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From the Archives & Special Collections – Celebrating Archives Month!

October is American Archives Month and to celebrate the Archives & Special Collections is bringing our history to you! There will be a series of pop-up exhibits in the Wheelock Student Center every Monday this October from 12-2 PM. Stop … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Introducing Peer Research Specialist Rowan Coates

Hi! My name is Rowan Coates and I am one of the new Peer Research Specialists in the Archives and Special Collections. I am currently a junior pursuing a double major in History and Environmental Policy and Decision Making. I … Continue reading

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An intelligent novel about a secret society of hungry young women

      Roberta spends her life trying not to take up space. At almost thirty, she is adrift and alienated from life. Stuck in a mindless job and reluctant to pursue her passion for food, she suppresses her appetite … Continue reading

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Sound Ideas: Puget Sound scholarship reaches an international audience.

Have you visited the Sound Ideas page recently?  If you haven’t, you should.  The Digital Commons Readership Activity Map is a real-time visualization of downloads across the globe. Just click here: https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/ and scroll to the bottom on the page and … Continue reading

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Hack Hack – Chop Chop – Yearbooks Online!

The Collins Library is pleased to announce that the University yearbooks are now available online and open freely to the public through the Historical Publications section of Sound Ideas, our institutional repository.  Klahowya was the first yearbook published for the … Continue reading

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Collins Library Links – Focus on Financial Literacy

Collins Library Links – Focus on Financial Literacy Many of our students are just beginning to learn about managing their own finances.  Collins Library has a number of resources that can help students better understand the complex issues associated with … Continue reading

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Menace and suspense in the Popular Reading Collection

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Introducing Peer Research Specialist Julia Schiff

My name is Julia Schiff and I’m one of the new Peer Research Specialists in the Archives & Special Collections. I’m a junior double majoring in Comparative Politics and Studio Art. Though I have spent many hours studying in the … Continue reading

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Fall Zine Series: Join Collins Library for an informal series of events that celebrate zines and zine culture!

Tues. 9/24:  Zine Reading Hour, 5:00-6:00pm, Archives Seminar Room Drop by to browse our collection of over 300 zines! We have zines on issues of identity, social justice, politics, fan culture, and much more. Thurs. 10/2:  Making Zines, 5:00-6:00pm, Makerspace … Continue reading

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Wandering Book Artists – Peter and Donna Thomas, October 16, 2019, 2:00–3:30pm, A&SC Seminar Room, Collins Memorial Library

Imagine living in a tiny home and moving across the country to share your art? That is exactly what the wandering book artists, husband and wife, Peter and Donna Thomas do. They will be visiting Collins to share their story … Continue reading

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