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Staff Picks: Nice White Parents

October 12, 2020 | by Mike Roy

Hey, voracious readers! Library staff members are reviewing the best items in our collections^* so that you can devour them, too. Read a 100-word Staff Pick then click on a handy link to get the book, article, video or podcast. Don’t stash away these treasures for later. Check them out now!
The theme for this year’s Staff Picks is anti-racism, and in this post, Dean of the Library Mike Roy writes about Nice White Parents from the New York Times.

^{* We are reviewing items in our collections and other content that is available for free to Midd students, faculty and staff!}

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Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize, reads at Bread Loaf

October 8, 2020 | by Rebekah Irwin

Louise Glück, the New York-born American poet with ties to Vermont and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, won the Nobel Prize for literature today.

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Old New Faces, or Facebook 50 Years Ago

October 8, 2020 | by Kaitlin Buerge

Have you ever wished that there was a directory - a book, perhaps, or a website - where you could search for your classmates by name in order to find out what they look like? A book of faces, maybe? Well, if you were a student between 1949 and 2008, Middlebury had your back. 

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Presenting: a Miniature Qur’an

October 6, 2020 | by Rebekah Irwin

Here’s another miniature book from Special Collections. Sometimes photographs alone are not enough. This book needs to be seen in action to be appreciated.

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Presenting: 1ère Cigarette

September 25, 2020 | by Kaitlin Buerge and Rebekah Irwin

We love sharing images of the books in our collections. Some books, though, need to be captured in action.

Update on Phase Two Library Services For Students

September 23, 2020 | by Mike Roy

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Alexander Twilight Day, or Happy 225th Birthday

September 22, 2020 | by Danielle Rougeau and Rebekah Irwin

On Juneteenth—the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of the last slaves in America— Vermont state lawmakers designated Sept. 23 as Alexander Twilight Day in Vermont.

Staff Picks

Staff Pick: Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

September 18, 2020 | by Carrie Macfarlane

Hey, voracious readers! Library staff members are reviewing the best items in our collections^* so that you can devour them, too. Read a 100-word Staff Pick, then click on a handy link to get the book, article, video or podcast. Don’t stash away these treasures for later. Check them out now!

The theme for this year’s Staff Picks is anti-racism, and in this post, Director of Research & Instruction Carrie Macfarlane writes about Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad.

^{* We are reviewing items in our collections and other content that is available for free to Middlebury students, faculty and staff!}

Welcome to the Libraries, Class of 2024

September 6, 2020 | by Carrie Macfarlane

Not even a giant flying squid with a mask could prevent us from trying to become your favorite place on campus.

Requesting Microforms from the Library

September 4, 2020 | by Terry Simpkins