The national Council on Library and Information Resources has awarded $334,000 to WSU, institutional partners, and nine Native American nations to extend their work advancing collaborative curation between Native communities and non-Native repositories. The funding is part of CLIR’s “Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices” grant program for digitizing rare and unique content stewarded by […]

As we finish the first month of the semester, it’s a great time to remind WSU students and faculty of the Libraries’ services and resources available to meet all their information and research needs. For Pullman campus students who are searching for research help, library information, and resources specific to them, this website has links […]

The 34th annual unveiling of the Ig Nobel Prizes takes place on Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and via webcast. To celebrate locally, Owen Science and Engineering Library is hosting a watch party from 3-5 p.m. on the second floor. The party is free and open to the public, […]

To celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day on Tuesday, Sept. 17, WSU Libraries will sponsor a round-robin public reading of the Constitution (with amendments) starting at noon in the Terrell Library Atrium on the Pullman campus. The reading takes about an hour; if there is interest, organizers will do a second reading. The event is free […]

The 30-year history of WSU’s Terrell Library is one of adaptation, according to Phil Gruen, a professor in the School of Design and Construction. Terrell’s completion in 1994 helped save the library system; the existing Holland Library, completed in 1950, was running out of room for books by the early 1990s. (For a deep dive […]

A new exhibit in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) combines artwork and archival material from across the Palouse to feature the history, nuance, and manifestations of queer experience in the area. An opening reception for “Higher Ground: An Exhibition of Art, Ephemera, and Form” is set from 6–8 p.m. Friday, April 26, in the MASC lobby […]

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Washington State University $1.5 million to sustain the Mukurtu content management system established in 2009. The funding will also help extend the system’s network of trained specialists through the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation (CDSC), a collaboration between WSU Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences. The grant is the largest […]

Looking for an interesting event to attend this Family Weekend? WSU Libraries are co-sponsoring “Berehyni: Keepers of the Flame: Ukrainian Womens’ Stories of Resilience Through Film, Art and Culture” from 1-3 p.m. this Saturday in Kimbrough Hall 101. A cultural exhibit and pysanky (Ukrainian Easter egg) demonstration will accompany a screening of five short documentaries, […]

The story of three trailblazing women academics is one of many books being recognized by WSU Libraries during this year’s Crimson Reads. Part of WSU Showcase, the annual event has celebrated WSU authors since 2010. A selection of 2023 titles is on display in Terrell Library through April 1. We Few, We Academic Sisters: How We Persevered and Excelled in Higher Education came […]

A machine gunner writes a book of poetry for a fallen friend. A volunteer withstands the smell of death to bring deceased Ukrainian soldiers home. A grieving mother cooks for the soldiers who remind her of her son. These are a few of the women whose stories of perseverance since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 […]