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 grant to help the Library and Archives assess the environments...
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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 create a Hampshire College Library Learning Commons....
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Libraries as bustling community centers? Our library’s recently formed...
Libraries as bustling community centers? Yes! When Hampshire College was founded in 1968, the library was designed as the educative aorta of the College. This fall, Hampshire College President...
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Let’s redesign our 2nd floor with beautiful books & art
Our library needs a space that is as beautiful, eclectic, and interesting as Hampshire is. Please join us in creating the Robert Seydel Reading Room on the 2nd floor of the Harold F. Johnson Library....
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In just weeks, the Robert Seydel Reading Room will become real!
The reclaimed wood is being milled, and iron pipes are ordered. Thanks to the awe-inspiring generosity and commitment of colleagues, family and friends, the Robert Seydel Reading Room is about to...
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Seydel Reading Room – magical transformation
“Magical Transformation” is the best way to describe changes that have been made on the library’s 2nd floor lobby space. The Robert Seydel Reading Room is coming to life. And Hampshire alum Mike Meo,...
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Celebration of the Robert Seydel Reading Room on Sept 12
Save Sept. 12 for the grand opening of the Robert Seydel Reading Room! The Harold Johnson Library invites you to the grand opening of the Robert Seydel Reading Room. Come celebrate the life and...
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Library Learning + Community w/ Joan K. Lippincott – Sept 8
Libraries can enable curricular innovation by providing content, services and technologies that serve the entire institution. In addition, libraries continue to serve as a cultural hub of the...
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Fall has fallen! Some updates on Library Learning Commons
While we still await news from our Board of Trustees and College President about the Library Learning Commons timeline, etc., the College has proudly received a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation...
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LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS UPDATE – AIRPORT LOUNGE PILOT PROJECT
We are excited to announce that this spring the Harold F. Johnson Library will be able to try out a few key ideas from the Library Learning Commons (LLC) proposal in the Airport Lounge. This project, a...
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Hampshire receives grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Library...
“Hampshire College is using a $65,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to research and develop a plan to transform Harold F. Johnson Library into a library learning commons.”… Read the full...
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Library Learning Commons Spring Break, Part 1: Colorado Springs
It’s spring break, 2015 and a small team from Hampshire flew away from the snow and mud to visit the Colket Center for Academic Excellence and the Tutt Library at Colorado College.
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Library Learning Commons Spring Break, Part 2: Occidental College
Spring Break 2015 continued with a trip to the Academic Commons in the Occidental College Library.
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Airport Lounge Opening Reception | Apr. 30th 4:30-6:00pm
AIRPORT LOUNGE OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH 4:30pm-6:00pm The Airport Lounge is now a prototype sandbox for the Library Learning Commons. Please join us in exploring our new collaborative...
View ArticleThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded $1.2 million grant to develop a...
The Plan In the Learning Commons, the Library will jointly offer services with Information Technology, the Creativity Center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and these academic support programs:...
View ArticleThe Libraries Extend Five College Partnerships
Our Office of Communications has published this news story sharing details about the three of the colleges joining to launch an online archive this summer, and all of the libraries — representing...
View ArticleOrientation Week Recap
It was exciting to welcome returning students and faculty back to campus, and greet new students and their families, as they visited the Harold F. Johnson Library last week! Alumni fellows were...
View ArticleWelcome to the Knowledge Commons
Beginning this coming week, and unfolding over the course of the month, alumni fellows and peer mentors representing an array of academic services will be offering drop-in hours in the Knowledge...
View ArticleKnowledge Commons Launch Party!
Join us in celebrating the opening of the Knowledge Commons, Hampshire College's new hub of academic resources in the Library. Drop by for food, fun, games, crafts, ribbon cutting and meet the KC Staff...
View ArticlePhotographs of the Women’s Lives Collection Opening Reception
The library celebrated the opening of the Women’s Lives Collection, donated by Andrea Wright, on Friday June 1, 2018 from 4-6:00 pm. The event was warmly attended by Hampshire staff, faculty, alums and...
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