Did You Know?

New students weren’t called first years till the late ‘80s. At right: the last “freshman” and first “first year” handbooks (published by the junior class for new students in 1988 and 1989, respectively). The course catalogue still referred to “freshmen tutorials” as late as the 1990-91 academic year.

Where’s my Moodle course? Don’t see a Moodle site for your course? Contact your professor. Not all instructors use Moodle, or your instructor may not have made the site visible to students yet. If a site is avail-able for your class but you still can’t see it, contact ris-d@mtholyoke.edu.We heard you! LITS is now open starting at 9am on Sundays during regular semester hours: Mon-Thu 8:00am - 2:00am Fri 8:00am - 10:00pm Sat 9:00am - 10:00pm Sun 9:00am - 2:00am

A Mount Holyoke Woman in Macedonia, a new Archives & Special Collections exhibit curated by Liz Knoll ‘16, tells the fascinating story of alum Mary Matthews, who taught at the American School for Girls from 1888-1920. Come to the introductory talk by Matthews’ grandniece, Peggy Hanson, on Thursday, Sept. 15 4:30pm in Dwight 101. Followed by a reception with refreshments.

The Class of 1920: A Peek into the Past Curated by Archives & Special Collections Lynk

intern Shannon Reilly ‘17, this new exhibit looks back to the Class of

2020’s great-grandmother class. Learn about the lives of MHC

students in 1920: what’s the same and what’s different! In the atrium till Sept. 30.Create a website! LITS offers WordPress for

personal websites, student organization sites, and class

projects. No fees, no ads, and you can use your MHC login!

Visit commons.mtholyoke.edu to explore and create a site. Questions?

Click on “Consult the help guide” to get started.

Librarians are here to help! Did you know that for every subject there is an expert librarian who is available to help you navigate LITS resources and services, and assist you with your research? Visit the LITS home page and click

to contact/locate the librarians.

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Volume 9, Issue 1 September 2016

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Library carrel sign-up for seniors is on Sunday, Sept. 18, 9-11am in the Whiting Alcove (6th floor South). Carrels are assigned first come, first serve so line up early. We have a limited number of accessible floors and height-adjustable carrels. Let us know at sign-up if you need one. Can’t be there? Pick up a proxy form at the Circulation Desk and a friend can wait in line for you!

Party with the Language Resource Center! The LRC offers a variety of super fun language and culture events throughout the year, starting with our Language Festival on Thursday, Sept. 29, 7:30-9:30pm in Blanchard. Join us for internation-al games, refreshments, music and more. Follow us on Facebook (MountHolyokeLRC) and Twitter (@mhc_lrc) for details and updates.

Homemade dorm room sign by Dorothy

Upham 1920.

Did You Know?

October Break wasn’t part of the college calendar until the mid 1980’s. Before then, Mountain Day was the only break until Thanksgiving. We’re thankful that changed!

Crafternoon in the Archives Dahlias were among the first flowers to be grown at MHC under Mary Lyon’s guidance. On Oct. 20 at 4:30pm, archives student assis-tant Misha Ali ‘17 will show you how to make paper dahlias to decorate your dorm or office, or to give as a gift during Friends & Family weekend!Gadgets to go! Need to borrow a laptop, scientific calculator, iPad, headphones, portable optical drive, or charger? Want to know what equipment is available right now? Check Gadgets-to-Go at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/gadgets, or on the touchscreen across from the Circulation Desk!

Independent study support Are you working on an independent study? Want to learn more about resources within your field and ways to conduct your research more efficiently? Make an appointment with your LITS subject specialist! If you aren’t sure who your subject specialist is, email ris-d@mtholyoke.edu and the person with expertise in your topic area will get back to you!

New art in the library Congratulations to Emily Silverman ‘81 prize winner Amy Chen ‘17,

and runner up Veronica DeJesus ‘16! You can view their outstanding creative

works (pictured at left) hanging near the elevator on library

level 4 north and in library room 620A, respectively.

Upload all the things! It’s early in the semester, which means it’s time to build

good backup habits! Protect yourself against disaster in the

event of a failed hard drive and protect your data by saving copies

of important files to Google Drive or an external hard drive.

