The Library Will Be Open Until 9:00p.m. Today!
Though the college is closed due to the snow storm the library will be open until 9:00.m. tonight! We are forever grateful …
Librarians at the InfoBar
Librarians are available for walk-in help at the InfoBar, on the first floor of the Harold F. Johnson Library, weekday afternoons. We can …
Regular Spring Hours Are Underway!
Hi everyone, just a reminder that the library is now open until midnight 7 days a week. Regular spring hours are : …
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 …
Documenting Rural Libraries: Hampshire alum Jessamyn West, Library & Information Activist
This morning, your Hampshire librarians learned about a cool project through our library-oriented social media channels: Jessamyn West, a Vermont-based librarian-technologist, …
Games in the library!
At the Harold F. Johnson Library, we LOVE seeing all types of content included in a collection – including games! That’s why …
New tool! SureChem – a patent database of 15 million chemical structures – goes public
Free for you to use! SureChem’s 15 million patented chemical structures – extracted via data-mining software – allows anyone to search and …
The lives and deaths of the academic library stapler
Since it’s nearly the end of the semester, and since I just performed triage on one of our own staplers here in …
On Seeds and Libraries: All the Things That Make It Tick
This is the final post on the development of the Seed Lending Library! We’ve come a long way – I have the …
The Curatorial Category of Latino Art: A discussion between Hampshire alum Alex Rivera and Washington Post art critic Phillip Kennicott
Hampshire alum Alex Rivera recently challenged Phillip Kennicott, chief art critic on The Washington Post, in the November 1 Washington Post Style …
Library Learning Commons Open Meeting
Library Learning Commons Project OPEN MEETING Hampshire plans to renovate parts of the library and significantly modify the library first floor to …
On Seeds and Libraries: Choosing Seeds
This is post number two in our series on the start of the Seed Lending Library! Today is a reflection on what …
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 …
NEH Awards Hampshire Library Preservation Assistance Grant
It turns out that there was another reason to be thankful last week! The Harold F. Johnson Library received a preservation assistance …
On Seeds and Libraries: Cataloging
Post number three in our series on how we got to a twelve-seed seed library! Wow! Lots of big updates to the …
Late Night Library Hours Begin Sunday! Check Out Our Thanksgiving Break Schedule Too.
The library will remain open until 4 a.m. beginning Sunday night, November 24. Be sure to take advantage of our extended hours …
Librarians & Archivists in the Land of Women’s and Gender Studies
This weekend, I had the opportunity to participate in the National Women’s Studies Association’s annual conference. Part of what I love about …
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 …
Best book accessory of the day: minature book necklaces!
These charming necklaces are handmade with small leather-bound books, from vintage leather items like old doctor bags and furniture. The blank pages …