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The Libraries' annual fall reception, "An evening with Folk New England: A tribute to Eric von Schmidt, Featuring Tom Rush, Chris Smither, Geoff Muldaur, and Caitlin von Schmidt," celebrated both Eric’s legacy and the partnership between FNE's musical preservation efforts & our Special Collections.
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Libraries' annual fall reception, "An evening with Folk New England: A tribute to Eric von Schmidt, Featuring Tom Rush, Chris Smither, Geoff Muldaur, and Caitlin von Schmidt," celebrated both Eric’s legacy and the partnership between FNE's musical preservation efforts & our Special Collections.
Last Friday, staff and librarians put their creativity on display in an internal Craft Fair-Bake Sale-Art Show. Baked goods, knit items, paintings, and prints were available for viewing and purchase, with live music from Ben Paul’s Machine Shop Band completing the festive atmosphere.
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Last Friday, staff and librarians put their creativity on display in an internal Craft Fair-Bake Sale-Art Show. Baked goods, knit items, paintings, and prints were available for viewing and purchase, with live music from Ben Paul’s Machine Shop Band completing the festive atmosphere.
Schedule released for GIS Day 2025 at UMass Amherst! Check it out below.
"A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location" (USGS).
Link: tinyurl.com/magisday2025
"A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location" (USGS).
Link: tinyurl.com/magisday2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Schedule released for GIS Day 2025 at UMass Amherst! Check it out below.
"A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location" (USGS).
Link: tinyurl.com/magisday2025
"A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location" (USGS).
Link: tinyurl.com/magisday2025
The Libraries celebrated the "Nature of Change" exhibit reception at Hillside, with selections of art from the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, the University Museum of Contemporary Art, and Worker Artists from the Partnership for Worker Education.
October 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Libraries celebrated the "Nature of Change" exhibit reception at Hillside, with selections of art from the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, the University Museum of Contemporary Art, and Worker Artists from the Partnership for Worker Education.
Tomorrow! Join us for the annual Libraries Outreach Series Family Weekend A Cappella Concert, featuring Vocal Suspects, Duly Noted, and Doo Wop Shop! 3-4 p.m., Student Union Ballroom.
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for the annual Libraries Outreach Series Family Weekend A Cappella Concert, featuring Vocal Suspects, Duly Noted, and Doo Wop Shop! 3-4 p.m., Student Union Ballroom.
Comet the golden and Yukon Cornelius the Samoyed are here for hugs! Thanks to the Bright Spot Therapy Dogs and UMass Peer Health Education for bringing dogs to both Libraries and the Campus Center Auditorium today until 12:30 p.m.!
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Comet the golden and Yukon Cornelius the Samoyed are here for hugs! Thanks to the Bright Spot Therapy Dogs and UMass Peer Health Education for bringing dogs to both Libraries and the Campus Center Auditorium today until 12:30 p.m.!
We love partnering with Peer Health Education to bring the Bright Spot Therapy Dogs to both Libraries and the Campus Center Auditorium for some much-needed cuddles during midterms! Stop by any and all of those locations to say hello to the goodest doggos tomorrow, 10/15, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
October 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We love partnering with Peer Health Education to bring the Bright Spot Therapy Dogs to both Libraries and the Campus Center Auditorium for some much-needed cuddles during midterms! Stop by any and all of those locations to say hello to the goodest doggos tomorrow, 10/15, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tonight! Join the Libraries for "The Truth of Race: The Philosophical Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois" by Du Bois Center Visiting Scholar Kimberly Ann Harris. 6-7 p.m., Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220, Du Bois Center.
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15354994
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15354994
October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tonight! Join the Libraries for "The Truth of Race: The Philosophical Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois" by Du Bois Center Visiting Scholar Kimberly Ann Harris. 6-7 p.m., Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220, Du Bois Center.
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15354994
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15354994
In honor of Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025), the Libraries are offering a workshop, "Book Bans & Your Rights to Read," on Friday, October 10, 11-12:30 p.m., Du Bois Library, Floor 19, Room 1920.
