Monthly Archives: March 2013

Spotlight: People Making a Difference at Collins – Holly Kvalheim

My name is Holly Kvalheim and I’m a senior. My major is economics, but I have a wide variety of interests and have enjoyed taking classes in many subjects, including sociology, gender studies, and religion. Although graduation is less than … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Jean Louis Bernard

In addition to university records, the Collins Library Archives & Special Collections holds rare books, artists’ books, personal papers, and photographs.  Tours d’arithmétique by Jean Louis Bernard contains arithmetic exercises as well as numerous hand drawn illustrations from 1810.  Who … Continue reading

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Is Your Copyright Use Fair?

Check out the poster around campus containing useful information on Copyright Fair Use.

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Diane Stemper – Out of Scale: Artist’s Books and Collections Exhibit, March 25 – May 25, 2013

March 25 – May 25, 2013 Collins Memorial Library University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA A Conversation with the Artist: Friday, April 19, 2013, 4-5 p.m. Room 020, Collins Memorial Library In this exhibit are selections of artist books from … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading: The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, is a great book that gives an animal true voice. Some of you might remember Ivan, the gorilla that lived in the B&I store on South Tacoma Way for years, in a … Continue reading

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Transgender Tuesdays: Film Screening and Discussion with Visiting Scholar Mark Freeman, May 7, 2013

Transgender Tuesdays: Film Screening and Discussion with Visiting Scholar Mark Freeman Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:00 p.m. Wyatt 101 Free and open to the community The documentary film Transgender Tuesdays provides a uniquely intimate experience, letting viewers go beyond labels … Continue reading

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Did You Know? Configure Google to Display Our Library’s Full Text Holdings!

It’s that easy! Configure Google Scholar to display our library’s full text holdings: Google Scholar Settings > Library Links > type/select University of Puget Sound > Save

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Music in the Library – Euphonium & Trumpet, Friday, March 25, 2013, 3:30 p.m.!

Please join us as Stephen Abeshima and Gavin Tranter perform the “Euphonium & Trumpet” in our next Music in the library series this Friday, March 29, 2013, 3:30-3:50 p.m. in the library reading room!

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One of African Literature’s Giants, Chinua Achebe, Passed Away Friday, March 22, 2013.

On Friday, March 22, we learned the sad news that Chinua Achebe had passed away at age 82.  One of the giants of African literature—indeed, of world literature—Achebe’s 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart, explores the tragic consequences of cross-cultural misunderstanding … Continue reading

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Rosalind Franklin and the discovery of the structure of DNA

The award-winning, critically-acclaimed play Photograph 51, by playwright Anna Ziegler, recently finished its run at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. It tells the story of British-born scientist Rosalind Elise Franklin (1920-1958), who was a physical chemist and expert at X-ray diffraction. … Continue reading

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