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COLLINS UNBOUND: October is National Archives Month – Celebrate Puget Sound History!
A-frames for Student Housing Did you know? Small A-frames were once an on-campus housing option for Puget Sound students. These houses were built in the late ’60s and each one fit about 5-6 students. Additional A-frames were built in 1980 … Continue reading
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Conversation with Featured Student Artist: Jenni Denekas
Jenni is a senior (’11) Studio Art Major with an Environmental Policy and Decision-Making Minor. (Top left to right: “Puyallup Tribe”, “Foss Waterway Development Authority”, “Citizens for a Healthy Bay”, “Puget Creek Restoration Society”) Artist Statement Tell us a little … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, painting
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COLLINS UNBOUND: Keeping the Peace
The Collins Library is for everyone and we try hard to accommodate all the different ways you use the library: to meet up with classmates for a group project, to edit video, to take a break in the break zone … Continue reading
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COLLINS UNBOUND: Spotlight on Wei Younts, Serials Specialist
How long have you worked at Collins? I started work in January 2004, so I’ve been working at Puget Sound for six years and 8 months. Tell us a little about your education and background? In 1982 I graduated from … Continue reading
COLLINS UNBOUND: Library Undergrad Research Award Winners!
Meet Jordan Carelli and Ayanna K. Drakos, winners of the Collins Memorial Library Undergraduate Research Award! The award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate exemplary skill and creativity in the application of library and information resources to original research and scholarship. … Continue reading
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Collins Library Awarded For Canadian Cultural Books
Keep an eye peeled for some special Canadian materials appearing on our shelves in October or November! Collins Memorial Library was awarded a $2,500 academic matching grant from the government of Canada. The library selectors chose 125 books having a … Continue reading
Spotlight: Cassandra Palmore, Access Services Supervisor
Cassandra Palmore, Access Services Supervisor, knows Collins library exceptionally well. A native of Tacoma, she transferred from Tacoma Community College to the University of Puget Sound where she joined the library as a student assistant. After graduating in 1994, she … Continue reading
Films at Your Fingertips!
Films on Demand (Streaming Media): The library has subscribed to a new service from ‘Films for the Humanities and Sciences’ called Films on Demand. Provided, via streaming media, are over 4000 films spanning many academic subject areas. Films are grouped … Continue reading
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A Fun Fact About Library Circulation
The most circulated single items in 2009/2010! First Place: 36 circulations: b1159777x, Pritchard, James B. (James Bennett). Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament. Translators and annotators: W.F. Albright [and others], Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1955 Second place: … Continue reading
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Tagged books, circulation, DVDs, library, read
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Find Out Fast What's New on the Shelf!
Now you can find out FAST what recently published materials we have of interest to you… without searching the catalog! Collins library offers dozens of new RSS feeds! Simply subscribe to the RSS feeds of your choosing with your favorite … Continue reading