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15405321
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15405321
October 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In honor of Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025), the Libraries are offering a workshop, "Book Bans & Your Rights to Read," on Friday, October 10, 11-12:30 p.m., Du Bois Library, Floor 19, Room 1920.
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15405321
Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/event/15405321
A huge thank-you to Tom Ricardi for bringing his Birds of Prey program to the Libraries! Tom brought five unreleasable raptors in his care, including a golden eagle, saw-whet owl, barred owl, black vulture, and, in the spirit of our own rooftop residents, a peregrine falcon. #UMassHomecoming
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A huge thank-you to Tom Ricardi for bringing his Birds of Prey program to the Libraries! Tom brought five unreleasable raptors in his care, including a golden eagle, saw-whet owl, barred owl, black vulture, and, in the spirit of our own rooftop residents, a peregrine falcon. #UMassHomecoming
Join us on October 9, 7-9 p.m., Bezanson Recital Hall, for a special celebration of the composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and W. E. B. Du Bois, the scholar and activist.
October 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Join us on October 9, 7-9 p.m., Bezanson Recital Hall, for a special celebration of the composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and W. E. B. Du Bois, the scholar and activist.
Gearing up for Homecoming Weekend with two special events on Friday, October 3!
Tom Ricardi's Birds of Prey
1-2 p.m., Du Bois Library, Lower Level
Latinx Dance Lessons with LACC and Contagio
3-5 p.m., Du Bois Library, Promenade (rain location: Floor 2, RECESS)
Tom Ricardi's Birds of Prey
1-2 p.m., Du Bois Library, Lower Level
Latinx Dance Lessons with LACC and Contagio
3-5 p.m., Du Bois Library, Promenade (rain location: Floor 2, RECESS)
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Gearing up for Homecoming Weekend with two special events on Friday, October 3!
Tom Ricardi's Birds of Prey
1-2 p.m., Du Bois Library, Lower Level
Latinx Dance Lessons with LACC and Contagio
3-5 p.m., Du Bois Library, Promenade (rain location: Floor 2, RECESS)
Tom Ricardi's Birds of Prey
1-2 p.m., Du Bois Library, Lower Level
Latinx Dance Lessons with LACC and Contagio
3-5 p.m., Du Bois Library, Promenade (rain location: Floor 2, RECESS)
Coming up on 10/5, 3-5 p.m.: Explosion books with local artist Tonya Lemos (small, square books which “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them).
Email Paulina Borrego at pborrego@library.umass.edu to register.
Email Paulina Borrego at pborrego@library.umass.edu to register.
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Coming up on 10/5, 3-5 p.m.: Explosion books with local artist Tonya Lemos (small, square books which “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them).
Email Paulina Borrego at pborrego@library.umass.edu to register.
Email Paulina Borrego at pborrego@library.umass.edu to register.
Next week! Join the Libraries for a special event, "Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory," September 25, 5-7:30 p.m., at Amherst College, Keefe Campus Center, Friedmann Room.
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
September 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Next week! Join the Libraries for a special event, "Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory," September 25, 5-7:30 p.m., at Amherst College, Keefe Campus Center, Friedmann Room.
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
Undergrads and grads are welcome to join us at the Science and Engineering Library Learning Studio to put together wellness kits and learn more about wellness resources on the UMass Amherst campus. Monday, September 29, 3-5 p.m.
*Space and supplies may be limited; first come, first served.
*Space and supplies may be limited; first come, first served.
September 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Undergrads and grads are welcome to join us at the Science and Engineering Library Learning Studio to put together wellness kits and learn more about wellness resources on the UMass Amherst campus. Monday, September 29, 3-5 p.m.
*Space and supplies may be limited; first come, first served.
*Space and supplies may be limited; first come, first served.
New series: Drawing Collections! Informal gatherings to practice the art of slow seeing and drawing. No experience necessary. Each session is a stand-alone meeting that will focus on a different campus collection. Kickoff: September 19, 2-4 p.m. RSVP with Paulina Borrego, pborrego@umass.edu.
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New series: Drawing Collections! Informal gatherings to practice the art of slow seeing and drawing. No experience necessary. Each session is a stand-alone meeting that will focus on a different campus collection. Kickoff: September 19, 2-4 p.m. RSVP with Paulina Borrego, pborrego@umass.edu.
