Are you curious how it feels to meticulously sift and sort through the personal and professional ephemera of a long-dead Dartmouth alum? In Kira Parrish-Penny’s ‘24 evocative article for Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, she offers a peek inside the experience. Kira describes, with candor and the intimacy of a would-be friend or relative, the hypnotic experience of getting to know a stranger (though, never really knowing them).

One of the many pivotal (and wonderful) roles the Libraries fill is providing access to resources and materials that elevate research, spark new knowledge, and deepen understanding of our world - as it was and how it might be. Our part in the teaching, learning, and research experience enriches Dartmouth's liberal arts experience: the interdisciplinary exploration of the arts, sciences, and humanities. The result is often a lifelong love of learning in pursuit of curiosities, inspiration, and new discoveries.

Whether you’re aware of what the Nelson Memo entails or not, in 2025 anyone conducting research with federal funds will need to consider “open data” from the moment of application to publication. Some of you may wonder, “what does open data have to do with my research?” For others, you’re already grappling with the impending expectations. Wherever you are on your open data journey, the Libraries are here to help.

Stewarded by Dartmouth Libraries for many years, Samson Occom's papers and materials were repatriated to the Mohegan Tribe on April 27, 2022.

This important moment in the history of Dartmouth and the Mohegan people recognizes and celebrates not only Samson Occom’s critical role in Dartmouth's establishment but also honors Occom by returning materials to his homeland that have deep spiritual meaning to the Mohegan Tribe.

As technology evolves, uncommon collaborations across engineering, geography, and computer science are increasingly driving progress in geospatial technologies and their applications in everyday life.

The Libraries recently hosted an open panel called "Sparking Conversations: University Presses and the State of Scholarly Publishing.” Guest speakers included university press directors Amy Brand from MIT, Christie Henry '91 from Princeton, and Charles Wilkinson from the University of Michigan, giants in scholarly publishing. They shared challenges and opportunities arising from the shifting scholarly publishing landscape and ways they are actively transforming the field and championing action within their institutions and the scholarly ecosystem.

Dartmouth Libraries’ Health Sciences and Biomedical Libraries recently hosted a series of talks and a film screening for International Open Access Week 2023. 

I want to disseminate work as widely as possible and feel privileged to be in an environment that supports open access funding. - Brock Christensen

Questions like, who or what is the root cause of unfair or disadvantaged results? How do we mitigate the risks? Do we want to? Who holds the greatest responsibility: designers, programmers, business executives, politicians, or everyday people? Who benefits from the design of these technologies and the algorithms that feed them?