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Three new videos about student technology fees (STF), a new checkout program of Fluke equipment, and the impact of WSU Libraries on history students and faculty highlight the major initiatives that have happened recently and the ways the libraries influence our university community. Arpita Sinha, a graduating doctoral student in the WSU Department of Anthropology, […]

A longtime railroad enthusiast and professional tells of his experiences along the country’s rail lines in a new book from WSU Press’s trade imprint Basalt Books, Life along the Tracks: Candid Stories from a Career Railroader, coauthored and illustrated by friends and fellow railroad enthusiasts Jim Providenza and Dave Clemens. As a boy in the […]

WSU’s Owen Science and Engineering Library is offering several professional-grade tools for student checkout as part of a new WSU partnership with Everett-based Fluke Corporation announced March 6. Fluke donated equipment for WSU engineering classrooms and labs across five campuses, giving more than 4,000 Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture students hands‑on experience with the […]

When Kahyun (Kate) Uhm came to Washington State University in 2023 to start her master of fine arts degree, she also became a research assistant for the WSU Libraries in not one, but two different jobs that broadened her academic experience in myriad ways. In Holland Library’s Dimensions Lab, she helped build and set up […]

As finals week approaches and campus energy intensifies around WSU Commencement, the university community is invited to a curated sensory experience at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, and at noon on Wednesday, May 6, in the Terrell Library atrium. Cosponsored by the School of Music and the Honors College, “Pause” brings together live music […]

Ryan Booth calls it “the thrill of the hunt,” that moment when his WSU students visiting Terrell Library’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections for research find an article or some archival manuscript that really helps with their topic. He knows exactly what the students are feeling, having hunted the yet-hidden key in the MASC collections […]

A display and slideshow of migrant worker photos from a Washington State University Libraries collection are part of recognition events for National Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW) March 25-31, sponsored by the WSU College Assistance Migrant Program (WSU CAMP). WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) will open the Terrell Library ground-floor reading room for visitors […]

Lauri Cruver Cherian and her sister were going through their parents’ estate when they found a box in the back of a closet, with a hidden treasure inside: some 200 poems written by their maternal grandmother, Myrtle. Cherian, a 1986 WSU alumna and author living in Texas, learned from the poetry collection how her grandmother […]

Professional wildlife biologist Scott McCorquodale, author of the WSU Press book Chasing Wildlife Secrets: A Biologist’s Journey, will speak at a reception from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in the Holland old lobby, with a Zoom link available closer to the event. In his book, McCorquodale recounts how over a 40-year career he and his […]

To prepare for making WSU Libraries’ funding proposals to the WSU Pullman Student Technology Fee (STF) Committee in early February, Access Services staff assistants and students Patrick Bekono, Ivan Quintero, and Alizee Hargrove set up times to practice, talking about specifics on each slide to meet the time allotted to them. Their presentation, “WSU Pullman […]