| Welcome to Fall 2025!
Phineas the Phoenix loves Swarthmore College Libraries, and so will you! Here is some information to get you started:
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We look forward to welcoming you to the Libraries!
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Library and Research Instruction |
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Faculty, as the semester gets underway, we wanted to remind you that our librarians can direct your students to specific resources for research assignments, introduce them to archival materials, walk them through the research process, or help navigate digital scholarship tools. We can visit your classroom or host your class in the libraries. Find out more on our Library and Research Instruction page or reach out to your Subject Specialist Librarian.
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Online Access to the Philadelphia Inquirer |
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The Libraries is pleased to provide students, staff, and faculty full online access to the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you are on campus or connected to VPN, simply head to inquirer.com. Accessing off-campus? Look up the Inquirer on Tripod, follow the provided link, and log in using your Swarthmore credentials when prompted.
For more information on accessing the Inquirer online as well as other major newspapers and magazines, check out our Newspapers and Magazines Libguide.
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Research & Information Ambassadors |
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The Research & Information Ambassadors (RIAs) are student library-workers who are passionate about helping you get the most out of your college libraries. This year, we are excited to welcome four new RIAs to the library team — Julianne Cruz '27, Ethan Liang '26, Quinn Mass '28, and Sorrel Ricou '28. You can find the RIAs giving tours of McCabe, representing the Libraries at events, and sharing their stories on social media. To kick off the school year, they have curated a special welcome exhibition in the McCabe pop-up space on the ground floor. Come check it out and get acquainted with this cohort of library enthusiasts.
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Just Tech: Speaker Series
Liz Losh |
Join the Libraries, The Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC), and the Aydelotte Foundation for a lecture by Liz Losh, "AI Literacy from Prompt Engineering to Electronic Literature," followed by a reception. Losh is the Duane A. and Virginia S. Dittman Professor of English & American Studies at the College of William & Mary.
Thursday, Sept. 11, 4:30 p.m.
Chang Hou Hall, SCI 101
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| Visiting and Off-ladder Faculty Lunch |
The Libraries provide support for faculty members at every point of their careers, at Swarthmore and beyond. In collaboration with the TLC, we invite visiting and non-tenure-track faculty to join us for a catered lunch and a discussion of library services to support your publishing, digital scholarship, teaching portfolios, and more.
Thursday, Sept. 18, 1–2:30 p.m.
TLC, McCabe Library (1st Floor)
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Special Collections Petting Zoo |
Swarthmore Special Collections — Friends Historical Library, The College Archives, Rare Book Room, and the Peace Collection — has objects to delight all your senses! Come visit the Special Collections Petting Zoo to get your hands on some of our most exhilarating objects.
Wednesday, Sept. 24, noon-2 p.m.
McCabe Library Atrium (1st Floor)
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Peacebuilding Legacies: Greatest Hits from the Peace Collection
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Explore peacebuilding through an exhibition highlighting activists and organizations represented in the Peace Collection. Starting from the personal papers of Nobel prize winner Jane Addams, the Peace Collection has become the most extensive archives and research library in the United States focusing on movements for peace.
Tuesday, Aug. 26–Sunday, Nov. 2, McCabe Library Atrium (1st Floor)
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What makes a good Quaker?: How Quakers were defined in the 1950s |
Philadelphia Quaker Henry Cadbury asked 'What makes a good Quaker?" in the 1950s to mark 300 years of Quakerism. This exhibition highlights Friends and events that Cadbury thought were important to Quakerism, from William Penn to being awarded the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize to bonnets and hats. Do we know everyone and everything mentioned by Cadbury 75 years later?
Tuesday, Aug. 26–Sunday, Nov. 2, McCabe Library LibLab (1st Floor)
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| Assembling: Materialia Lumina Portfolio |
This exhibition showcases a portfolio conceived of by the Codex Foundation, that asks how material literacy will affect the future of the book. Twenty-eight international artists contributed works that demonstrate how artists may illuminate future books.
Tuesday, August 26–Sunday, Sept. 28, McCabe Library Cratsley Lounge (2nd Floor)
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Liz Waltman (she/her) joined our community in August as the College's new Performing Arts Librarian. Outside of work, she makes music on the bass trombone and pursues some very stereotypical librarian hobbies, including: cross-stitching, crocheting, baking, and watching British murder mysteries. Liz always welcomes recommendations for the best spots to enjoy a walk in nature with a small dog!
What are you reading these days?
I have been working on Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver for about two months.
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It is truly excellent, but I find myself needing to take frequent breaks since it deals with such heavy topics.
During the pauses, I enjoyed The Wedding People by Alison Espach, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto, Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, and Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
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