A special holiday was recognized on Oct. 31 and celebrations have not yet ceased in Baker-Berry Library. No, the holiday to which I’m referring is not Halloween, but Day of the Dead, a Mexican celebration that is observed from October 31st to November 2nd. The colorful display across from the Stacks entrance on First Floor Berry serves as an altar to honor this traditional holiday.
Ballet Folklorico de Dartmouth, an organization that teaches and performs Latino traditional dances, set up this annual display to celebrate the Mexican tradition. Day of the Dead commemorates the belief that the souls of the dead visit their families during those three days…. Read more »
We’ve all heard the bells in Baker Library Bell Tower ring to the tune of the Dartmouth Alma Mater among other songs as we rushed to our 10A or threw frisbees on the Green. For new students on campus, including members of the Class of 2016, hearing the bells for the first time chime to “Hi Ho! Hi Ho!” and “Lean on Me” induces smiles and pleasantly surprised expressions. Visitors, students, and faculty alike are naturally curious to know how the bells work…. Read more »
Under the Dartmouth Digital Library Program, a wide range of library collections is now available in digital form for free to everyone. The current digital program started about five years ago, and is now starting over again with a more formal program and under a more consistent fashion of digitalizing materials, Peter Carini, College archivist said.
The aim of the program is “make collections more easily accessible and in particular support for teaching,” Carini said…. Read more »
While life in Hanover today may be a far cry from the ritzy, flapper lifestyle of 1920s New York, the College does seem to have one thing in common as the world in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby”: a green light. Many times throughout the year, the College’s iconic Baker Library Bell Tower shines green and for many, this light is perhaps as mysterious as the one at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock…. Read more »
Depending on the classes you signed up for or how much you care about them you may or may not have discovered that massive complex of buildings north of the green called Baker Berry library. Offering a diversity of study spaces from quiet to social, from gloomy to sterile, from Hogwarts (think Tower Room) to King Arthur, there likely is something for everyone. Unfortunately, the library can get old, and–come finals–can also get really crowded. Fortunately, there are more places to study outside the library.
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The Dartmouth Library’s website got a major facelift today, as a new design of the site rolled out at 9 a.m. The new homepage includes compact left-hand navigation for top-level links and a new “single-search” box that will produce results from Summon, the Library Catalog, and the Library website, according to Jane Quigley, chair of the Library Web Steering Group. She said she hopes users will find the new design cleaner and easier to use. “It has been some time since the last major change to the Library’s website,” Quigley said. “And we felt that it was time for a little bit of a refreshed look and feel to the website.” The Library’s website has not received a major redesign since early 2008, according to Quigley. In addition to a new look and comprehensive search tool, the redesigned homepage will also include images and news on exhibits, workshops and collection highlights from Library services. Quigley said the staff is particularly excited about the new search box. “We’d like to be able to make small changes and small improvements to the Library’s website,” she said. “So from time to time, we think that continually improving and adding these enhancements… Read more »