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The library hosts a variety of events, exhibits, and displays throughout the year. These enhance the cultural and academic life of the Dickinson community by illuminating resources and research activity, and promoting scholarship and creative endeavors on campus. Student photography, treasures from the archives, sculptures and artwork: you can find it all here, so don't forget to take a break from your studying to check out the latest.
Monthly Overview
October 2024
Building Hours
Displays
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Books to Keep You Up at Night
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Election 2024
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LBGTQ+ History Month
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EIB Statement
Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Waidner-Spahr Library
The library is committed to building a welcoming and inclusive environment where all members of the Dickinson College community have equitable opportunities to thrive.
Read our full statement here.
Cambridge University Press Journals
Access current, peer-reviewed academic journals covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. A fee waiver to publish open access is available to Dickinson faculty and staff who submit a manuscript accepted for publication through December 2025. See our Open Access Publishing guide for more information.
HathiTrust
Access books and other materials from across the disciplines and in diverse languages, with most content dating from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Items in the public domain are in full-view for everyone and items held in copyright are searchable. See our special access instructions.
