The College has just issued a new Report from Williams, which focuses on the Stetson-Sawyer project and displays the current plans. The Williams Record just published a tour of the North and South Academic Buildings, as they are approaching completion for opening next September, and recent construction photos are online. By June the off-site Library Shelving Facility is expected [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Where it’s at
Posted in What's New & What's Next on March 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Here’s a thought
Posted in Libraries Now & Tomorrow on March 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Architectural historian Witold Rybczynski presents a slide show on Slate.com called “Borrowed Time,” which observes the new horizons of library building, and notes the recovery of key spaces like the grand reading room, which Stetson Hall had and will have, but which the existing Sawyer Library consciously omitted from its design.
For words
Posted in Books & Documents on March 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Before setting off on my expeditions through the history and future of libraries at Williams, I wish to acknowledge my sources. Neither student nor professor, but merely a humble blogger, I do not intend to offer full bibliographic apparatus. I take my cue from T.S. Eliot, who noted that while immature poets borrow, mature poets [...]
