WSU and University of Idaho Libraries, as well as WSU Academic Outreach and Innovation, will sponsor a webinar and educational technology open house next week detailing high-quality, low-cost alternatives to traditional course materials during Open Education Week. These alternatives, called open educational resources (OERs), are openly licensed textbooks and learning materials that can be adapted, […]

Our inaugural Edible Book Festival on April 8 drew more than 100 individuals who voted for their favorite entry, including many WSU moms with their students for the Moms’ Weekend festivities. Thanks to the discerning eyes of our celebrity judges Christopher Bruce, Jamie Kohler, Joanna Bailey and Sarah Frame English, the winners were Chelsea Leachman, […]

Rare map dealer E. Forbes Smiley III, who stole more than $3 million worth of antique maps before he was caught in 2005, is the subject of a talk by award-winning investigative reporter Michael Blanding at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the Avery Hall Bundy Reading Room at Washington State University. A reception will […]

In her youth, Lipi Turner-Rahman didn’t want to wear the salwar-kameez her mother, Razia, custom-ordered for her and her sisters. Growing up in England but Bangladeshi by birth, Turner-Rahman wanted to fit in with others and wear blue jeans and a T-shirt instead of the elaborately embroidered trousers, tunic and scarf that make up the […]

For more than 10 years, WSU’s Peter Boag has studied and written of male and female cross-dressers in the 19th-century American West—a research area not typically associated with the era of westward land grabs, Native American conflicts, the Gold Rush and the transcontinental railroad. Professor and Columbia Chair in the History of the American West, […]

WSU Social Sciences Librarian Lorena O’English will be hosting a workshop titled, “Electronic Marginalia: Tools for Annotation” in the CDSC Spring Series Friday, March 25th from 1:00pm – 3:00pm in the CDSC (Holland Libraries, 4th Floor). Interested in using annotation tools for your research? This two hour workshop will address the benefits of annotating our research […]

Join us for a public talk with Dr. David Squires titled “Universities of the Air, Libraries Without Walls” in the CDSC Spring Series Thursday, March 24th from 3:00pm — 4:00pm in the CDSC (Holland Libraries, 4th Floor). This talk will chart an alternative history of digital humanities projects. Rather than beginning with digital computing and screen-based […]

The Inland Northwest Council of Libraries (InCOL) Spring Workshop, set from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, April 14, on the Pullman campus, will feature two presentations by Trevor Dawes, associate university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis. Dawes will present on leadership plan development, and systems thinking and decision-making that will lead to more effective […]

The published works of Washington State University authors will be recognized at the third annual “Crimson Reads: A Celebration of WSU Authors,” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in the Terrell Library atrium. Crimson Reads is part of WSU Showcase, the annual celebration of faculty, staff and student excellence. “Crimson Reads publicly acknowledges and honors […]

What better way to enjoy two of life’s greatest pleasures – books and food – than combining the two? That’s the premise behind WSU Libraries’ inaugural Edible Book Festival on Friday, April 8 – a new offering for WSU Mom’s Weekend. Registration for entries begins March 1; to register, visit the library guide at http://libguides.libraries.wsu.edu/ediblebooks. Participants […]