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A memoir of how a rural Iowa farm boy unintentionally became a renowned survey methodologist whose research changed how surveys are conducted is a new release from WSU Press. “You Have Been Randomly Selected: A Life Dedicated to Turning Research Findings into Practical Applications” is the story of WSU Regents Professor of Sociology Don Dillman, […]

WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) this week opened an exhibit that delves into the history of lentil growing on the Palouse, drawing attention to the vegetarians, vegans, Black activists, environmentalists, and pacifists who drove interest in the crop. Called “Against the Grain: Lentils and Countercultural Eating on the Palouse, 1916-2024,” the exhibit […]

The young women in the faded photograph from 1909 all wore the fashion of the day: White or light tucked-in blouses with long sleeves, high collars, and identical, unidentifiable adornments pinned to the fronts. Skirts hung to the midcalf, ankles, or the ground. Hair curled into elaborate styles on the sides, then was pulled back, […]

Books and other media aren’t the only things you can find at WSU Libraries. GIS Librarian Josh Conver has a passion for music and wants more people to discover the treasure trove of recordings available to check out. To do this, Conver has taken to the airwaves of KZUU 90.7 FM, ASWSU student radio, to […]

Gabriella Reznowski remembers when journals still came only in print. Her father, an English professor, would watch the mail deliveries waiting for two key journals that he had personal subscriptions to. “He waited in anticipation for each quarterly issue, and if they didn’t come by the expected date, he would go around the house asking […]

The WSU Student Technology Fee Committee recently approved two funding requests from the Pullman libraries, including replacement of laptops for checkout and the creation of a new Synth Lab. Students and staff worked on the committee proposals, which will receive funding in July. “I am so grateful for our students and our colleagues who work […]

Virginia Woolf scholar Emily Kopley will present two lectures on Dec. 3 and 4 at Washington State University’s Holland and Terrell Libraries. Kopley describes Woolf’s personal library, the writer’s exploration of poetry, and the cover art of To the Lighthouse, inspired by Woolf’s 1902 edition of English poet William Wordsworth. WSU purchased Woolf’s private library […]

Only a tiny percentage of the approximately 3,000 barns in Washington are round. Enchanted by their beauty, complexity, and historical significance, Tom and Helen Bartuska have been researching, visiting, and photographing the Pacific Northwest’s round barns since the 1960s, shortly after Tom accepted a teaching position at Washington State University’s architecture department. “Barns—especially round barns—are […]

When newly minted Washington State University graduate Jasper Willson brainstormed ideas for her Honors College thesis, someone asked her what she would do if she could work on any project. As a multimedia journalism major, Willson wanted to focus on video production, she said, and she had always wanted to make a video of the […]

With over 30 years of serving the WSU Libraries, Bonny Boyan said she especially enjoyed conducting new employee orientations and getting to know all the staff, faculty, and student employees who joined the libraries in that time. “It was a pleasure to see their excitement over starting a new job and to provide them with […]