Discover UM Libraries: A Walking Tour
Event Type
Event
Location
Baxter Room, J. D. Williams Library
Start Date
16-12-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
16-12-2025 10:00 AM
Description
Take a walk around the J.D. Williams Library with an expert guide, Alex Watson, to learn interesting facts and folklore about our university library history, services, and resources available to you that you may have never known. Participants will also get advice on how to use libraries to make your life (and your students’ lives) easier. This year’s library tour will feature a special viewing of the Original Library exhibit curated by archivist Leigh McWhite. The tour will end in Archives & Special Collections.
Relational Format
conference proceeding
Recommended Citation
Watson, Alex, "Discover UM Libraries: A Walking Tour" (2025). School Library Symposium. 3.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lib_sls/2025/schedule/3
Discover UM Libraries: A Walking Tour
Baxter Room, J. D. Williams Library
Take a walk around the J.D. Williams Library with an expert guide, Alex Watson, to learn interesting facts and folklore about our university library history, services, and resources available to you that you may have never known. Participants will also get advice on how to use libraries to make your life (and your students’ lives) easier. This year’s library tour will feature a special viewing of the Original Library exhibit curated by archivist Leigh McWhite. The tour will end in Archives & Special Collections.

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Alex Watson, Professor of Research and Instruction Services, leads a tour of the J. D. Williams Library for SLS attendees.
Tour continues on the first floor.
In the Information Commons.