Upgrade your tech skills Want to learn how to use Photoshop, WordPress, Powerpoint, or Excel? Sign up for a Peer2Peer workshop and learn to use these useful tools. Topics, times, dates, and locations are available at the Information Com-mons Help Desk or online at www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/tech/student_workshops.

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Volume 9, Issue 2 October 2016

Image credits: MHC Archives & Special Collections, Mary Stettner

Beverages, buttons, and ‘brarians Bring your loved ones to meet your friendly RIS Librarians for Donuts and Coffee during Family and Friends Weekend! Connect with subject specialists who can help with your papers and research projects. Friday Oct. 21st 10am-12pm outside the Williston Library main entrance. Rain location: Library Atrium.

Don’t pay for it! Did you click MH Links and see that the item you want isn’t available electron-ically or in print at MHC? Use “Request from an-other library via ILLiad.” ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan service, can provide books, videos, articles and book chapters from across the country and sometimes further! Books and videos usually arrive in 1-2 weeks, articles within 12-24 hours.

Veronica DeJesus ‘16

Amy Chen ‘17

Did You Know?

The first woman to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States was Shirley Chisholm in 1972. After serving in Congress from 1969-1983, Chisholm (pictured at right with arms resting on podium) taught at MHC from 1983-1987.

Participating in NaNoWriMo? November is Na-tional Novel Writing Month and LITS provides lots of different kinds of spaces for writing your novel. Find your new favorite writing nook on the LITS web site > About Us > Study and Meeting Space Finder. Get comfy and start your masterpiece!No laptop? No problem! Forget your computer but still need to get some work done? Borrow one from the loaner laptop pool! Now with Chromebooks as well as Macs and PCs. We have 40 available for 3 hour loan, 27 for 3 day loan. Ask at the Circulation Desk!

Don’t get phished! Don’t click on links in email unless you’re certain a link is something you were expecting. Hackers can hijack or mimic email accounts so even a message from a professor or friend could be fake and trying to get you to give away your username and password. Ask before you click! Call the Help Desk at 538-2600, and see examples at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/phishing.

Overnight reserves Borrow a 3 hour reserve book 3 hours before closing time and keep

it until the next morning! We will also hold it for you. Fill out a form at

the Circulation Desk on the day the item is needed to ensure it

will be held for the overnight request. Questions? Ask at the Circulation Desk!New leisure videos Check out these and other fresh leisure movies on the

shelves by the Circulation Desk! You

can suggest new titles for

the collection, too.

Jewelry Crafternoon Before the invention of photography, paper silhouettes were shared to remember loved ones. These were often kept in lockets by students who were away at college and soldiers who were away at wartime. Come over to Archives on Nov. 16 at 4:30pm to see his-toric silhouettes and create pendants and rings using silhouette portraits from the collections!

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Volume 9, Issue 3 November 2016

Image credits: MHC Archives & Special Collections, Karen Mehl

Got a video, digital story, or other multimedia assignment? Video Consultants are available to help in the MEWS Teaching Area. The MEWS equipment includes video and audio capture tools as well as editing software. Learn more about our work and make an appointment online at: commons.mtholyoke.edu/mewsnews

Thanksgiving Break hours

Tuesday, 11/22 8:00 am- 5:00 pm Wednesday, 11/23 8:30 am - noon Thursday, 11/24 - Saturday, 11/26 CLOSED Sunday, 11/27 6:00 pm-2:00 am

Regular hours resume Monday, 11/28.

Students demonstrating for women’s right to vote during

1916 commencementactivities.

Did You Know?

Before 1971, Fall semester finals were scheduled for January - after the holidays. Imagine how much more restful your winter break will be with finals already behind you!

Fasten your papers It’s coming up on finals season! Did you know that the campus’ most economical printing option, the MFD, can also staple (up to 50 sheets) and hole-punch (unlimited sheets) your papers? Ask at the Info Commons Desk for instructions before you send your print job to the MFD.Research & Recreation from afar Use LITS home page’s E-Resources A-Z list from anywhere! Access research and multimedia tools like Naxos Music and Video Libraries, Classical Music Library, Dance in Video, and Kanopy Streaming videos. Use your MHC login when prompted.

