Publisher to Deliver Dartmouth Library’s Stephen Harvard Lecture

Publisher to Deliver Dartmouth Library’s Stephen Harvard Lecture

David R. Godine ’66 will lecture April 11 on Rocky Stinehour ’50, founder of Stinehour Press.

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Princeton Review Student Survey Ranks College Libraries (<em>Library Journal</em>)

Princeton Review Student Survey Ranks College Libraries (Library Journal)

The Dartmouth Library is among the top 20 in the country, according to a Princeton Review opinion poll of 122,000 college students throughout the U.S.

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Dartmouth Faculty Pilot New Multimedia Teaching Tool

Dartmouth Faculty Pilot New Multimedia Teaching Tool

Two Dartmouth professors will use and evaluate MediaKron, a new online tool for presenting and exploring multimedia course content, during their courses next year.

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Dartmouth Library Recognizes Graduating Student Employees

Dartmouth Library Recognizes Graduating Student Employees

Items chosen by graduating seniors for the Library’s collections—including books, DVDs, music scores, and more—receive bookplates honoring the students’ service.

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National Archivist Shows Treasures—From the Bill of Rights to Elvis Presley

National Archivist Shows Treasures—From the Bill of Rights to Elvis Presley

Dartmouth’s Leading Voices lecture series featured a virtual tour of national gems by ‘Archivist-in-Chief’ David Ferriero.

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Cultural Historian Robert Darnton on Digitizing Dartmouth’s Treasures

Cultural Historian Robert Darnton on Digitizing Dartmouth’s Treasures

In this video, “Leading Voices in Higher Education” lecturer Darnton speaks about the effort to make the country’s research libraries available, free of charge, over the Internet.

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Discovery at Dartmouth (<em>Library Journal</em>)

Discovery at Dartmouth (Library Journal)

With a tradition of service and a culture of innovation, the Dartmouth Library was an ideal beta tester for the new search service “Summon.”

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Cultural Historian Darnton, Writer Wildavsky Next ‘Leading Voices’ Speakers

Cultural Historian Darnton, Writer Wildavsky Next ‘Leading Voices’ Speakers

A Harvard University librarian and professor, and a writer discuss recent developments in higher education as the next speakers in the strategic planning lecture series.

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Spotlight On The Phantom Limb & 69°S Shackleton Project (CBS Boston)

Spotlight On The Phantom Limb & 69°S Shackleton Project (CBS Boston)

Dartmouth’s Rauner Special Collections Library, Hopkins Center for the Arts, and Institute of Arctic Studies contributed to theater group’s polar-themed production.

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A Medieval Rose Blooms at Dartmouth

A Medieval Rose Blooms at Dartmouth

Dartmouth Friends of the Library present a public talk on the 14th-century French poem—and cultural phenomenon—The Romance of the Rose.

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