| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.51 |
| Liaison | Mike Evans |
| Submission Date | Feb. 2, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Williams College
AC-10: Support for Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 4.00 |
Mike
Evans Assistant Director Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives |
Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:
Each summer the Center for Environmental Studies offers funding to support student projects including scholarly research, career-related internships, and creative endeavors. All Williams students are eligible to apply for CES funding, regardless of major, concentration, or year(graduating seniors are not eligible). All proposals must demonstrate an environmental component, although our interpretation of “environmental” is broad.
The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
Has the institution formally adopted policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
A brief description or the text of the institution’s policy regarding interdisciplinary research:
The website URL where information about the treatment of interdisciplinary research is available:
Does the institution provide ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution's library support for sustainability research and learning:
The library supports the Environmental Studies curriculum and provides considerable resources about sustainability. Subscriptions include:
Environment Abstracts
Sustainability Science Abstracts
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
The Williams College Library also subscribes to many other abstract services for the social sciences that provide access to policy studies about sustainability, energy, pollution, and environmental topics.
The book collection continues to grow and contains hundreds of books about various aspects of sustainability. The Williams College Library is also a federal depository library and collect U.S. government documents about a wide range of issues including the environment and sustainability. The library also belong to two library resource sharing consortia, NExpress and the Boston Library Consortium which, together with traditional interlibrary loan, greatly expand access to research material.
Just as importantly, the Williams College Library provides in-person and remote research assistance to students, faculty and staff. Its information literacy efforts include working with CES and other faculty to better prepare students to do research and evaluate sources.
The website URL where information about the institution's library support for sustainability is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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