The fall issue of the library newsletter, 2011. In this issue: Our Staff: Carla Weiss, Reference Librarian by Debra Thomson; In Their Own Words: Amos Jallah, Jr., Seth Bonenfant, Kerstyn Desjardin; The E-Column: Open Access Week, October 24-30; Adams Library Blackboard Get Together by Kieran Ayton and Brian Baker; New Resources by Carla Weiss; In the Archives and Special Collections: A Gift by Marlene Lopes; Phaedra Grande, RIC Alum & Librarian in the Making by Marlene Lopes; Book Reviews: When the Emperor Was Divine review by Judith Stokes; Mayflower review by Debra Thomson; Library Events and Exhibits: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Debra Thomson; Haiku in the Library; Library Lecture Series: Gale Goodwin Gomez Presents: What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Language Documentation in a Remote Amazonian Village; Russell Potter Reads from his new book; Friends of Adams Library: Friends Annual Holiday Sale by Debra Thomson
This is the eighth issue of 'From the Steps of Adams Library.'