I also want to congratulate Sam Buechler and our Vancouver colleagues for securing student technology fee funding to continue their no-charge printing program and to expand their loaner laptop program. The no-charge printing program allows students to access printing for free, thus removing barriers to printing. The additional, newer laptops for the loaner laptop program create access to critical technology for WSU Vancouver students. The Pullman and Vancouver STF awards are now on their way to the WSU Board of Regents for final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nWhen I shared this news with one of our major supporters, he immediately offered to donate the remaining funds needed to purchase the microform reader\/scanner. He has also generously provided a challenge gift for this April\u2019s CougsGive, WSU\u2019s annual day of giving, writing \u201c\u2018Do your givin\u2019 while you\u2019re livin\u2019 so you\u2019re knowin\u2019 where it\u2019s goin\u2019.\u201d Last year, his match helped us unlock 15 additional donations; we are hoping to double that number this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another bright development is the transformation of the Cougar Commons, WSU Libraries\u2019 new academic support center. The space is open and bright. The removal of unnecessary cabinets and the repainting of the Terrell group study rooms, the Quiet Study Lounge, and other places has already made the spaces more inviting. Over the coming weeks, we\u2019ll review proposals and samples for new furniture\u2014an exciting next step. Students are already gravitating to the area to study and collaborate. Our Cougar Commons coordinator, Erica England, has already scheduled several events, including r\u00e9sum\u00e9 workshops and a professional headshots photo shoot. (I even joined in\u2014thank you to WSU Photo Services\u2019 Robert Hubner for my new photograph.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later this month, as part of WSU Showcase, the libraries will host Crimson Reads, celebrating books published by WSU authors in the last year and highlighting the libraries as a place that brings all disciplines together. We are featuring WSU alumna Lauri Cruver Cherian, author of the historical novel Come On In, Don\u2019t Get Lonesome<\/em>; Samantha Noll of the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, author of Ethical Omnivores: Better Eating for Everyone<\/em>; and Nikolaus Leo Overtoom of the Department of History, author of The Parthians at War: Combat, Logistics, Reputation, and the First War with Rome<\/em>. I\u2019m also looking forward to spring readings from WSU Press authors.<\/p>\n\n\n One of my greatest joys in this role is sharing the remarkable collections that make up the WSU Libraries. This month, I led a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, met with a class reading Shakespeare, and collaborated with former student JJ Martin\u2014now tourism and promotions director for the Pullman Chamber of Commerce\u2014on a video highlighting Jiemei Lin\u2019s stunning mural of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf<\/a>, which we unveiled on Sept. 24. I also spent time exploring our collections with the new light sheet purchased with support from a longtime libraries\u2019 donor. It\u2019s a fantastic tool for studying watermarks and annotations in early paper, and I\u2019ve included a short story about it in this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to all of you who care about and engage with the WSU Libraries. I\u2019m grateful to work with such talented colleagues and students. The libraries are the best place to work at WSU because what we do benefits the entire WSU community and beyond. Please share this issue of Browse<\/em> with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trevor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With hints of spring outside my office window, including the purple crocuses I planted last fall, I\u2019m feeling optimistic about the year ahead, especially in light of the excellent news we\u2019ve recently received. I hope you\u2019ll join me in congratulating our colleagues in Pullman, Spokane, and Vancouver on their tenure and promotion achievements. Ann Dyer […]","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-browse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/libraries.wsu.edu\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/woolf-mural-with-mei-lin-1024x768.jpg\")