{"id":335,"date":"2015-10-09T15:42:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/library\/2015\/10\/09\/leatherby-libraries-homecoming-weekend-a-success-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:34:30","slug":"leatherby-libraries-homecoming-weekend-a-success-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/2015\/10\/09\/leatherby-libraries-homecoming-weekend-a-success-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leatherby Libraries Homecoming Weekend a Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflecting on Chapman’s Homecoming Weekend 2015, the
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\n would like to thank all who attended our wonderful events and the families that visited Chapman University! The Leatherby Libraries was well-represented this year with several compelling talks and entertaining celebrations.
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\nIf you were unable to attend the library’s Friday lectures, we are here to tell you what you missed out on! In the morning, Doug Dechow, Ph.D., Leatherby Libraries, and Jana Remy, Ph.D., 
\nWilkinson College<\/a>
\n discussed the highly interdisciplinary field of digital humanities. At Chapman University, digital humanities can be found in the classroom in the form of new digital humanities courses—English 521: Humanities Computing and English 584: Introduction to the Digital Humanities—and in research projects such as the digitization and analysis of the University’s War Letters Archive (WLA), a part of the
\n Center for American Letters<\/a>
\n. The two professors explained all aspects of D.H. and showcased the way Chapman has adopted this method of research and problem-solving.
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\nLater that day, Dean Charlene Baldwin met with members of the Chapman community for her event, Dialogue with the Dean. In the
\nFrank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections & <\/a>
\nArchives<\/a>
\n, students have a chance to interact with history and scholarship at a more immediate level by looking at original documents and artifacts from the past. At Dean Baldwin’s talk, guests handled some of the library’s most unique treasures—and learned how the library remains relevant in a university in the 21st century.
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