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December Database Trials

Please explore these new resources we’re trying out, and share your feedback with Melanie Mambo ([email protected]).  Trials will run for approximately 30 days. Africa Commons Comprised of four comprehensive modules: History and Culture is an index, search engine, and preservation … Continue reading

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Sproj Clinic this Thursday!

Whether you’re submitting your project this fall or prepping for midways, the library is here to help you. Come to a special Sproj Clinic this Thursday, December 7 from 6 – 8 pm in the library computer lab for help … Continue reading

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New Exhibit!

On view now at Stevenson Library: “It’s Not Even Past: Periodicals from the Alan Sussman Collection.” This exhibition consists of several magazines documenting the counterculture movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The periodicals on display demonstrate the continued struggle against … Continue reading

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Zotero Help Session!

Zotero is a free citation management tool that can help you organize your research and generate citations in almost any style. Stop by the first floor browsing area of Stevenson Library this Tuesday, Nov. 28 from 4-6 pm for help … Continue reading

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November database trials!

Stevenson Library is running a few database trials this month. Trials give us a chance to preview new resources to learn if they may be beneficial to our collections. Please explore these resources and reach out to Melanie Mambo or … Continue reading

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Engage, Serve, Lead: A community reading and discussion group

What makes a community? What do we give up to be part of one? Join Johnny Brennan and Alexa Murphy for discussion on selections from The Civically Engaged Reader (edited by Adam Davis) to find out! This four-part series is open … Continue reading

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Native American Heritage Month Event!

Join us for a special Native American Heritage Month event:  Narrative (Storytelling) as a Method of Indigenization Mohonk Friends of the Indian Conferences and Indian Boarding School Policies of the 19th and 20th Centuries A presentation by Olivia Tencer ’22 … Continue reading

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Pizza & Plagiarism Workshop!

The definition of plagiarism in Bard’s Student Handbook—to “steal and pass off as one’s own the ideas, words, or writings of another”—sounds simple, right? But for many of us, the boundary between ethical and unethical source use is often quite fuzzy. … Continue reading

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Haunted library tour!

It’s that time of year again! Come find out about the ghosts that haunt the library and learn about local legends in this spooky tour of the cemetery & library. Saturday, October 28. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tour begins at the Bard … Continue reading

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Therapy dog hour!

Come meet the library’s very own therapy dog: Nala! Nala will visit the library every Tuesday from 7 – 8 p.m.

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