femininity, and the crystalization of Chinese feminism at the UN Women’s conference in Beijing”.
Tired of binge-watching Netflix, Disney, Amazon, HBO, etc.? Try something different like watching the original Japanese Godzilla film (don’t worry there are subtitles) and other films you can stream from Kanopy. We also have popular ebooks and audio books you can read. The library even has current digital editions of newspapers and magazines from around the U.S. and world in almost every language. Don’t miss out on these great library subscriptions! And do you know about all the cool stuff Special Collections has digitized? Read the full post to learn more. Don’t miss out!
The March edition of the MiddLab Coffee Break discussion series will focus on ethics in data, including how data can be used for social good, data feminism, and community ownership of data
We are excited to welcome students back to campus, and to our libraries. As part of the College’s evolving response to COVID-19, the library is committed to helping faculty and students safely access the services and resources they need for their teaching and learning. Here are our plans for Spring Term 2021, with the understanding that as the situation evolves, there may be further changes.
Each February, the United States recognizes Black History Month. Join us this month as we feature works by Black authors in Special Collections. Today we celebrate Countee Cullen’s 1942 work, My Lives and How I Lost Them with Saher Al Khamash ‘21.
We continue our celebration of Black History Month with a selection of films from Kanopy (library streaming video subscription). Learn more about these and other African American writers at go/Kanopy.