Open Access Week Coda: Hampshire’s Chris Tinson in Radical Teacher
Today, the first open-access issue of the journal Radical Teacher went online. It’s a special issue on Hip Hop and Critical Pedagogy. …
Now on the MagicBoard: Invisible by kara lynch
In 2099, the transatlantic slave trade never happened. Invisible is a speculative narrative that explores the limits of Black liberation and western …
New: You can request cds from all Five Colleges!
When you find a cd that you want to listen to in the Five College Library catalog and it’s not at Hampshire….. …
The role of the library in preserving sound
Today’s Library of Congress blog “The Signal” features a post about Sam Brylawski, a recognized authority on the history and preservation of …
Collecting & Preserving Code
What happens when archives and museums want to preserve something intangible, ephemeral (and possibly destined-for-obsolecence)? The Smithsonian Institute’s National Design Museum, Cooper-Hewitt, …
Getty makes 4600 images available to the public
At Hampshire, we get excited about all open content projects that serve to benefit our library patrons. We have added this new …
Personal Digital Archiving and Punk Rock!
As the digital revolution progresses it becomes easier and easier to create various kinds of materials – text documents, images, web pages, …
Tom Ciaburri: Div III Kickstarting to Finish His Div III
Tom Ciaburri just finished Hampshire in January, but his Div III isn’t quite finished yet. At Hampshire, Tom worked with musicmaker.org, a non-profit …
Werner Herzog on Roger Ebert
Filmmaker Werner Herzog and film critics A.O. Scott and Dana Stevens talked fondly about recently deceased, mainstream film critic superstar Roger Ebert …
These Books: Bodily Course by Deborah Gorlin, Teeth by Aracelis Girmay
The other day my current adviser introduced me to Deborah Gorlin at the Writing Center because he thought we would work …
Michail Charalampidis, What’s Your Div II About?
While at Hampshire I happened to be part of many arguments among student filmmakers that were about production value and budgets. Students …
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 …
This Book: Factory Girls
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China is the story of China’s young rural women and the role they …
This Book: The Graveyard Book
I first read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman before it won the Newbery Award in 2009 (given by the American Library …
This Book: Our Graphic Novel collection
Did you know we had it? Do you know where to find it? The library is home to a plethora of resources-spanning …
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 …
This Book: Looking For Jake and Other Stories
Looking For Jake and Other Stories, by China Miéville Simply put, Looking For Jake is my favorite collection of short stories, written by …
New Books Are Easy to Find!
Last night I was helping a patron print an assignment, and on my walk back to the desk I caught a glimpse …
This Book: A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
With a long standing and often-atypical interest in home food preparation, (most juniors in high school do not spend their summers perfecting …
Watch The History of Film Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s Stedicam Use
Film director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, The Master) knows his way around dramatic stedicam shots. Watch this video …