Archive for the 'Multimedia' Category

Reflections on a Museum

As noted before on this site, items from the Chapin Library are frequently lent to the Williams College Museum of Art in support of exhibitions. This is the case also with the re-installation opened in April 2011, entitled Reflections on a Museum. WCMA staff have helpfully created a series of video tours of its component […]

Library of Congress on View

Rare books, manuscripts, maps, and photographs in the vast collections of the Library of Congress, and the Library’s magnificent Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., will be featured in an original, 90-minute, behind-the-scenes documentary scheduled to air on C-Span on Monday, July 18th, at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Previews can be seen online in […]

Chapin & Archives Podcast

Wayne Hammond, Assistant Chapin Librarian, and Sylvia Kennick Brown, Williams College Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, are featured in a podcast newly added to the Williams online multimedia collection.In an interview with Sean Pegado, Class of 2011, they spoke about the activities of the two special collections departments at Williams, highlighting for the Chapin its […]