Library and Archives

February 5, 2024
Pamela Mann, associate librarian, and Amanda VerMeulen, director of the library and archives, published in the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. This special issue focuses on the place of teaching in the work of academic librarians. Co-authored with Jillian Sandy (Binghamton University),… Find Out More
November 10, 2022
Stephanie Schoch '19 and Amanda VerMeulen, Director of the Library & Archives, recently published the article, “Ask and you shall receive?: A LibAnswers FAQ usability study” in the open-access journal Weave: Journal of Library User Experience.
The paper details a usability study of the Library'… Find Out More
May 27, 2022
Kent Randell, college archivist, received commendation from the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County on May 24, 2022 with an Historic Preservation Service Award, for his research work on a manuscript about the Susquehanna estate and the families connected with it. The commendation stated that Randell… Find Out More
April 19, 2021
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy and the Hilda C. Landers Library, Archives and Media Center will host virtually Harvard’s Shorenstein Center Research Director Joan Donovan for a lecture and discussion on Monday, April 19 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Please register at: http… Find Out More
March 22, 2021
This year, the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) is hosting a virtual annual conference and St. Mary’s College is participating at many levels.  Professor of Anthropology Bill Roberts serves on the 2021 Program Committee and took the lead on organizing three sessions involving SMCM faculty,… Find Out More
August 20, 2020
St. Mary's College of Maryland was recently awarded a Maryland State Arts Council Folklife Network grant totaling $40,500 to represent Southern Maryland as a Maryland Regional Folklife Center in the Maryland State Arts Council’s Folklife Network. Regional folklife centers serve to continue “… Find Out More
May 15, 2020
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Provost and Dean of Faculty Michael Wick has named three new faculty members for distinguished professorships.

The Aldom-Plansoen College Fellowships are granted to associate professors for a two-year term.  In honor of recent professional accomplishments and… Find Out More
January 29, 2020
Following the successful celebration of Professor Thomas M. Barrett marking the opening of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Archives and Boyden Gallery exhibition, “Robots, Rayguns, and Alternate Views of Reality: Experiencing Art Through the Sci-Fi Paperback Collection in the SMCM Archives," The… Find Out More
January 27, 2020
Joanna Bartow, professor of Spanish, and Pamela Mann, associate research & instruction librarian for the arts & humanities, led a workshop titled “Community-Based Spanish and Critical Information Literacy” on October 18, 2019, at the AACU Conference of Global Citizenship for Campus,… Find Out More
January 20, 2020
On Thursday, January 23, from 5 – 6:30 p.m., The Boyden Gallery will hold an opening reception for an exhibition created with a unique collection held in the Archives. The family of Thomas M. Barrett, a popular professor of Russian and world history, donated his collection of science fiction and… Find Out More