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By request: new books in the Rec Collection

Posted on September 29, 2015 3812 views
Last spring we set up a Post-It board in the lobby of Hamersly and asked you what books you’d like to see in the library’s Recreation Collection. We were delighted with the flood of responses and have worked over the summer to bring in as many of the suggestions as possible. Some of them we [more…]
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Meet your Hamersly staff: Dr. Allen McKiel

Posted on January 21, 2015 4012 views
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 Dr. Allen McKiel, our Dean of the Library: — What [more…]
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New Books in the Recreation Collection

Posted on January 15, 2015 3304 views
We just got a fresh, new batch of books for the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone – from thrillers and mysteries to celebrity memoirs (we have A LOT of new celebrity memoirs) and everything in between! Below is just a sampling of our new arrivals. Browse the collection online or in-person to [more…]
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Scary books for Halloween

Posted on October 27, 2014 3562 views
Does your idea of a good Halloween include curling up with a scary book? If so, this list is for you! Here are some of the books we have right here in Hamersly that will give you a fright. Happy Halloween! “Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels [more…]
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New Books in the Recreation Collection

Posted on May 3, 2014 2389 views
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…]
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Get Spring Break reading suggestions

Posted on March 13, 2014 2486 views
Do your Spring Break plans include lying on a beach, couch, or [you fill in the blank] with a good book? Need some ideas for what to read? Fill out this short form and your WOU librarians will get back to you with a book or three you might like!       (Photo: “couple [more…]
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Scott Carter finalist for the Oregon Book Award–again!

Posted on January 7, 2014 1853 views
Congratulations to Scott Carter! He is a finalist for his 2nd Oregon Book Award for his book, Wooden Bones, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2012.  The nomination is in the Children’s Literature category.  The awards are presented at a March 17th ceremony. By day, Scott is the Information Technologist in Hamersly Library’s [more…]
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New Fiction in our Recreation Collection

Posted on November 26, 2013 4100 views
The long Thanksgiving weekend is plenty of time to breeze through one of the new fiction books we’ve added to the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone: fast-moving thrillers, hair-raising horror, poetry about pups, romantic historical fiction, funny detective stories, dystopia science fiction, you name it. Below is [more…]
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Your work could be published!

Posted on November 19, 2013 2359 views
// The Program for Undergraduate Research (PURE) invites you to submit your work to WOU’s peer-reviewed undergraduate research journal: PURE Insights.  Students and recent graduates can submit original research and creative work including technical papers, research articles, expository articles, poems, short stories, photographs, videos, and other creative works from all academic disciplines. All submissions to the [more…]