Jonathan Potter is the new director of the library at WSU Spokane, replacing Bob Pringle who retired on July 1 after 35 years at WSU. Potter was located in the WSU Spokane library but worked for Eastern Washington University, which shares the campus and library, and was appointed interim director after Pringle left. Potter has […]

WSU researchers have received a $69,500 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—the first from the foundation to WSU—to support planning of a shared online platform for the curation, management and preservation of Native American library and archive collections. The Mellon grant covers planning activities through December 2016 for Mukurtu CMS, a free, open-source, standards-based […]

No soundtrack to Halloween would be complete without the flapping wings and piercing squeaks of bats. They are the maligned creatures of the night this time of year and also part of the holiday decorating tsunami – as in uber-icky spongey blobs hanging off fishing line on front porches. Even without Halloween, bats give a […]

Cheryl Gunselman, manuscripts librarian with Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections, and Ji Young Kim, a WSU graduate student in anthropology, will jointly present a program called “‘Out There, A Lone Island’ – Exploring Images for Traditional Korean Culture through Film from the Leynse Collection” at 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Todd Hall. The late […]

Holland, Terrell and Owen Libraries have changed their checkout policy for laptops to give patrons more flexibility. Patrons can now take checked-out laptops outside of the library buildings. Four-hour checkout times will remain the same. For more information, contact Holland and Terrell staff at 335-9672 or Owen staff at 335-2672.

Jennifer O’Neal, university historian and archivist at the University of Oregon Libraries, will present a talk at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, on engaging students in decolonizing research to achieve reciprocity and reconciliation with source communities. The discussion will take place in Avery Hall’s Bundy Reading Room. O’Neal will highlight UO’s Northern Paiute History Project, […]

A winter-wooly bison, a lonely cheetah and more wildlife photographs by fourth-year veterinary student Kristen Lucibello are on display through December at the Animal Health Library, Wegner Hall 170. The twice-yearly Art in the Library exhibit features animal-themed works, typically from artists with a connection to the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. For more information, […]

Stories about historic preservation, biofuels research and special education are among those that will be shared by faculty in a month-long exhibit celebrating open access that will open Oct. 19 at WSU. During Open Access Week and for three weeks after, WSU Libraries will run an exhibit in the Terrell Library atrium display case featuring […]

Open to all WSU Faculty, Staff, and Students Friday, October 16 10 – 11:30am Owen 319D Learn to search the world’s most authoritative chemistry and science related databasesSubstances, reactions, patent and journal referencesLearn to access substance informationChemical structures, chemical names, the CAS Registry, experimental and predicted properties and regulatory informationConnect to commercial suppliers with more than 312,000 regulated chemicals Meet […]

WSU Libraries and the Center for Civic Engagement will sponsor a book drive Oct. 5-16 to benefit inmates of Washington State Penitentiary. The drive is part of a related exhibit (https://news.wsu.edu/2015/09/21/exhibit-book-drive-highlight-prison-literacy-programs/#.Vglsy02FOfD) in Terrell Library on programs that provide free books to prisoners and this year’s Common Reading Program book “Just Mercy,” by Bryan Stevenson. “The […]