News: Royal Babies and the National Agenda for Digital Stewardship
Since its founding in December 2010, the National Digital Stewardship Alliance has worked to establish, maintain, and advance the capacity to preserve …
An Interview with James Baldwin in The Art of Fiction No. 78, the Paris Review
Photographer Jerome Liebling taught students to: Go, See, Do, Be. This teaching remains at the core of Hampshire’s approach to education. In …
“This Book is Owned By Its Reader”: MR Nomads
Last Friday Jim Hicks, the editor of the Massachusetts Review, stopped by the library and dropped off 13 copies of the MR …
Literary Hybrid/Book Arts Workshop
The Literary Hybrid/Book Arts Workshop @ Kenyon Review Writers’ Workshop Kenyon College, Gambier, OH Saturday, June 15 – Saturday, June 22, 2013 …
Graphic Content: Transforming Sex Education with Comics Zine Workshop
Saiya Miller led a workshop, “Graphic Content: Transforming Sex Education with Comics”on Saturday 4/6/2013 in the Harold Johnson Library at Hampshire College. …
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Launches Today
April 18, 2013 (Reposted from the DPLA Listserve) The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a beta of its discovery portal …
I love this scanner!
Caro Pinto, Critical Social Inquiry Librarian, cannot contain her enthusiasm for the library’s ScannX book scanner. Instead of using a photocopier to …
Exciting Library News from UK: 4.8 Million Websites to be Archived!
“Six UK libraries — including the British Library — have teamed up to capture and archive the UK’s digital history, including all …
Eco-Grazing the Municipal Archives in Paris
Excerpted from a New York Times article By SCOTT SAYARE Published in April 3, 2013 Europe section PARIS — The archivists requested …
Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies
When short films were shown in nickelodeons, Mary Pickford was dubbed Queen of the Movies. Today’s Library of Congress’ Blog gives an …
The French minister of culture is appropriating funds to support independent bookstores
An article in today’s The Bookseller discusses the French desire to support independent bookstores. “The government wants to ensure that France “never …
Latino Folk Tales Exhibition at The Carle
Steve Pfarrer has written a lovely article about the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art’s newest exhibition: Latino Folk Tales. The …
Celebrating the First Day of Spring with Sakura: Cherry Blossoms as Living Symbols of Friendship
The Library of Congress’ online exhibition “Sakura: Cherry Blossoms as Living Symbols of Friendship” is a wonderful way to escape New England’s …
Graphic Content: Transforming Sex Education with Comics/ Free Zine Workshop
As part of the Five College Women’s Research Center’s “Mediating Public Spheres: Genealogies of Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Age” Hampshire College …
Chronicle of Higher Education Article about the Digital Public Library of America
The following is an excerpt from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s article: “With New Leader, Digital Public Library of America Prepares for …
Tyrone Martinsson: Polar Landscape Photography Exhibition
Polar landscape photographer and researcher Tyrone Martinnson will offer an illustrated lecture on Feb. 25 at 7 pm in Franklin Patterson Hall. …
Comply or Occupy?: The Digital Humanities in a Changing Academic Environment
Alex Gil will give a talk on February 27 at 12PM in Franklin Patterson Hall, Faculty Lounge-lunch is provided. Event hosted by …
Short Stories for Little Screens
According to this NY Times article by Leslie Kaufman, our appetite for short stories has increased in the digital age. “Story collections, …
Artists Books and Art Books in the Digital Age
Libraries are leading conversations about the future of the book in the digital age. Last fall Hampshire Library hosted a symposium looking …