WSU Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections has compiled a digital collection that consists of photographs and a slideshow honoring the legacy of women’s athletics. The collection, titled A Century of Women’s Athletics at WSU, premiered last Friday at the Academic Showcase where it generated a lot of interest. To view the slideshow or find out […]
PULLMAN – Members of the English Club at Washington State University delivered 29 boxes of books last month to Sacajawea Middle School in Spokane, Wash., after an arson fire in September destroyed the school’s library. “It’s amazing to me that some students in Pullman would take time out of their busy schedules to do something […]
Innovative Interfaces and MPS Technologies announced Nov.2 that the Washington State University Libraries have achieved real-time acquisition of user statistics from within the Innovative Electronic Resource Management product. Staff has accessed data provided by ScholarlyStats, eliminating the need to retrieve them on a resource-by-resource basis. Cooperation between MPS Technologies, the company that provides ScholarlyStats, and […]
Building drawings and models by 34 School of Architecture and Construction Management students are on display through Oct. 21 in the Main Gallery on the first floor of Carpenter Hall. Building hours are 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. The students are competing in a regional contest to build a hypothetical library across the street from Reaney […]
PULLMAN – As part of a regional competition, 34 students from the Washington State University School of Architecture and Construction Management are designing a fictional neighborhood library using a variety of masonry products. The third-year students are competing for a cash award in designing a 10,000-square-foot library building as if it were to be located […]
SPOKANE — More than 10,000 books will be moved over seven days on the Riverpoint campus as the library is relocated and expanded. The Cooperative Academic Learning Service, a joint library of Washington State University and Eastern Washington University, is moving to the second floor of the new five-story Academic Center at the heart of […]
WSU Libraries want to know how students, staff and faculty perceive the quality of library services. On March 27, the libraries administered an online survey to about 5,000 randomly selected faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students to determine their views on the value of academic library service. “We really want to know what people […]
During the past three years, WSU Libraries has canceled 1,300 journal subscriptions due to inflating costs and a tight budget. This spring, the WSU Libraries is asking for faculty assistance in determining which journals should be canceled next. The deadline for deciding the final cancellation list for 2007 is Sept. 1, 2006. Previously, the libraries […]
WSU Vancouver will host “Many voices, one nation, one night @ your library,” an engaging evening in which community members are invited to join faculty and staff in reading aloud from book passages that represent the community’s rich heritage, on Monday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Library Building, Room 100.Faculty, staff and students will […]
A new promotion at WSU Libraries allows students, staff and faculty to access a library of information in the space of a dorm room or office, all with the use of a computer. The “Library in Your Room,” a program originated as a partnership between WSU Libraries and Residence Life, promotes the use of electronic […]