December hours From Reading Days through exams, the Information Commons, MEWS, and 7th floor North are open to MHC students 24/7! During the break, LITS will be open Dec. 21-23 and 29-30 from 8:30am-5pm; closed Dec. 24-28 and Dec. 31 - Jan. 2. We open for January Intersession on Jan. 3. Check the LITS web site for more specifics on January hours.

Study break tea Please join us for our sixth annual December Study Break Tea on

Wednesday, Dec. 14, 4-5pm in the Stimson Room. We’ll have snacks,

caffeine, crafts (DIY cards, but-tons, glitter), and good cheer.

Stop by for a much-deserved break to refuel and refocus. We hope to see you there!Looking for something fun to read? Check out the new Leisure Collection,

across from the Ask LITS wall. Each month we’ll be adding

new titles of fiction, young adult literature, and popular non-fiction.

Don’t see you favorite author? Drop a note in the suggestion box!

Come explore Archives and Special Collections! Join us for “An Afternoon in the Archives” on Friday, Dec. 9 from 1 to 4 pm. There will be student-led tours of the closed stacks and the rare book room; button making; a Mount Holyoke College trivia contest; and the chance to ask all the MHC history questions that your heart desires!

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Volume 9, Issue 4 Dec. 2016/Jan. 2017

Image credits: MHC Archives & Special Collections, Mary Stettner

Drop in for help Did you take a LITS workshop on using WordPress at MHC, Illustrator, PhotoShop, PowerPoint, or Excel this year? Still have questions? We can help! Sunday, Dec. 11 - Thursday, Dec. 15, and Sunday, Dec. 18 - Monday, Dec. 19, Peer2Peer teachers will be available 7-9 pm in Library 619 to answer specific questions about these applications.

Access to course sites is not forever If you want to hang onto course readings for future reference, download them now! Moodle course sites are available only while you are enrolled in courses until a few weeks beyond the end of the semester. This policy is necessary for compliance with copyright law. Save files from Fall 2016 semester courses before Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Remember reading for fun? Pick a book from the new Leisure

Collection for break!

Did You Know?

Prior to the 1992 renovation and creation of the atrium, the “staircase to nowhere” in the library Reading Room used to lead to a floor of stacks. Pictured at right: a 1915 photo of the “delivery desk.” Notice there’s another floor through what’s now the door to the atrium stairs, too.

Happy Birthday, Mary Lyon! Join Archives and Advancement to celebrate the founder of Mount Holyoke on her birthday with cake and buttons and fun! Tuesday, February 28th, from 3 to 5pm in Dwight Hall.

WordPress Need to build a website? Try out WordPress. LITS offers WordPress for personal websites, student organization sites, and class projects. No fees, no ads, and you can use your MHC login! Visit commons.mtholyoke.edu to explore, create a site, and learn.

Upload all the things! Google Suite, Google Mail, Drive and Sites have unlimited storage. It’s always a good idea to make backup copies of important documents - you have no excuse not to! Writing a paper? Send a draft to yourself in email! If your computer’s hard drive fails, you’ll still have a copy. Questions? Stop by the Technol-ogy Help Desk in the Information Commons.

Explore African-American History in the news Use the LITS home page’s E-Resources A-Z

link to access the Chicago Defender, ProQuest Black Newspapers, and

Ethnic NewsWatch. Get help finding these and more

African-American news sources at the Research Help Desk! Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Alum-

nae Quarterly in the library atrium on February 7th from

3-5 p.m. There will be cake, an exhibit of the history of the

magazine compiled by Archives & Special Collections, a “put yourself

on the cover” photo booth, and buttons.

Read all about it! Celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Mount Holyoke News, the independent student newspaper, with an Archives exhibition about the paper’s history curated by Shannon Reilly ‘17 and Samantha Snodgrass ‘18. Exhibit opening on February 9th at 4:30pm in Dwight Hall with treats!

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Volume 9, Issue 5 February 2017

Image credits: MHC Archives & Special Collections

Don’t Get Hacked! Remember, don’t click on links in email unless you are certain the link is something you were expecting. Hackers can hijack or mimic people’s email accounts so even a message from a professor or a friend could be fake and trying to get you to give away your username and password! Don’t get hacked. Ask before you click! Call the Help Desk at 538-2600.

