Library Plans for Fall 2020
| by Mike Roy
Our libraries will re-open on September 8, 2020. Below you will find information about how the libraries will operate this fall.
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Faculty! Here’s How to Help Students Get the Most from the Library this Fall
| by Carrie Macfarlane
Five ways for faculty to help their students connect with the library, Fall 2020
Have the Quarantine Blues? Check Out these Library Resources
| by Brenda Ellis
Are you stuck in your dorm room? Going stir crazy? Fear not! The library will come to the rescue! We have films and music to stream, popular ebooks and audio books to read, online newspapers for catching up on world news or news from back home, and more!
The perfect prune whip: Tastes of the Middlebury Nursery School cook book
| by Kaitlin Buerge
We were thrilled to receive this donation of the 1938-1939 Middlebury Nursery School Cook Book from Deborah West Zipf, Class of 1958.
Ask-A-Librarian Zoom Drop-In Hours for Faculty
Faculty! We’ve turned our calendars to August, and we expect you’re starting to think about the logistics of your fall classes. How will you and your students access library resources and services during this unusual semester? Librarians are ready to answer your questions, and we’re eager to hear about your preliminary plans. Join us at Zoom Drop-In Hours!
What Angelina Weld Grimké taught me about Black authors in Special Collections
| by Kaitlin Buerge
While researching Black authors in Special Collections for Black History Month, I was inspired by Angelina Weld Grimke (of whom I knew nothing), to work on a project to make our works by Black authors more visible and accessible.
Anti-Racist Statement
The Middlebury Libraries take seriously our responsibility to disavow racism in our country and in our work.
Requesting Physical Materials from Middlebury College Libraries (Summer sessions only)
| by Terry Simpkins
Steps for Middlebury patrons to request physical materials from Middlebury College Libraries.
Library staff lend their hands to Special Collections
| by Kaitlin Buerge
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the Library’s frontline staff were forced to abandon their books and leave the circulation desk behind. While in exile from the building, collections, and people who normally keep them extremely busy, they pitched in to help Special Collections cross off items from our very long wishlist of projects.
Transcribing in Isolation
| by Danielle Rougeau and Kaitlin Buerge
College Archivist, Danielle Rougeau, shares her experience transcribing the journals of Pliny Fisk, Class of 1814.