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A journalistic history of Seattle during the Great Depression and a wildlife biologist’s 40 years of research on Pacific Northwest wildlife are April releases from WSU Press. Seattle in the Great Depression: A History of Business, Labor, and Politics Drawn from Local Chronicles by longtime journalist Bruce A. Ramsey captures stories from Seattle newspapers and […]

A half-scale model—or maquette—of a statue of Nisqually activist Billy Frank Jr. is on display at Terrell Library through May 3, one stop of a statewide tour sponsored by ArtsWA and the Nisqually Indian Tribe. Washington State University’s Department of History, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and WSU Libraries arranged for the maquette’s appearance in […]

Jeffrey C. Sanders is a professor in WSU’s Department of History in Pullman. He is author of Razing Kids: Youth, Environment, and the Postwar American West (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability: Inventing Ecotopia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012), and McClellan Park: The Life and Death of an Urban Green […]

WSU Health Sciences Library Director Ann Dyer has earned the Systematic Review Services Specialization (SRSS) certificate (Level I) through the Medical Library Association (MLA). SRSS certification provides information retrieval and management skills to support users and researchers in conducting high-quality and reproducible systematic reviews. Dyer said she pursued the SRSS certificate from MLA to support […]

Members of WSU’s Digital Audio Collective will perform their first large-scale concert from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Terrell Library atrium. The artists will present their own original music spanning electronic dance music, hip-hop, trap, folk, and more. The concert and refreshments are free and open to the public. Some of the music contains […]

As online and distance learning became more prevalent, many university libraries expanded virtual reference to reach students when and where they need help. With cooperative chats, librarians from different English-speaking libraries around the world use online instant-messaging platforms to offer students their knowledge and instruction 24/7. Yet some librarians hesitate to staff a global chat. […]

To balance WSU Libraries’ collections budget this coming fiscal year, subscriptions and other collections purchases will be significantly reduced due to flat budgets and continued price inflation charged by scholarly publishers. The libraries anticipate reductions of more than $700,000, with further cuts in the coming years. “We do not like cancelling journals and databases, and […]

WSU Libraries’ Associate Dean Beth Blakesley recently accepted another significant role as new WSU Press assistant editor. Since joining the press staff, Blakesley has taken on responsibility for evaluating book proposals, checking e-book files for accuracy, and editing parts of manuscripts, as well as shepherding two projects through the peer-review process. “I felt sick when […]

As a history major in college, Katy Whalen, associate professor and assistant director of WSU’s Roots of Contemporary Issues Program, learned that Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans (Nikkei) were a major part of the labor force in Washington’s oyster industry. In her academic research into the intersections of race, labor, and immigration in the American […]

The WSU Digital Audio Collective presents an experimental computer music performance by Seattle artist RM Francis at 7 p.m. Friday, March 21, at the WSU Planetarium. This four-channel (surround sound) audio work consists of sound and language generated by artificial intelligence and machine learning/listening technologies. The event is free to all ages and open to […]