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National Poetry Writing Month

Take on a creative writing challenge to celebrate National Poetry Month! NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is a creative writing project created by poet Maureen Thorson and held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem … Continue reading

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Collins Library Links: Spring Research Services

Collins Library Links: Spring Research Services The second half of the spring semester is upon us, and so, too, are the many research-based projects Puget Sound students have undertaken as part of their coursework. Collins Library staff wish to reach … Continue reading

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The Wonderful World of Pop-Up Books: The Stanley W. Hess Collection

Collins Library is delighted to announce the gift of 150 pop-up books from retired art librarian, Stanley W. Hess. Hess currently lives in Bremerton and is the curator of the Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum, a division formerly of Evergreen Children’s … Continue reading

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Celebrate National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Visit https://poets.org/national-poetry-month to find … Continue reading

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Essential Reads on Feminism

Looking for your next feminist read? Check out these recommendations from the New York Public Library and look up the titles in Primo to find the book at Collins Library or request it from Summit.https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/essential-feminism

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Feminist Periodicals

Wondering what’s new in the field? Feminist Periodicals is an open access repository of digitized contents pages of 150 academic journals and pop culture magazines for researchers and scholars to view what is currently being published in the fields of … Continue reading

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Peggy Firman, Associate Director for Resource Management Services for the Collins Memorial Library Retires

Peggy Firman, Associate Director for Resource Management Services for the Collins Memorial Library, is retiring after a career that has spanned over three decades.  I recently had the chance to sit down and talk to her about her work and … Continue reading

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Independent Voices: Feminist Newsletters

Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. The Feminist Collection includes over 75 magazines, newsletters, and newspapers created by activists and collectives that helped … Continue reading

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Beyond Cost: Open Educational Resources and Critically Engaged Pedagogy: A Conversation with Dr. Robin DeRosa, March 29, 4-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday March 29, 4-5:30 p.m.Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/openpedtalk The University of Puget Sound’s AACU Institute on Open Educational Resources team invites members of the Puget Sound Community to a presentation and conversation about open pedagogy, and its usefulness as an approach … Continue reading

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: College Women

College Women is a searchable portal of diaries, letters, scrapbooks and photographs from the archives of a select group of the earliest women’s colleges in the United States, known as the Seven Sisters. Current contributors include the libraries and archives … Continue reading

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