Peter Gilbert

Author: Peter Gilbert

Mudd Students shine at Honors

Here at the Mudd, we totally rely on our student workers — and we think they’re all pretty great. So we were especially pleased to see several of the Mudd’s finest receive awards and prizes at this year’s Honors events.

Elected to Mortar Board
Claire de Rochefort-Reynolds

Elected to Lambda Sigma
Kelsi Brown
Caitlin Buhr
Sarah Slaughter

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Bradley Camp
Alex Macartney

The William F. Raney Prize in History – Alex Macartney
The Hicks Prize in Poetry – Katie Kasper
The Edwin N. and Ruth Z. West Scholarship – Micah Price
The Henry Merritt Wriston Scholarship Award – Elizabeth Shimek

Congratulations all!

Mudd Gallery show: “Bound” by Nick Stahl

stahl_gallery_2 The new Mudd Gallery show is “Bound” by Nick Stahl. Nick says that “The act of binding reiterates the notion of ‘other’ and establishes a power struggle between the binder and the bound.” “Bound” is both an installation and a performance.

The opening reception for “Bound” will be held 6:00-8:00pm on Monday, May 3. The “Binding Performance” will take place on Tuesday, May 11 at 7:00pm.

How Green Is My iPad?

The New York Times takes a look at that age-old question: which is more environmentally friendly: an e-reader or an old-fashioned book?

Op-Chart: How Green Is My iPad? – NYTimes.com

You’ll be pleased (but not surprised, I’m sure)  to hear their conclusion: “All in all, the most ecologically virtuous way to read a book starts by walking to your local library.”

C’mon over to the Mudd. It’s the right thing to do.

Music Librarian Cloned!

As part of the Mudd Library’s never-ending quest to provide better service, we are pleased to announce the successful cloning of Music Librarian, Antoinette Powell.

AP1 Antoinette 1
AP1 Antoinette 2

When asked about this development, Pete Gilbert, University Librarian, noted, “We regularly get requests to have Antoinette attend this meeting or do that class or process this huge stack of electronic reserves — all at the same time. Now we’ll be able to meet those requests. We’re also looking forward to improved communication within the Music Library department.”

Noted horn player Keith Powell was unavailable for comment.

Welcome to Spring Term!

The Mudd It’s Spring Term at Lawrence and the Mudd is open for business.

A couple of (newish) databases for you to try:
Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection offers more than 300 important dramatic works in streaming audio from the curated archive of the nation’s premiere radio theatre company.

Oxford Art Online is “the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available,” including titles such as Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

And, as always, if you need help, ask a reference librarian!

Extended hours during finals

The Mudd Library will be open an extra hour Monday-Thursday to accommodate those extra study needs:

Monday, March 15:     8 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Tuesday, March16:      8 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Wednesday, March 17:      8 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Thursday, March 18:      8 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Friday, March 19:      8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday, March 20-21:      Closed

Reference Librarians will be available until 10pm.

And good luck on your exams and papers from all of us at the Mudd!