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Collins Library Links: Lever Press – Supporting Puget Sound Students with a New Model of Publishing

Lever Press – Supporting Puget Sound Students with a New Model of Publishingwww.leverpress.org The current generation of college students face many challenges. One of these challenges is access to reliable information which is exacerbated by the dramatic increase in the … Continue reading

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Wildlife: The Guild of Book Workers exhibit, Collins Library, February 21 – April 21, 2022

February 21 – April 21, 2022Collins Memorial LibraryUniversity of Puget Sound (masks required) Tacoma WA. The Guild of Book Workers was founded in 1906 to “establish and maintain a feeling of kinship and mutual interest among workers in the several … Continue reading

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February is Black History Month

Check out these great informational resources: BlackHistoryMonth.gov  BlackPast.org – African American History Timeline Black History Month at NYPL Black History Month at BookBrowse Black History Month with MacKids Black History Month with Penguin Classroom Black History Month at Powell’s Legacy Washington’s … Continue reading

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Posting/Publishing your Research? A brief guide for students at Puget Sound

Whether in print or on the Web, follow these guidelines Have you read the University Policy on Intellectual Property Rights?https://www.pugetsound.edu/policy-intellectual-property-rightswhich covers rights of faculty, students, and staff. This policy will help you understand the next steps. Ask Yourself these questions: … Continue reading

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Research Marathon at Collins Library

Join the Collins peer research advisors and a librarian for two nights in November. Nov. 18, 7:00pm to 10:00pm, in Library 146: Get a head start on research projects and papers before the Thanksgiving break! Nov. 30, 7:00pm to 10:00pm, … Continue reading

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Artifacts of Service: A Veteran’s Day Pop-Up Exhibit, Nov. 8-12, 2021

Collins Memorial Library and the Archives & Special Collections will be presenting a pop-up exhibit in the East Reading Room during the week of Veteran’s Day, November 8th-12th. The pop-up exhibit will feature reproductions of articles, documents, scrapbooks and other … Continue reading

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Collins Library Links: Open Educational Resources, Open Textbooks, and Open Pedagogy

Open Educational Resources, Open Textbooks, and Open PedagogyNovember 2021 This year several faculty and staff members are participating in the AAC&U Institute on Open Educational Resources. Jane Carlin (Library), Margot Casson (Educational Technology) Heidi Morton (Education), Melvin Rouse (Psychology), and … Continue reading

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Open Access Journals

Over the last few decades, the subscription cost of scholarly serial publications has grown at a rate far outpacing the rate of inflation. Caused largely by the concentration of academic journal publishing residing with a handful of commercial publishers, these … Continue reading

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Open Access (OA) Books

Similar to OA journal publishers, OA book publishers provide readers free access to scholarly monographs. Collins Library is a founding member of one such publisher, Lever Press. Supported by a consortium of liberal arts institutions focused on, and renowned for, … Continue reading

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Sound Ideas: Open Access at Puget Sound

Sound Ideas represents the scholarship and creative works of the faculty, staff and students of the University of Puget Sound. Organized and made accessible by Collins Memorial Library, Sound Ideas demonstrates our institutional commitment to helping enrich the global academic … Continue reading

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