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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. […]

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 […]

WSU Libraries will supplement services for data storage and sharing, provided by WSU’s Research Exchange, with Dryad, an open data-publishing platform and nonprofit that serves all research disciplines and accepts data submissions in every field. The libraries have joined Dryad as an institutional partner; the platform houses over 50,000 data publications connected to over 200,000 […]

On the early morning of Feb. 24, 2022, Anna Kyslynska was asleep with a wakeful ear tuned for any sound from her 1-year-old son, who woke up several times a night. Her cat slept by her side in her comfortable bed. An album of her son’s first-year milestones she had assembled the night before sat […]

When Dennis Crockett worked as a professor of visual culture at Whitman College, he taught a seminar on local architecture for several years and set out to write an architectural history of Walla Walla. He knew about the buildings and their development, but he didn’t know the events that led to the city being established […]

WSU Libraries, in partnership with the Office of Research, are starting a pilot open access (OA) fund to support early-career researchers publishing in OA journals, with $25,000 from the Office of the Provost. The fund will increase the visibility and global accessibility of published, peer-reviewed research from WSU; provide more equitable access for those who […]

As part of WSU Libraries’ renewal of their Elsevier ScienceDirect journal contract, WSU authors can now publish their research articles in 1,813 hybrid Elsevier journals using an open access (OA) license without individually paying an article processing charge (APC). The WSU Office of Research provided additional support for the agreement, which extends to 2029. “I […]

Why do so many apples in the grocery store look the same? And why do so many come from Washington? Humanities Washington speaker and Washington State University graduate Amanda Van Lanen will answer these questions and more at a 3 p.m. lecture on Thursday, Feb. 20, in Holland Library’s old lobby adjacent to the Dimensions […]