Author Archives: jmkyoung

Open Textbooks

Posted on October 23, 2020 by jmkyoung

Collins Memorial Library is recognizing Open Access Week Oct 19-25 with a series of posts and events. This is the fifth of five in a series of blog entries about Open Access. – Ben Tucker Open textbooks are a subset … Continue reading →

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Open Access (OA) Books

Posted on October 22, 2020 by jmkyoung

Collins Memorial Library is recognizing Open Access Week Oct 19-25 with a series of posts and events. This is the fourth of five in a series of blog entries about Open Access. – Ben Tucker Similar to OA journal publishers, … Continue reading →

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Open Access Journals

Posted on October 21, 2020 by jmkyoung

Collins Memorial Library is recognizing Open Access Week Oct 19-25 with a series of posts and events. This is the third of five in a series of blog entries about Open Access. – Ben Tucker Over the last few decades, … Continue reading →

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Sound Ideas: Open Access at Puget Sound

Posted on October 20, 2020 by jmkyoung

Collins Memorial Library is recognizing Open Access Week Oct 19-25 with a series of posts and events. This is the second of five in a series of blog entries about Open Access.     – Ben Tucker Sound Ideas represents the scholarship … Continue reading →

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From the Archives & Special Collections: The Abby Williams Hill Journals

Posted on October 19, 2020 by jmkyoung

In August 2019, the Archives & Special Collections received a Washington Digital Heritage grant to digitize, transcribe, and make available online nine journals written by the artist Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943). These journals focus on Hill’s travels throughout the United … Continue reading →

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What is Open Access?

Posted on October 14, 2020 by jmkyoung

Collins Memorial Library is recognizing Open Access Week Oct 19-25 with a series of posts and events. This is the first of five in a series of blog entries about Open Access. – Ben Tucker Open Access (OA) refers to … Continue reading →

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From the Archives & Special Collections: The Abby Williams Hill Journals

Posted on September 29, 2020 by jmkyoung

In August 2019, the Archives & Special Collections received a Washington Digital Heritage grant to digitize, transcribe, and make available online nine journals written by the artist Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943). These journals focus on Hill’s travels throughout the United … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Book… on Postage Stamps

Posted on September 28, 2020 by jmkyoung

With all the talk about the USPS, it got me thinking about mailing and stamps. In a recent move I uncovered my father’s boyhood stamp collection and in talking with local artist and collector, Mark Hoppmann, learned about his collection … Continue reading →

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Presidential Debates Article by Fran Leskovar

Posted on September 28, 2020 by jmkyoung

With our Presidential Election in November, Constitution Day in September, and the Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Collins Library is pleased to host a series of blog posts by Fran Leskovar. If you are an American politics nerd, as I … Continue reading →

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Fall 2020 In-Person Library Services FAQ

Posted on September 23, 2020 by jmkyoung

The Collins Library is providing limited local services for students and faculty who can visit the Library. Below is a series of FAQs that provide information on requesting books, using our space, and other details of local service. Is the … Continue reading →

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