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Email notifications from BrowZine are now available for WSU Libraries’ subscribed patrons. An interface provided by the company Third Iron, BrowZine allows patrons to browse and stay current with the electronic journals in their academic fields. BrowZine provides multiple entry points to connect with scholarly materials, including from within WSU Libraries’ Search It and via the BrowZine web and […]

WSU printmaking professor Kevin Haas has collected artist’s books for roughly 25 years. With each new acquisition, a unique creative exploration is revealed. For example, Margot Lovejoy’s “Book of Plagues” examines the AIDS crisis, the fear and stigmatization surrounding it, and government indifference to the epidemic, with parallels to current crises. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo made her […]

Beth Piatote, author of “The Beadworkers,” the 2022 selection for the Everybody Reads program, will speak at noon Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the Quiet Lounge at WSU’s Terrell Library. Piatote is on tour around area libraries Nov. 1-4 to discuss her book and initiate community conversations. “The Beadworkers,” Piatote’s debut short story collection, opens with […]

International Open Access Week 2022, set for Oct. 24–30 with the theme of “Open for Climate Justice,” seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community. Sharing knowledge is a human right, say organizers, and tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary […]

An exhibit of “re-photographed” images of nearby Wawawai County Park by Washington State University fine arts associate professor Dennis DeHart will be on display at WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections through spring semester. Titled “Rambles through the Wawawai: A Re-Photography, Photographic Project,” the exhibit opens with a reception from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, […]

A collection of equine photographs by local photographer Shaundra Baumwart will be on display as part of the fall 2022 “Art in the Library” exhibit in the Animal Health Library. An opening reception will be held from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the library, Wegner 170. Baumwart’s exhibit will run through December on the […]

To celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day on Sept. 17, the WSU Libraries will sponsor a round-robin public reading of the Constitution (with amendments) starting at noon on Friday, Sept. 16, in the Terrell Library Atrium on the Pullman campus. The reading takes about an hour; if there is interest, organizers will do a second reading. […]

A book detailing how the Nez Perce Tribe reclaimed a collection of artifacts appropriated by the missionary Henry Spalding in 1847 and returned to the tribe in 1996, written by Washington State University Libraries’ Trevor Bond, has been named a finalist for the 2022 Washington State Book Awards. The awards honor outstanding books published by Washington authors […]

The Palouse Study Lounge and the Graduate and Professional Student Study Center in the Terrell Library will be inaccessible on July 11th & 12th due to a much-needed flooring replacement project in the area. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Alex Merrill at alex.merrill@wsu.edu

Talea Anderson, scholarly communication librarian in WSU Libraries, has been selected as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural Heritage through the Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia. The three-year fellowship covers tuition and travel to take RBS courses, attend a cultural heritage field school, organize a symposium, and […]