November 13, 2009 at 10:06 am | Old Stuff | No comment
Because of the stormy weather, the campus will close at 4:00 today. There will be no evening classes. Swem Library will remain open until 8:00pm. The Special Collections Research Center will maintain its usual hours and close at 5:45pm today.
The Library Careers Program, scheduled for 5:00 today, will be rescheduled.
November 12, 2009 at 2:18 pm | Old Stuff | No comment
Do you like helping people? Teaching critical thinking skills? Helping people learn how to evaluate information? Researching new topics? Organizing information? Using the latest technology?
A library career might be right for you! Learn more at a library careers session sponsored by Swem Library. Librarians from academic, public, school, & other libraries will answer your questions about careers, education, financial aid, & more.
The session will be held Thursday, November 12, 5:00-6:30pm in Swem Library’s Ford Classroom (ground floor).
Everyone is welcome! Please sign up at http://tiny.cc/librarycareers. For more information, contact Mary Molineux, Swem Library, msmoli@wm.edu or 757-221-3076.
November 8, 2009 at 6:28 pm | Old Stuff | No comment
Join us for a book talk on Sunday, November 8, at 4:00, in the Read and Relax area (first floor) of Swem Library. Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, a recent graduate of the William & Mary Law School, will discuss his book, The Obama Revolution. Drawing on his experience as a regional field director for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party in Virginia, the author includes both personal anecdotes of his campaign experiences and a scholarly analysis of (now) President Obama’s vision for the country.
For more information, visit
http://www.alankennedy-shaffer.com/index_flash.html
November 3, 2009 at 12:16 pm | Old Stuff | No comment
Swem Library is pleased to announce four new databases to support the program in Africana Studies. While Swem continues to struggle financially, we are fortunate that these resources fell within the subject parameters of restricted private funds.
The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) joins other historic newspapers from Proquest (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post). Founded by former slave John Henry Murphy Sr., the Baltimore Afro-American was one of the most widely circulated African-American newspapers on the Atlantic Coast.
Readex, the vendor that also provides access to America’s Historical Newspapers 1690-1922, has recently launched African American Newspapers, 1827-1998. When complete, this database will feature 270 newspapers published in thirty-six states for an overall chronological coverage of 170 years. Searches across these newspapers provide snapshots of African-American history and culture across time and place.
Members of the William and Mary community also have access to two databases from Aluka (from the Zulu word “to weave”), an international collaborative effort that‘s now part of JSTOR.
Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa offers over 180,000 pages of documents and images chronicling the liberation efforts primarily in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Included in the database are periodicals, nationalist publications, records of colonial governments, local newspaper reports, personal papers, correspondence, UN documents, oral testimonies, life histories, and speeches.
The African Cultural Heritage Sites & Landscapes database offers images and research documentation from repositories in Europe, North America, and Africa. Included here are thousands of aerial, panorama, and satellite photographs; virtual and three-dimensional models; GIS data sets; excavation notes and early travelogues; antiquarian maps; and a visual archive of African rock art.
Search these products from the Database links site on the Swem home page.
For more information, or if you have questions or comments, contact Cathy Reed, Director of Collections and Content Services, at 221-7615 or careed@wm.edu.
October 13, 2009 at 3:40 pm | News | No comment
Because of technical problems, the online catalog is working erratically. We hope to have it fixed by later tonight or tomorrow morning and apologize for the inconvenience. For help, contact the reference desk (IM swemrefdesk, email sweref@wm.edu, call 221-3067, or stop by the desk, open until midnight).
October 8, 2009 at 4:17 pm | Old Stuff | No comment
A baseball uniform from the 1930s, aerial photographs of campus, the tennis racquet of Giles Cooke ’23, and more are featured as part of a new exhibit from the collection of the University Archives. “Healthful and Recreative: Fields for Fitness, Courts for Competition, and Arenas for Athletics, 1900-1970” explores the growth of athletics at William and Mary in the twentieth century. Blow Gym, the Barksdale Athletic Fields, William and Mary Hall, Cary Field, Zable Stadium, and the people whose vision and finances made these facilities possible receive special attention.
The exhibit is on display in the Nancy Marshall Gallery and the Special Collections Research Center, located on the first floor of Swem Library, and will be open through February 7, 2010.
For more information, click here.
September 24, 2009 at 11:35 am | News | No comment
As public concern about Pandemic H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) have responded by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.
This free flu information resource is located at http://www.ebscohost.com/flu/ and will provide continually updated, evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™, EBSCO’s clinical and nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center™.
Also in response to the H1N1 flu pandemic, the publishers at ebrary have created a publicly available research center featuring a highly interactive, searchable database of documents pertaining to this current health concern.
Available at http://h1n1.ebrary.com, the new site contains a growing selection of reports, papers, newsletters, posters, and other important materials from government agencies and other trusted sources. For more information, visit
http://www.ebrary.com/corp/newspdf/ebrary_H1N1.pdf
September 22, 2009 at 2:18 pm | Featured | No comment
Access to the Science Direct e-journal collection will be unavailable on Saturday, 19 September, from 8:00am–9:00pm for scheduled maintenance.
September 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm | Old Stuff | No comment
As many of you remember, last spring we asked the academic departments to conduct a thorough serials review in order to cut 10% from our serials budget in anticipation of inflationary cost increases. We thank everyone who helped us meet our goal.
You will find a list of the canceled serials from this link. On a happier note, we were able to add a select list of new subscriptions at the request of departments that exceeded their goal. That list appears also.
You may send questions or comments to Cathy Reed, Director of Collections and Content Services, at careed@wm.edu.
September 9, 2009 at 11:28 am | News | No comment