Learn from lynda Beef up your resume using this extensive online library of video tutorials to learn software, creative, and professional skills. It’s free to all Mount Holyoke community members! Visit lynda.com and click Sign in > Sign in with your organization portal, then follow the onscreen instructions to log in with your MHC account info. Accessible off campus, too!

Mount Holyoke News coverage of local protest in sympathy with civil rights

demonstrators in Alabama, March 1965.

Did You Know?

Lourdes Melgar ’85 was the first Mexican woman to earn a PhD in political science from MIT. Melgar (shown in her senior photo at right) went on to serve in Mexico’s government, most recently as Deputy Secretary of Energy for Hydrocarbons, and has worked as a scholar and energy consultant. Currently she is a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.

Borrowing from beyond Looking for even more books and videos, either for leisure or study? Use Interlibrary Loan to request items from outside the Five Colleges. You can also request PDFs of articles and book chapters. Search “Interlibrary Loan” on the LITS website for details!Drop in multimedia help Need to prepare a video clip, podcast, or movie for an assignment? Just want to explore your creative side? Visit the RISE Video Consultants in the Dwight Hall MEWS Mediat-ed Teaching Area and we’ll be glad to help! Staffed drop-in hours posted by the door.

Need a break from academic reading? Visit the Children’s Literature Display in the library atrium, showcasing books by the guests of the MHC Children’s Literature Speaker Series. Read a childhood fave or discover a modern classic, then come hear the authors and illustrators speak in Shattuck Cassani Room on Thursday afternoons from 4:00-5:00pm on March 9, April 6 and 13.

Friends don’t let friends get phished Suspicious email? Head to the LITS Phish

Bowl web page to check if it’s been reported. If not, you can do your

part to help us keep on top of these attacks by reporting

phishy email. Visit the LITS web site and search “phish bowl” for more information.Celebrate Women’s History Month Explore the

past in their own words in the North American Women’s

Diaries & Letters database. On the LITS homepage via the

E-Resources A to Z link. To find out even more about women’s history

resources, ask at the Research Help Desk!

March Crafternoon Chemist Rachel Fuller Brown ‘20 is credited with the co-discovery of the first antifungal antibiotic. Her field work and sampling research would not have been possible without a certain glass container - Mason Jars! Come decorate and personalize your very own reusable Mason Jar in Archives & SpecialCollections, Dwight Hall, March 8th at 4:30pm.

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Volume 9, Issue 6 March 2017

Image credits: 1985 Llamarada, MHC Archives & Special Collections

Independent study support Are you working on an independent study or thesis? Have you met with your LITS subject liaison? To learn more about resources in your field and ways to conduct your research more efficiently, make an appointment today! Send an email to ris-d@ mtholyoke.edu and the person with expertise in your topic area will get back to you.

LITS Spring Break hours Friday 3/10 8:00am - 5:00pm Saturday 3/11 - Sunday 3/12 - closed Monday 3/13 - Friday 3/17 - 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday - closed Sunday 3/19 - 6:00pm - 2:00am Enjoy the break, everyone! If you’re staying on campus, stop in and say hello!

Mount Holyoke students at women’srights march, March 1989.

Did You Know?

Poet Mary Jo Salter, who taught English at MHC from1984-2007, sometimes made the college the subject of her poems. There’s even one titled “Reading Room,” where “the pitched ceiling falls forward like a book.” You can find a framed copy of this poem on the wall of its namesake (pictured at right).

There’s still time for Interlibrary Loan! Articles and book chapters usually arrive in less than 24 hours for any end-of-term research; books and videos often within a week. Please remember to return any loaned items before leaving campus.

Need to connect online for a job interview, team meet-ing, or office hours with a professor? LITS recommends Google Hangouts, which are part of GMail, for online conferencing and meetings. Stop by the LITS Info Commons or contact helpdesk@mtholyoke.edu if you have questions!

Thesis submission Working on an honors thesis? Good news: the awesome Info Commons Tech Consultants can help you with Word Doc format-ting, and you can include supplemental materials like digital video and images with the written portion when you submit it to the library. Questions? For more information, email daps-d@mtholyoke.edu or visit mtholyoke.edu/go/thesis.

