Category Archives: Collins Library Links

A New Chapter for the Library! It has been a pleasure to serve as the Director of the Collins Library for the last fifteen years. So much has taken place in the Library through the years. We have added new … Continue reading →

Celebrating Libraries and Librarians This week marks National Library Week and there are a number of ways you can show support not only for Collins Library and its staff, but also on a national level. 1.  I invite you to … Continue reading →

Celebration of Creative Inquiry! Thanks to Peggy Burge for her meticulous work on this year’s bibliography. Browsethis list of impressive publications and congratulations to faculty and staff scholars:https://library.pugetsound.edu/Faculty_Services Open Educational Resources  Last year the Library coordinated Puget Sound’s participation in … Continue reading →

Love Data Week (yes, it’s a real thing!)  Curious about the crime rate in the United States? Want to access census data? Curious about data related to Puget Sound students, faculty and staff? Need help with managing your own data? … Continue reading →

Spotlight on Special Collections In a previous Collins Library Links, we shared information on University Archives and Manuscripts.  Today we share information on our special collections.  We know that students benefit from working with the unique items in our collections.  … Continue reading →

Updates from Collins Library: New Resources, Streaming Media and Research Marathons New Resources: The Library recently began providing access to the following open access primary source resources available on the JSTOR platform.   Additional collections will be added in the future.  These are linked to in the … Continue reading →

October is National Archives MonthSpotlight on the University Archives This issue of the Director’s Digest focuses on our Archives.  Watch this space next month for an introduction to our Special Collections, including rare and artists’ books! Archives support organizations, corporations, … Continue reading →

Access to Federally Funded Research On August 25, 2022, a memorandum was released by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy updating federal policy requiring data and publications resulting from federally funded research to be shared.  The OSTP … Continue reading →

Banned Books Week – Books Unite Us – Censorship Divides Us This week libraries all over our country celebrate the freedom to read.  In a release from the American Library Association earlier this month 681 attempts to ban or restrict … Continue reading →