Past Events

A free workshop about the Open Textbook Library and use of open educational resources (OERs) will be presented for the WSU community from 9-10:30 a.m. Monday, March 6, in the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation on the fourth floor of Holland Library. Moderated by David Ernst, University of Minnesota, and Merinda McLure, Colorado State […]

The grand opening of the new Palouse Study Lounge in Terrell Library will be 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, on the atrium ground floor. Refreshments will be served. “Studies have shown that student success is closely linked to the amount of time spent in libraries,” said Jay Starratt, dean of WSU Libraries. “We are consistently […]

How and why people get news, how to keep up with current events and how to think critically about news will be discussed by WSU librarian Lorena O’English at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 203 – a free, public presentation of the WSU Common Reading Program. “We […]

WSU veterinary student Zena Hemmen painted a tribute to the victims of one of the country’s most horrific animal massacres. Called “49 Lives,” the painting shows exotic animals like those killed in 2011 in Zanesville, Ohio. “I truly love ‘49 Lives’ because it represents a strong story, and I think the emotions I felt while […]

WSU Libraries will hold a live demonstration of a new course reserves system, ExLibris Leganto, from 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Jan. 5, in Terrell Library 20E. A pilot of the system will be introduced in select courses for spring semester, with a campuswide rollout in the summer. “The ultimate goal of any course reserves management tool […]

Mary Gilles, WSU Libraries’ business and economics librarian, has been selected by WSU Provost Daniel Bernardo as the Featured Faculty Member for the WSU home football game Saturday, Nov. 5, against University of Arizona. The honor recognizes outstanding contributions by WSU faculty members at each home football game during the fall semester. Featured Faculty Members […]

Malcolm Brooks, author of the region’s 2016 Everybody Reads book selection, “Painted Horses,” will give a reading and lecture at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, in the Terrell Library Quiet Study Lounge. His debut novel is set in 1956 Montana where Catherine Lemay, a young archaeologist assigned to survey a canyon before dam construction, meets […]

Presentations about open access textbooks, a screening of a documentary on the late Internet “hacktivist” Aaron Swartz and a workshop about social media presence will make up events celebrating International Open Access Week Oct. 24-30 at WSU. Open Access Week is a global event to promote free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly […]

Lorena O’English’s love of books was, not untypically, nurtured by her parents. They also gave her another gift: no limits on what she could read. So when she was 11, O’English checked out “Green Darkness,” a 1972 novel by Anya Seton, from the Tucson public library. “It had time travel to Tudor England and illicit […]

While her husband was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, three years ago, Heather Wiegmann photographed a Japanese white-eye, or mejiro, amid the first cherry blossoms of spring. “When looking up into the trees, it isn’t uncommon to see tiny birds flitting around and lapping up nectar,” said Wiegmann, a 2011 graduate of WSU’s College of Veterinary […]