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UPDATED: Open Access Week Panel Planned over Zoom on Oct. 21

International Open Access Week takes place Oct. 20-26, with the theme “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” WSU Libraries will host a Zoom panel, “AI Tools in an Open Research Landscape,” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) concerns impact academic researchers and their work. Those interested in attending can register here. […]
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Oct. 24 Talk Explores Lives of Native American Anthropologists Who ‘Turned the Power’

Florence Shotridge, a Tlingit woman from Alaska, did something unheard of for Native American peoples in the early 20th century: She conducted anthropological fieldwork among Northwest Coast communities and played an “Indian princess” as she educated schoolchildren who visited Philadelphia’s University Museum where she worked. And she did it by using her Indian boarding school […]
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Owen Library Display Dedication, Reception Honoring Gladys Cooper Jennings Set Oct. 24

In collaboration with the WSU African American Student Center (AASC), Owen Science and Engineering Library will hold an Oct. 24 dedication and reception of a permanent display honoring Gladys Cooper Jennings, food science pioneer, activist, and the first African American woman to earn a master’s degree from Washington State College in 1948. The events start […]
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Library Publishing Agreements Benefit Scientists

Dave Crowder is a professor in the WSU Department of Entomology, the director of the WSU Decision Aid System Service Center, and the assistant director of the WSU Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program. Research in his laboratory deals with the population dynamics and ecology of insects, as well as their interactions with plants. Most of […]
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Lights, Tubes, Space: Holland Library Marks 75th Year with Panel, Exhibit

WSU Libraries celebrate Holland Library’s diamond anniversary with a panel and an exhibit around the theme “Lights, Tubes, Space: Holland Library Turns 75.” The panel from 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Holland original circulation area features Trevor Bond, WSU Libraries dean; Phil Gruen, professor, WSU School of Design and Construction; and Mark O’English, […]
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New WSU Press Memoir Takes Readers into World of Seattle’s Shipyards

Following weeks of fruitless 1970s job-hunting, honor student and new college graduate Mike Nolan was broke and miserable, sleeping on his sister’s couch. As a last resort, he signed on as a shipyard laborer and discovered that the most worthwhile education often happens outside of a classroom. Indeed, when he toppled from the crow’s nest […]
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This Wednesday: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell Mural Unveiled in Terrell Library

Be sure not to miss WSU Libraries’ unveiling of a new mural featuring British author Virginia Woolf and her sister and artist, Vanessa Bell, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in the Terrell Library Atrium, on the ground floor next to Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC). Jiemei “Mei” Lin, an assistant professor in the […]
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Apple Cup in the WSU Archives: Memories of All Kinds

The Apple Cup rivalry goes way back. WSU Libraries University Archivist Mark O’English’s favorite story comes from 1932, the year of the riot over a stuffed cougar mascot University of Washington had stolen 13 years before the fateful game. On Nov. 1, 1919, Washington State College rolled out their two new mascots—literally, as the stuffed […]
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Constitution Day 2025 Public Reading Set for Sept. 17

Going into the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026, this year’s Constitution Day seems special. To celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day on Wednesday, 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 […]
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Rare Mountaineering Books Donated to WSU Libraries by Alums and Climbers

Will Gregg is WSU’s manuscripts librarian and works in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections department. When I saw the name in the voicemail inbox of my office phone, I wasn’t sure I was reading it right. “Is that really John Roskelley calling me?” I wondered. I recognized Roskelley’s name right away as a writer […]
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