Seniors, you’re (about to be) history And we want your stories in the MHC Archives! Talk

to an archivist today about donat-ing your digital photos and other

items so future generations will know all about the Class

of 2017. Write to archives@mtholyoke.edu or stop by the Archives reference desk.April is National Poetry Month Celebrate by exploring the collection in

the Stimson Room on library level 6, home of our most

recently acquired poetry books. Also currently on display: books

by the poet judges for the 2017 Glascock Poetry Contest (now 94 years old!).

Crafternoon tea Did you know Natasha Naidoo ‘12 conducted a thesis on how different types of tea affect aging? Join us in Archives & Special Collections at 4pm on Wednesday April 12 for a crafternoon inspired by her study and make per-sonalized tea mixes with a variety of herbs and flowers! (Not a fan of tea? We’ll also have a spe-cial hot chocolate creation station.)

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Volume 9, Issue 7 April 2017

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Heads up! Student access to Spring 2017 course sites in Moodle ends Monday, June 19. If you wish to hang onto course readings for future reference, download them before June 19! Moodle course sites are available only while you are enrolled in courses. This policy is necessary for compliance with copyright law.

Need a break from textbooks? Visit the Children’s Literature Display in the library atrium, showcasing books by the guests of the MHC Children’s Literature Speaker Series. Read a childhood fave or discover a modern classic, then come hear the authors and illustrators speak in Shattuck Cassani Room on Thursday afternoons from 4:00-5:00pm on April 6 and 13.

1955 Glascock Poetry Contest contestants (including Slyvia Plath,

lower left) with poet judge Marianne Moore.

Did You Know?

Up until 1920, the top of Prospect Hill was the site of a pavilion known as the Pepper Box. The Pepper Box was used for meetings by campus social groups and couples, the latter activity earning it the nickname “the Spoon Holder.” Pictured at right, a picnic at the Pepper Box circa 1888.

Class buttons! Calling all seniors and alums: visit Archives & Special Collections during grad-uation/reunion weekends and make a class button designed just for you. We’ve got griffins, pegasi, sphinxes, lions, and phoenix-es; the perfect accessory to your laurel parade outfit or graduation gown!Thank you LITS student workers We couldn’t do it without you! Watch for a display in the Library Atrium honoring our newest alums. LITS purchased books in subject areas suggested by each graduat-ing staffer. Each item has a book plate that reads “In Honor of [name] Class of 2017.”

Update your MHC password before you leave for the summer - YES, you can do it early so you won’t have to deal with any changes during the break! Click LOGIN on MHC homepage and follow the links to Password Profile. Make sure you include a recovery email address in your profile so you can use self-service to recover from a forgotten password.

Drop in for help Do you have questions about WordPress, Illustrator, PhotoShop,

PowerPoint, Excel or Word? If you do, we can help! On Sunday through

Thursday from April 30 to May 7, P2P teachers will be avail-

able to work with you from 7-9pm at the Information Commons Desk.LITS 24 hour spaces Beginning May 2, the Dwight Hall MEWS, Library

Information Commons and 7th floor North (including the

Octagon Room) will be open 24 hours until the end of exams.

OneCard required for access after midnight. Happy studying!

Tea & Buns 2017 The annual LITS Spring Study Break tea with bunnies will be held in the Stim-son Room on Wed., May 3 from 4-5pm! Pause your work for a minute to enjoy the company of cuddly, fuzzy baby bunnies. With some snacks, button and bracelet making, we guarantee you will be de-stressed in no time! Invite your friends to join in on the best fun finals week has to offer.

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Volume 9, Issue 8 May 2017

Image credits: MHC Archives & Special Collections

Welcome back to class, alums! Join Archives & Special Collections for Back to Class sessions on Friday, May 19 and May 26 at 1, 2, and 4pm. If you like to sleuth the stories that scrapbooks can tell, read other people’s mail in cursive, or consider the legacies of women who worked for social justice, these classes are perfect for you. Find out how your own MHC stories can be preserved, too!

LITS at your fingertips! Current students can use MHC library resources from anywhere in the world! Access ebooks, databases and indexes to scholarly journals, and online journal and newspaper subscriptions through the LITS web site. Questions? Email, call, or chat! You can also find links to all our social media channels on the LITS web site.

This one’s for you, Seniors! Eleanor Leete Griffith, class of 1917, rocking a

griffin costume at her 50th reunion.