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The worldwide reach of WOU’s scholarship and research

Digital Commons@WOU (online at digitalcommons.wou.edu), home to WOU’s scholarship and research, is getting noticed by a worldwide audience. The numbers on the readership map (below) illustrate the popularity of student and faculty work, but it’s the stories behind the numbers that make compelling reading. Read more in our library newsletter.

WOU Reviews: The Child by Fiona Barton

Looking for something to read over winter break? Ashley Chambers, Hamersly Library student employee, has a great recommendation for you in this term’s WOU Reviews! “After the discovery of a skeleton under an old apartment complex that is being demolished, the people of London are left wondering who the child was and how they got [more…]

Fall term exhibits @ the library

The library has two new exhibits on display for fall term: Painting + Photography – A Friendship by Elaina La Boda Jamieson and Vincent Leandro Earth Science at Western Oregon University: A Retrospective Review of Scholarship and Project-Based Learning

Homecoming exhibit in the WUC

Go Wolves! The Progression of Our Mascot is an exhibit at the Werner University Center for Homecoming 2016. The exhibit is curated by the University Archives and Student Engagement/Student Activity Board staff, and sponsored by the Hamersly Exhibit Program and the WOU Alumni Association. It features the heads of the last four mascots and a [more…]

The Press is open!

The Press, Hamersly’s new cafe, is officially open for business. Its hours will be Mon-Thurs 8am-8pm, and Sun 3pm-8pm, closed Fri and Sat. Thanks for all your patience as this project was completed. We hope you like having this new spot to study, catch up with friends, and get some much-needed caffeine while you’re hard at [more…]

And the winner is…

Announcing The Press, the name of the new cafe coming to Hamersly Library! Thank you to everyone who submitted names and voted. We had over 500 name nominations and over 400 voters for the final name. Congratulations to Jill Love, who submitted the winning name and will receive a $50 cafe gift card for her great idea. We can’t [more…]

The Recreation Collection has moved

Looking for a book to read for fun? Check out the library’s Recreation Collection in its NEW temporary location on the short bookshelves between the computer banks on the 1st floor. The collection will live here during the construction of the new library cafe this winter. As always, you can browse the Recreation Collection online, too. [more…]

What magazines do you like to read?

We want to add more popular magazines to our Recreation Collection in Hamersly. Can you help by telling us what magazines you’d like to see on the shelves? Fill out this quick, one-question survey. Thanks!

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