Mireidys Garcia’s Div III project in library exhibit cases
Come to the library’s main floor to see our two exhibit cases (directly underneath Times Square, across from the InfoBar) transformed with …
Seydel Collection surprise!
The other day, we found a book in the Seydel Collection of books that we are processing that proved the old adage …
Conversation with Poet and Writer-in-Residence John Murillo
PAYING THE PRICE OF THE TICKET: THOUGHTS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF JAMES BALDWIN Poet and Writer-in-Residence, John Murillo came to …
Art Journal
Sara Rafferty, Hampshire College Assistant Professor of Art, created the cover for the Fall 2013 issue of Art Journal (volume 72, no. …
this___ Poem: In honor of national poetry month!
Check out this electronically moving poem, The Mandrake Vehicles, by Oni Buchanan. After you read the quick overview about the poem, you …
Thank you note from the pre-schoolers!
And today, the pre-school class from the Hampshire College Early Learning Center came over as a group to deliver this note: They …
Story time in the library!
Librarians Bonnie, Alana, and Rachel read stories this afternoon to children from the Hampshire College Early Learning Center. The teachers and kids …
Translation Reading in the Library
TRANSLATION READING IN THE LIBRARY TUESDAY | MARCH 4 | 5 PM BY THE DIV III WALL RECEPTION TO FOLLOW Corine Tachtiris, …
Our love/ hate relationship with our mobile devices
Today’s New York Times article in the “Sunday Review” section explained the conflicting feelings many of us have about our iphone or …
Launch of a Seed Lending Library!
Thanks to May graduate Hannah Haskell 08F and our own Thea Atwood, Interdisciplinary Science Librarian, the Harold F. Johnson Library has a …
Our very own CSI Librarian…!
Our very own Alana Kumbier, Critical Social Inquiry and Digital Pedagogy Librarian, has been selected as a winning crush in the Librarian …
E.Lit/ Net.Art: A Gallery of Born-Digital Art in the Library
We had lots of students, staff, and faculty visit E.Lit/ Net.Art yesterday afternoon on the 3rd floor of the library. …
Fold, Flip, Erase, Write: A Book Arts Exploration
This January term at Hampshire, Amy Dryansky taught a great class called: Fold, Flip, Erase, Write: A Books Arts Exploration. She …
Welcome Back!
Hey students, Welcome back to the spring semester (doesn’t feel much like spring, does it??). We hope you will come warm up …
Why I love my job..
I have the lucky job of being able to go through Robert Seydel’s collection of materials that his family is donating …
The popcorn maker works!!!
We had to test out our popcorn maker on loan from the Farm Center… and it works! So come by the library …
Does your brain prefer to read paper or a screen?
A recent article in Scientific American posits that people often understand and remember text better when they read from a printed page than …
Transforming artist books
A project at the Tate explored how digital transformations are changing the way artists books are created, accessed, and explored. It harkens …
Hampshire College Library Zine Collection
The Hampshire College Zine Collection just moved to the main floor of the Harold F. Johnson Library. The collection was started …
Interest in the humanities at Hampshire
Did you read today’s article in the New York Times about how interest is fading in the humanities at many universities and …