Knowledge Commons Update
As we start off the academic year, the Knowledge Commons team is hard at work piloting services, planning spaces, and getting the …
DESIGN & BUILD: The Art of the Book Closing Events
D E S I G N & B U I L D The Art of the Book Thursday 9/29/2016 2pm – 3.45pm: …
Inscribed novels by James Baldwin
Today I had the enormous pleasure of opening a box of four inscribed books, given as gifts to talent agent Robert Lantz …
Hampshire’s Knowledge Commons Team
The library is thrilled to welcome and introduce our growing Knowledge Commons team. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the …
Knowledge Commons Team and Ask Us! Pilot
The library is thrilled to welcome and introduce our growing Knowledge Commons team. By way of introduction, our Knowledge Commons Alumni Fellows, …
Why archive queer feminist sex zines?
This is the second of two posts by CSI Librarian Alana Kumbier, reporting on her summer research residency at the Queer Zine …
ICP Internship Updates, Round 2: the book, an axe, and food for thought
This summer, 7 students from the Institute for Curatorial Practice are completing internships with Five College museums and faculty. A little more …
ICP Internship Updates, Round 1: Resurrection, Nymphs, and Miracles
This summer, 7 students from the Institute for Curatorial Practice are completing internships with Five College museums and faculty. A little more …
Finding Hampshire at the Queer Zine Archive Project
This is the first of two posts by CSI Librarian Alana Kumbier, reporting on her summer research residency at the Queer Zine …
Sustainability in Academic Libraries: the Harold F. Johnson as a Prototype
Hampshire College designed its library to be an experiment and a prototype of the academic library of the future. The innovative approach …
A Review of Moser Exhibition, “Design and Build: The Art of the Book” in the Daily Hampshire Gazette
The library is pleased to share a review in today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette of the summer exhibition titled Design & Build: The Art …
The HFJ Library Acquires Works by Artist and Illustrator Barry Moser
A collection of works by internationally renowned artist and illustrator Barry Moser has been acquired by the Hampshire College Archives and Special …
Submit Your Div III to the Archives!
Congratulations to all students who are wrapping up their Div IIIs! So that your work is preserved and accessible to current and …
NEPR Features Hampshire Librarians “Losing The Bun And Cardigan”
Hampshire’s library director Jennifer King and former librarian Caro Pinto (now a librarian at Mount Holyoke College) were interviewed by NEPR’s Susan …
K W Commons – March 2016 Vision and Plans
The Knowledge and Wellness Commons planning continues to make great progress. In February 2016, Bruner/Cott architects and planners and Brightspot, strategy consultants, …
UnCubed: The Story of a Sculptural Legacy
by Amy Halliday It’s hard to imagine physically folding the tetrahedron tips of Alan Phillips’ sculpture, weighing in at 2500 pounds of …
Review: Mothers’ Arms: Käthe Kollwitz’s Women and War
by Ivy Vance The current exhibition at Smith College Museum of Art is a thoughtful examination of the work of the German …
Review: Keeping Busy: Five Artists Respond to Henrietta Lambie’s Mourning Quilt
by Ivy Vance The most recent exhibition at Historic Northampton, curated by Ester White, brings attention to a unique object in their …
Down the Rabbit Hole: Hampshire Graduates as Librarians
We hope you will join us Thursday, March 31st at 5:00 p.m. in the ASH Auditorium (Adele Simmons Hall Auditorium) for a …
Five College Poetry Fest in the Airport Lounge
Come to the Five College Poetry Fest, hosted by Hampshire College this year, and held in the library’s Airport Lounge. Thursday, March …