Are You Ready for Hampshire Halloween?
Seeing this photo on the Facebook page Books Rock My World makes us excited for Hampshire Halloween! Does your costume have a …
Regular Library Hours through October Break!
Just a reminder that the Library will maintain regular fall hours through October Break. Our weekend schedule will be: Saturday & Sunday, …
The Strategic Air Command Bunker (filled with books) Almost Full
The Five College Library Depository is the topic of an article, “Short on Space, Libraries Look to One Another for Solutions” in …
New cool stuff in the Bradford Room!
We have recently acquired some new (old) cool stuff that is in the Bradford Room, our Special Collections space on the 2nd …
10 new local newspapers to read!
The Five College libraries now have access to 10 Western Massachusetts newspapers: -The Advocate -Amherst Bulletin -The Berkshire Eagle -Daily Hampshire Gazette …
Banned books week: Top 10 challenged titles in pictures
The Guardian has a short and sweet post about the top 10 challenged titles for Banned Books week. How many have you …
3D Printing the Impossible
Another innovative use of the 3D printer – Professor Gershon Elber’s ‘Escher for Real‘ project at the Computer Science Department, Technion, the …
6300+ new images available at Hampshire!
The latest module of our purchased Archivision images (module 8) is now available in Luna Commons (you can get to Luna Commons …
Crowdcrafting: Putting Citizens in Control of Citizen Science
Six months ago, Crowdcrafting, an “open-source platform for online citizen science and crowdsourced data analysis” supported by the Open Knowledge Foundation, launched. …
InfoBar Work Study Positions Have Been Filled!
Thank you to all of the students who applied for InfoBar positions, we received over 50 applications! It was difficult to choose …
Robert Seydel Reading Room
The Hampshire College library is working with architects, faculty, alumni, students, and staff to create a new space devoted to the book …
Ask a question at the InfoBar!
InfoBar Main Floor, Harold F. Johnson Library Center Your place to get the help you need! Visit the library for …
Welcome to all transfer students!
We were so glad to welcome so many transfer students to the Hampshire College library this morning with coffee, cookies, and lots …
Welcome Back! Summer Renovations in the Library
The Library is excited to welcome you back to campus with some updates to the first floor! Special thanks are due to …
University libraries of the 21st century – in pictures!
It’s Friday, so it’s a great time to spread love and beauty. The Guardian posted a gorgeous series of pictures, dedicated to …
University library as a learning and teaching hub
Claire Shaw writes about the architecture of the academic library in a piece from the Higher Education Network in The Guardian. A …
Abandoned Wal-Mart is now America’s largest single-floor library
As our own library undergoes its own (albeit much smaller) transformation, I’m awed by how much this old, abandoned Wal-Mart has changed …
Q&A: Dr. Vandana Shiva, social activist, on the importance of saving seeds
Check out this great interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya and the seed saving movement in India.
What are librarians worth?
A great infographic from MastersinEducation.org and oBizMedia on what your librarian is worth! Lots of neat facts (as you’d expect from a …
Rediscovering the 19th Century thanks to Google Books
Reposted from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog: The Conversation: Online opinion on ideas and Higher Education How Google Rediscovered the 19th …