I’ve just returned from the Annual Conference of the American Library Association, an event that typically draws about 20,000 librarians to some major city (Las Vegas this year) for several days of meetings and programs. Since I’m past-chair of the College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and vice-chair of ACRL’s Leadership Recruitment and Nomination Committee, much of my conference was taken up with meetings. A session I really wanted to attend—Top … [Read more...]
Revamped Archives & Special Collections Web Presence
March 4, 2014 By
We have introduced a revamped website for Davidson’s archives and special collections. If you visit the site you may not notice any differences at first glance. The banners, color schemes, rotating images, embedded Google search, and news & events all are essentially the same as they were a week or a month ago. You might detect that we’ve changed some of the information in the left hand column regarding our offices hours, but a bit of text change doesn’t really count as a revamping … [Read more...]
Seeing Red
September 18, 2013 By
If you walk in the main entrance of the E.H. Little Library or up to the second floor you may see even more “red” than previously, as there are some large bright red kiosks now positioned in both locations. Yes, those are kiosks, not robots or unusual book drops, as I’ve overheard students speculate. The kiosks house touch screen monitors and computers designed to allow interested visitors to gain access to some information about Davidson. The library and archives have long maintained … [Read more...]
