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On Dec.17, Hamilton Research Librarians Laura Festine and Kristin Strohmeyer spent the day at the Clinton Central School speaking to four sections of 11th grade English about critical thinking skills, plagiarism and college research expectations.
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Director of Library Information Systems Ken Herold presented at the First International Conference on the Philosophy of Information in China held Oct. 18 – 21 at Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi’an, China.
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“Latin Rhythms from Mambo to Hip Hop” is the theme of the sixth session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton’s Burke Library.
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Christian Goodwillie, director and curator of Special Collections and archives, co-authored a book on Shaker hymns titled Richard McNemar, Music, and the Western Shaker Communities: “Branches of One Living Tree.” The book presents a study of the Shakers’ movement west during the early 19th century.
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“Country and Bluegrass” is the theme of the fourth session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton’s Burke Library.
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A group of students traveled to Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Mass., and to Mount Lebanon, N.Y., on Sept. 29 as members of the Religious Communal Societies in America, 1620-1950, course.
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On September 15, David Smallen became the Vice President for Libraries and Information Technology, a position that allows him to create new pathways of collaboration between the traditional functions of both the Burke Library and Information Technology (IT). Smallen has been at Hamilton since 1972 — “I sometimes joke that I handed out the pistols at Hamilton’s duel,” he said — and has been involved with the Information Technology department since 1974.
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“Swing Jazz” is the theme of the third session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton College’s Burke Library. A jazz performance will take place on Friday, Sept. 27, and related films will be screened on Monday, Sept. 30 and on Sunday, Oct. 6. All films and performances are free and open to the public.
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“Broadway and Tin Pan Alley” is the theme of the second session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton College’s Burke Library. The film screening is Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium, KJ. All films and performances are free and open to the public.
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The Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton’s Burke Library have announced the schedule of events for the program “America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway.” The first session, Blues and Gospel Music, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m., at the Kirkland Town Library. All screenings are free and open to the public.
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