Past Events

It is part of human nature to collect things. Washington State University Libraries’ exhibit of personal employee collections includes such treasures as vintage purses, holiday Beanie Babies, 1940s-era menus, shot glasses and gaming miniatures. “After Hours 3: Gathering Our Spare Time” will run in the Terrell Library atrium display case through Aug. 13. The annual […]

Cynthia Faux will receive the 2016 WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award during a 2 p.m. reception Thursday, May 5, in the Terrell Library Atrium. The award recognizes a non-library faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries. Faux is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience. […]

A brief history of the Hanford nuclear site – from pre-Manhattan Project to the present – is the subject of an exhibit in the atrium case at Terrell Library through June 30. With the opening of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in mid-November, a new chapter has started for Hanford, where – along with […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]