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From the Archives: Animated GIFs!

Have you looked at our Tumblr recently?  We are posting fun finds and fabulous images from our rare book, manuscript, and university archives collections every few days!  Stop by, check them out, and tell us what you’d like to see…

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Food for Fines – Nov. 18 – Dec. 1, 2013!

This season, Collins Memorial Library and Backpacks of Hope are co-sponsoring Food for Fines. Pay off your library fines with food instead of cash, November 18th – December 1st Donate to a worthy cause AND clean up your library debt … Continue reading

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Popular Reading Collection – Recommended Read: “Paddle Your Own Canoe”

You probably know Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson on NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation and not as a serious, emotional, memoir-writing actor.  Okay, so he may not be serious or emotional, but as of recently, he most definitely is … Continue reading

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Collins Library Links: Muslim Journeys

Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys http://bridgingcultures.neh.gov/muslimjourneys/ Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a program sponsored by the American Library Association and National Endowment for the Humanities that brings together publications that provide new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, … Continue reading

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Friday Fun! Recommended Film: “Fruits of the War”

Fruits of War is a documentary following the experiences of Alex Sanchez, Victor Garcia, William Huezo, and Marvin Novoa with the Salvadoran Civil War, immigration to Los Angeles, California, involvement with the 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gangs, … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Molecular and Physical Gastronomy

When you hear the phrase “the archives,” I’m sure you think of old, moldy books hiding in the basement of the library somewhere, and you wouldn’t be entirely wrong (except most of our books are on the second floor, and … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading: New York Times Best Sellers

Get a birds eye view of the New York Times Best Sellers! From Ebooks and paperbacks to hardcovers, the list is quite varied! A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the November 10, 2013 issue of The New … Continue reading

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Remember to VOTE! November 5, 2013 is election day.

There’s a plethora of information to be found online about voting, candidates, electoral statistics, campaign finance and more. Here are just a few good sites to get you started. For information about Washington State Elections a great place to start … Continue reading

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From the Archives: “Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel” by Henry Miller

This week, while scouting out interesting rare books in the Archives & Special Collections, I came across a beautiful rendition of Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel created by Loujon Press, an independent publishing company in Tucson, Arizona. Published in … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading: “Photographers International” magazine

Ruan, Yizhong. 1992. She ying jia za zhi = Photographers international. Taibei Shi: She ying jia za zhi she. She ying jia za zhi : Photographers international started in 1992 is a gorgeous “magazine” out of Taiwan that highlights photographers … Continue reading

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