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Migration : a field guide to love that was and might have been Faulkenberry, Lauren (text, images, printing and binding) Tuscaloosa : Firebrand Press, 2010
Woo_den\clouds : an exploration of language in unusual juxtapositions Pfeiffer, Werner Red Hook, NY : Pear Whistle Press, 2011
by Amy McColl There are several new resources available in 2012: EBL ebooks – over 43,000 electronic books, which can be read online or downloaded to your iPhone, iPad, Nook, laptop, or Sony eReader. Records for each book can be found in Tripod. For more info on using EBL and other ebooks in our collections, [...] The Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore College Libraries have significantly expanded their collection of academic e-books through the addition of more than 40,000 titles issued since 2006 by Cambridge University Press, the University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, Palgrave, and many other scholarly publishers. The books are available in Tripod, and new books will [...] by Amy McColl The Library has added some exciting new resources in the last few months, ranging from streaming video to digital dissertations to online newspapers: Filmmaker’s Library – Provides access to streaming documentaries of over 900 titles in the humanities and social sciences produced from 1978-present. Dissertations and Theses Full Text – A collection [...]
Patty White: I saw Tree of Life by Terrence Malick – he’s one of the great auteurs of contemporary American cinema, but this is only his sixth film. It won the top prize at Cannes this year. There is much that is beautiful and moving in this film and it has really stayed with [...] by Linda Hunt All-time top circulated films Big Lebowski The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover Chocolat Amadeus Love’s a Bitch (Amores Perros) Love Actually Last Temptation of Christ The Godfather (original) Mulholland Drive Amelie (le Fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain) Last year’s most circulated films Lion King Up Burn After [...] by Amy McColl In the past year, the Library has been the recipient of several significant and generous book collection donations, primarily from alumni, but also from donors outside the college community. We received a large donation in summer 2010 from Richard B. Angell, class of 1940, with a focus on philosophy and mathematics. (Following [...] by Anne Garrison 5 Year Plan Aaron Sinift Edition of 180 (2010) 5 Year Plan (5YP) is a handmade collection of 32 artworks by 32 contemporary artists. The artworks are printed onto the side of sling bags called jholas that are commonly made by Gandhi ashram collectives throughout India. Each book is handmade at every [...] by Peggy Seiden, College Librarian In 1991, when Hurricane Bob roared up the eastern seaboard, the inhabitants of Cape Cod lost power for nearly a week. Twenty years later, when Irene promised to do the same, the prospect of losing our ability to cool and light our homes, cook, or watch television was daunting. But [...]
Angelica Kauffman by Benjamin West by Pat O’Donnell It began with a student. In the summer of 2010, Isa St. Clair ’11, a theatre major with a minor in classics, began work at Friends Historical Library. Almost immediately, she inquired about an Etruscan vase sitting on a shelf in the Reading Room. Isa had [...] by Wendy Chmielewski For decades, the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) promoted nonviolence as a way to bring about social justice. FOR staff members, such as Bayard Rustin, Glenn Smiley, and George Houser, advised Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the use of such strategies during the Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott in 1955. Three years [...] Spencer Jones '13 viewing a movie in the family room in McCabe Library. by Pam Harris and Terry Heinrichs From the Harry Potter movies to Human Planet to Orchestra 2001 in Russia, the TriCollege libraries have thousands of DVDs and VHS films that library patrons may borrow. The Swarthmore College Library owns almost 12,000 [...] by Barbara Addison Jane Addams and President Frank Aydelotte at Swarthmore in 1932 In the January 2011 issue of Peace & Change, Barbara Addison and Anne Yoder relate the story of the acquisition of the Jane Addams Papers by Swarthmore College, forming the foundation of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Addams (1860-1935), a major [...] by Anne Garrison Trees Charles Hobson, Pacific Editions Limited edition of 30 (2010) Charles Hobson, working with W.S. Merwin, the 17th poet laureate of the United States, created Trees, a new limited edition artists’ book housed in a wooden box. A visual motif of palm trees accompanies Merwin’s sober meditation on the importance of trees, [...] In 2010, the Library received some additional notable gifts from Dr. William H. Matchett, Class of 1949. Eight books are from the collection of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Cox Wright, who taught English literature at Swarthmore for 32 years and retired in 1964. Dr. Matchett also donated a collection of correspondence and related documentation between himself [...] by Spencer Lamm The TriCollege libraries recently launched a fully redesigned installation of DSpace, the open source institutional repository application developed by MIT and Hewlett-Packard. Named Triceratops, the TriCollege DSpace instance will serve to preserve and provide access to a range of digital materials including: faculty and student publications and research; recordings of lectures, arts [...] |
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