Category Archives: From the Library Director

Dr. Annie Downey extends a warm welcome to all!

Posted on September 24, 2024 by jmkyoung

Welcome to the 2025/2026 academic year from the Collins Memorial Library staff! Our dedicated professional Collins librarians and staff are here to help you find, access, and use our expansive collections. Liaison Librarians are available for research consultations, citation help, … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on February 7, 2023 by jmkyoung

At Collins library you have access to experienced staff, including librarians, student peer research advisors, and subject experts.  We are happy to help you learn to use the library and find materials for your research papers and course assignments. We … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 25, 2022 by jmkyoung

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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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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Start a Protest in Your Library

Posted on April 22, 2014 by jmkyoung

Recently at Puget Sound, we had the opportunity to brainstorm with social activist and library supporter, Micah White. Micah is one of the founders of Occupy Wall Street and a former editor of Adbusters. His unpublished dissertation, Post-Search: Libraries, Search … Continue reading →

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Books? Or No Books? Envisioning the Academic Library of the Future

Posted on April 15, 2014 by jmkyoung

The book still holds a powerful symbolic message of wisdom, intelligence and scholarship The next time you watch a television interview or news briefing or press conference, check out how often books or bookshelves are used as a backdrop. But … Continue reading →

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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

Posted on August 12, 2013 by jmkyoung

Last week I had the privilege along with Rochelle Monner, MalPina Chan and Deborah Commodore (all members of the Puget Sound Book Artists organization) to unpack and set-up the Al-Mutanabbi Starts Here book exhibit.  This is a remarkable show of … Continue reading →

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