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 […]

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 […]

WSU History Professor Katy Whalen has been named the 2022 recipient of the WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award. The award recognizes a non-library WSU faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries. Recipients are chosen based on encouraging students to use the libraries; personal use of the libraries; personal support of […]

WSU Libraries’ catalog, Search It, will be upgraded on June 28, offering new features to improve user experience. Changes include the following: New records will populate into the catalog much more quicklyItem availability windows will load fasterAn auto-complete feature will help users complete search queries and/or suggest topicsThe Search-Inside feature will allow users to search for articles within […]

WSU Libraries’ Irwin Nash Images of Migrant Labor Digital Collection has received the American Library Association’s Reference and User Services Association’s 2022 John Sessions Memorial Award. According to the award announcement, the libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections department is commended for its efforts to make the Nash Collection accessible to the community, and for involving that […]