Special Collections, MiddPoints
Women's History Month with Emma Willard
| by Rebekah Irwin
Happy Women’s History Month, Emma Willard.
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Featured Film for International Women's Day (March 8th)
| by Brenda Ellis
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”.
29 Study Rooms and Counting!
| by Mike Roy
Private study spaces are now available to book through the library (go/bookaroom/).
Welcome to the Libraries, Class of 2024.5!
| by Carrie Macfarlane
Try these seven ways to get to oriented to the libraries
Going Stir Crazy During Quarantine?
| by Brenda Ellis
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!
MiddLab Coffee Break: Ethics in Data
| by Ryan Clement
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
Essential Information for Spring Term 2021
| by Mike Roy
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.
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Celebrating Black History Month: Countee Cullen's My Lives and How I Lost Them
| by Saher Al Khamash
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.
Black History Month: Celebrate Black Authors
| by Brenda Ellis
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.
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Celebrating Black History Month: Arna Bontemps' library connections
| by Kaitlin Buerge
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 Arna Bontemps: poet, novelist, and librarian.