France

French library conservator speaks on books in the Information Age

VANCOUVER- Jean-Dominique Mellot will give a talk entitled, “Books in the Information Age: The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Its Digital Library,” 3-4 p.m. Oct. 10, at Washington State University Vancouver, Multimedia Center Room 6. Mellot will discuss the history of France’s national library (akin the U.S. Library of Congress in mission and scope) and […]

WSU biologist probes beastly behavior

Robert Wielgus has studied grizzly bears in Idaho, cougars in British Columbia and lynx in Washington. So when the Washington State University expert on large carnivores took a sabbatical last year, of course he went to … Paris.Wielgus, an associate professor in WSU’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences, went to France to help restore grizzly […]