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The Cougar Commons academic support center in Terrell Library has undergone major work over the last several weeks. As of Jan. 8, the designated construction company completed demolition of the old reference collection stacks area on the first floor. Workers finished laying out carpet on Jan. 14 and have moved on to painting and patching […]

WSU Libraries’ new Synth Lab opens Thursday, Jan. 22, with a reception from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Holland Library first-floor Dimensions Lab, room 120C. The lab for using electronic music production equipment is available to all Pullman students, faculty, and staff. A free, self‐serve library resource that anyone can book, the Synth Lab can be […]

Starting Jan. 20, WSU Libraries will run trials on three artificial intelligence (AI)-powered research platforms: Consensus, Scite.ai, and Undermind. The platforms help researchers analyze citation context, conduct deep literature searches, and synthesize findings across scientific papers. The Consensus trial will run through the spring semester. Scite.ai and Undermind will be available to evaluate for 6-8 […]

By Trevor Bond WSU Libraries recently announced a major expansion in their Cambridge University Press holdings beginning this year. The libraries will increase their Cambridge University Press journal subscriptions from 10 titles in 2025 to more than 420 titles, dramatically enhancing access to high-quality research for faculty and students across disciplines. Cambridge University Press publishes […]

By Nella Letizia To hold a first-edition novel by Jane Austen is a once-in-a-lifetime event for a book lover like me. Sitting in Terrell Library’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) reading room for two days, this authoress first smelled the volumes. A musty essence rose from the pages, composed of imagined, imprinted perfumes and […]

One of Allie (Spraul) Altamura’s favorite parts of working as a WSU student in Owen Science and Engineering Library was getting to interact with so many other students, staff, and faculty members every day. For Jacqueline Taylor, a student worker in Terrell Library’s Access Services, it was her coworkers. Both will take those memories with […]

Hardhat Days: My Re-Education in Seattle’s Shipyards, published by WSU Press’s general interest imprint Basalt Books, has been recently featured in two Seattle-area media outlets, adding to the buzz over Mike Nolan’s memoir of a broke and desperate college graduate who joined the gritty, dangerous—yet still often humorous—world of Seattle shipyard labor. On Nov. 10, […]

Cougar Commons officially opens in the new year in the Terrell Library first floor overlooking the atrium, and construction is progressing for the new WSU Libraries’ academic support center for all students. Demolition to make room for the space is tentatively slated to begin Dec. 15. This week, Access Services’ employees and volunteers will move […]

NOTE: We inadvertently omitted several library faculty who also published research articles in 2025. Their articles have been added to this story. In the last year, WSU Libraries’ faculty and a research assistant have published research articles in various academic journals, bringing their scholarship endeavors to a broad audience. The articles include the following:

By Trevor Bond The WSU Libraries recently received a remarkable gift of $231,000 from the estate of Melvin “Mel” Hamre, adding to the Hamre Endowment to support students and to enhance library collections. Hamre’s story is one of hard work, curiosity, and lifelong dedication to education. Born in 1932 in Edgewood, Washington, north of Puyallup, […]