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Monday, 5/6/2024, at 12:00 PM

Library Guide for Graduating Seniors

Hey seniors! Wondering about your library privileges after Amherst?

Check out our guide for graduating seniors, which includes information about alumni database access, how to access resources through your local libraries, what to do before you graduate, and how theses can be accessed.

Graduating Seniors Guide

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Wednesday, 4/24/2024, at 12:00 PM

In the Archives: Afro-American Society/Black Student Union Collection

This newly expanded collection has documents, publications, and media from the Afro-American Society/BSU, 1968 - 2010s. Read about how we updated this collection and view some highlights in the blog post below!

Afro-American Society/BSU Collection

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Tuesday, 4/9/2024, at 12:00 PM

Faculty & ADC's: Request Course Reserves Now for Fall!

Print Reserves: The Library will get lists of all required textbooks from Follett to place on print reserve, but reach out if you’d like to put any additional materials on reserve.

eReserves: Send your syllabus to reserves@amherst.edu .

See below for more information, and email reserves@amherst.edu with any questions!

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Wednesday, 3/27/2024, at 12:00 PM

Memories from Home: The Untranslatable

Photo Exhibition - Frost Library 2nd Floor

CISE, in collaboration with the Writing Center, invites you to a new photo exhibition, “Memories from Home”. Come peruse a wide array of photos, audio, poetry, and words that international students have identified as “untranslatable” into the English language. On display through Spring 2024.

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Monday, 3/25/2024, at 12:00 PM

Frost Library has partnered with KultureCity for Sensory Inclusion!

We strive to raise awareness of the needs and challenges faced by individuals with sensory processing needs by supplying our staff with annual training and by offering Sensory Bags for 4-hour checkout at Frost Library's Front Desk. The bags contain a feeling thermometer, fidget tools, and a pair of noise-canceling headphones. Come check them out!

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Revealing Ukraine: Student Photo Exhibit

Beyond Words Gallery, 2nd Floor of Frost

The world observes Ukraine through the lens of military expenses and war statistics. But what’s hidden behind it? Come to the student photo exhibit "Revealing Ukraine" to learn more through more than 60 photos of Ukraine shared by Amherst students who call it home.

On display through Spring 2024.

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Colors of Resilience Exhibition

Frost Library Reading Room, 1st floor

"Colors of Resilience: A Celebration of Women and Non-binary People of Color in Art" is a vibrant showcase curated by the creative minds of Amherst College art students.

Displayed throughout the spring, it will serve as a testament to the diverse and powerful narratives told through the lens of women and nonbinary artists at Amherst.

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Ancestral Bridges - Expanded Exhibition for Spring 2024

Explore the stories of Black and Afro-Indigenous families who lived and worked in Amherst in the 18th through early 20th centuries. The expanded Ancestral Bridges exhibition features more photographs, artifacts, & rare documents.

Located in the Frost Library Mezzanine Gallery. Exhibition open daily through summer 2024.

Ancestral Bridges Exhibition Website

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Research Guide: Generative AI

This guide provides a basic overview of generative AI to help you make informed choices about using AI tools.

Topics include the ethics and costs of AI, tips for how to engage responsibly, and organizations and readings related to AI and social justice.

Generative AI Research Guide

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EnChroma Glasses for color blindness available in Frost
Museum & Symphony passes available at Frost

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Explore Further Roberta L. Diehl Friday, 2/5/2016, at 3:23 PM

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The open-access Amherst College Press publishes emerging scholarship from—and for—scholars everywhere.

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