Join the Libraries for a special event, "Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory," September 25, 5-7:30 p.m., at Amherst College, Keefe Campus Center, Friedmann Room.
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
September 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join the Libraries for a special event, "Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory," September 25, 5-7:30 p.m., at Amherst College, Keefe Campus Center, Friedmann Room.
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
RSVP: bit.ly/mirontalk25
New exhibit! "Mass Produced: A Century of Patents and Trademarks from Western Mass" is a collection of historical patents and trademarks originating from Western Massachusetts. Open during regular hours, Science and Engineering Library. Reception 9/17, 4-6 p.m.
September 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New exhibit! "Mass Produced: A Century of Patents and Trademarks from Western Mass" is a collection of historical patents and trademarks originating from Western Massachusetts. Open during regular hours, Science and Engineering Library. Reception 9/17, 4-6 p.m.
The Libraries Outreach Series starts tomorrow night! Join us every Thursday, 7-8 p.m., on Floor 2 of the Du Bois Library for a study break with games, crafts, and more. This week: Bingo (with prizes)!
September 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Libraries Outreach Series starts tomorrow night! Join us every Thursday, 7-8 p.m., on Floor 2 of the Du Bois Library for a study break with games, crafts, and more. This week: Bingo (with prizes)!
Happy First Day of Classes, UMass Amherst! Webster is cheering you on (and encouraging you to visit the Libraries for all the resources, spaces, and services you need to succeed this year)!
September 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy First Day of Classes, UMass Amherst! Webster is cheering you on (and encouraging you to visit the Libraries for all the resources, spaces, and services you need to succeed this year)!
Having a blast at the IPO New Student Meetup in RECESS in the Du Bois Library!
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Having a blast at the IPO New Student Meetup in RECESS in the Du Bois Library!
Attention, new students: have we got a treat for you! Introducing LIBAPALOOZA, a 2-day celebration at both the Du Bois Library & the Science & Engineering Library. Join us Aug. 28-29, 1-4 p.m., for snacks, music, giveaways, crafts, & even a dunk tank! See what the Libraries can do for you this year!
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Attention, new students: have we got a treat for you! Introducing LIBAPALOOZA, a 2-day celebration at both the Du Bois Library & the Science & Engineering Library. Join us Aug. 28-29, 1-4 p.m., for snacks, music, giveaways, crafts, & even a dunk tank! See what the Libraries can do for you this year!
Brother David Steindl-Rast turned 99 this month!
The Radical Aliveness and Belonging Symposium 9/27/19 was inspired by the life & work of Brother David, a Benedictine Monk known as the “grandfather of gratitude” & one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement. (1/2)
The Radical Aliveness and Belonging Symposium 9/27/19 was inspired by the life & work of Brother David, a Benedictine Monk known as the “grandfather of gratitude” & one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement. (1/2)
July 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Brother David Steindl-Rast turned 99 this month!
The Radical Aliveness and Belonging Symposium 9/27/19 was inspired by the life & work of Brother David, a Benedictine Monk known as the “grandfather of gratitude” & one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement. (1/2)
The Radical Aliveness and Belonging Symposium 9/27/19 was inspired by the life & work of Brother David, a Benedictine Monk known as the “grandfather of gratitude” & one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement. (1/2)
7/19: a new sculpture of W. E. B. Du Bois was unveiled at the Mason Public Library in his hometown of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Dean of Libraries Curtis Brundy, W. E. B. Du Bois Center Director Whitney Battle-Baptiste, and UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes, were among those in attendance. (1/4)
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
7/19: a new sculpture of W. E. B. Du Bois was unveiled at the Mason Public Library in his hometown of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Dean of Libraries Curtis Brundy, W. E. B. Du Bois Center Director Whitney Battle-Baptiste, and UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes, were among those in attendance. (1/4)
Facilities Update: The Libraries will be closed Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6, reopening Monday, July 7.
July 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Facilities Update: The Libraries will be closed Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6, reopening Monday, July 7.