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Meet your Hamersly staff: Elaina Glasscock

Each term, we introduce you to a few of the people who work to make Hamersly your favorite place on campus to do research, study, print your papers, meet with a group, or simply kick back and read in a quiet place. This week, meet Elaina Glasscock. You won’t see her at the library’s busy [more…]

Thanks!

Over the last three weeks, 326 students gave us opinions on study spaces, equipment, and a library coffee shop.  Thank you to all! 217 of those students submitted their names for the incentive drawings. Here are the winners: Subway gift cards: Stephanie Stuckey, Riley Nix, and Stacie Loose Grand prize ASUS Transformer tablet: Carol Downey [more…]

The student lounge is getting a face-lift

Moderate renovations to the student lounge will begin Monday (May 12th) and continue for about two weeks. During this time, the student lounge will be closed. We expect to re-open it after Memorial Day, but we will keep you posted with more specifics as the work progresses. When the lounge re-opens it will have a [more…]

New library system coming in June

For the first time in over two decades, the library is transitioning to a new library management system. This system handles important library functions like circulation, ordering, and cataloging physical materials, as well as the many electronic materials that we own or license, such as databases, ebooks, and ejournals. The system also includes Primo, the [more…]

The library is offering a *new course* starting Fall Term

Attention students! Starting next fall (Fall Term 2014) your favorite librarians are teaching a new course. LIB 225: Advanced Research for College, Work, and Life bridges the gap between the basic-level research you did in you 100-level introductory courses, and the advanced-level research that is expected of you in 300 and 400 level courses. [wpspoiler name=”More [more…]

New Books in the Recreation Collection

We just got a fresh, new batch of books for the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone: Oprah book club picks, literary award winners, celebrity memoirs, historical fiction, and more. Below is just a sampling of our new arrivals. Browse the collection online or in-person to see all of our recreational [more…]

Meet your Hamersly staff: Robert Monge

Each term, we introduce you to a few of the people who work to make Hamersly your favorite place on campus to do research, study, print your papers, meet with a group, or simply kick back and read in a quiet place. This week, meet Robert Monge, one of our Instruction Librarians. If you take [more…]

Stream videos for class or fun with ‘Films on Demand’

Watch online streaming videos about everything from biographies of famous musicians to the history of unions in the U.S. to tips for writing fiction from famous writers (and much more!) for free. Use the videos in Films on Demand for class, to learn something new, or just to satisfy your curiosity. Films On Demand is almost like [more…]

New Spring Term Library Exhibits

Our Spring 2014 exhibits include: Maple Hall: Celebrating 100 Years Dedicated in 1914 as the first campus gymnasium, Maple Hall celebrates 100 years of service to the Western Oregon University campus. This exhibit features the many activities and people associated with Maple Hall. Through its evolution as a gymnasium, student recreation center, ROTC training, and dance studio, Maple Hall remains a place [more…]