Library Workshops & Events
Check the library calendar for workshops and events of interest, including Zotero trainings!
Featured Stories
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Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2025–26
02 June 2026 9:24 AM | 1 Comment -
An Archives Center for the Library
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New Access to The Chief: A Voice for Workers
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Remembering Helga Bravmann Feder, with Gratitude
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New and Featured Streaming Film Databases: Docuseek and Electronic Arts Intermix
23 October 2024 5:39 PM | No Comments
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Performing History with OER
Posted on August 26, 2022 | No CommentsWith so much knowledge and information hidden behind paywalls, the vital cultural work that humanities scholars do will struggle to have a significant impact on the world beyond the walls of academia. -
Try Interlibrary Loan Today
Posted on August 25, 2022 | No CommentsWelcome from all of us in the Interlibrary Loan office to all new and returning members of the GC community! As we begin the new semester (and at all times!) we encourage you to use our interlibrary loan services to make requests for any information […] -
Welcome to the Mina Rees Library
Posted on August 23, 2022 | No CommentsWelcome to the Mina Rees Library! We’re excited to work with you, and we can be reached in a variety of ways. If you have a general or research question, email us at – [email protected]. We’re also available via live, 24/7 chat reference and one-on-one […] -
Mixing & Matching Open Educational Resources
Posted on August 19, 2022 | No CommentsI soon found that not one text fits all. Some excluded prominent musical traditions and genres, while others contained outdated embedded YouTube links. I wondered if I could mix and match supplementary resources while keeping everything open (and how I could do so legally!). -
Opening Music
Posted on August 10, 2022 | No CommentsMy favorite newly-discovered resource is the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive, maintained by the University of Massachusetts, Boston. This archive houses hundreds of tapes made by locally-known emcees active in and around Boston during the 1980s. -
Reading at the Margins of Open Access
Posted on August 5, 2022 | No CommentsThe workshops introduced me to resources I had no idea existed and with that, to the immense possibilities of OA and OER to enrich our courses not only in terms of public access but also our own imagination as scholars and instructors. -
Slowness, Limits, and Open Play
Posted on July 29, 2022 | No CommentsI found myself slowing down. The labor of building just one syllabus+website with legitimate OER materials forced this slowness. -
Opening Up
Posted on July 22, 2022 | No CommentsWhen I stepped inside, trying to put together an open version of the Freshman Composition class that I teach most often, I realized how much nuance there was to pay attention to (there were ethical and legal distinctions to keep in mind), and how much I’ve been relying on resources for students that were free and accessible but still shadowy, still closed behind paywalls or legality. -
Interlibrary Loan System Outage: Tuesday, July 26th, 11am-6pm
Posted on July 21, 2022 | No CommentsDue to scheduled maintenance, the Interlibrary Loan System, ILLiad, will intermittently not be available on Tuesday, July 26th between 11am and 6pm. Folks can reach us at [email protected] if they have any questions or need any immediate help. The library apologizes for this possible inconvenience. -
STEM Without OER: Inaccessible or Not Credible
Posted on July 15, 2022 | No CommentsThis is the third in our current series of short essays by participants in the Open Knowledge Fellowship coordinated by the Mina Rees Library, these from Fellows in the Spring 2022 cohort. Fellows share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or […]
