Category Archives: From the Stacks: blogs from Collins Library student employees

This year I had the pleasure of designing the Collins Library bookmark for the worldwide program called Bookmarks XV Infiltrating the Library System, sponsored by the University of the West of England Book Arts program. The project is aimed to … Continue reading →

Thursday March 22nd, Collins Library hosted a lecture by professors Rachel DeMotts and Parakh Hoon, tackling the hidden narratives behind elephant conservation and the ivory trade in Africa. Rachel DeMotts is a professor of Environmental studies and the director of … Continue reading →

Although elephants themselves remain economically and culturally symbolic their declining population and degraded living conditions remain primarily of human creation. I find that even though elephants have been successfully commercialized, their images printed onto clothing or fashioned into earrings, most … Continue reading →

Last Summer Collins Library received a generous donation of vintage bookmarks, ranging in age from the 1800’s to the 1950’s. For the past few weeks I have been given the privilege to work with these tiny treasures. The sheer size … Continue reading →

Recently, Karen, Fisher, UW Professor, visited the Library to share insights into her work with refugees. Below is a blog post by library employee, Carlisle Winifred Huntington. Creating Futures through Magical Devices and Library Caravans: Participatory Design with Syrian Youth … Continue reading →

“Salish Bounty: Native American Foods of Puget Sound,” reads a sign in the open space to the right of the circulation desk in Collin’s Memorial Library. In the glass display cases in the center of the room are carefully pressed … Continue reading →

On the third floor of the library is a beautiful, quiet, calm study area with panoramic windows that over look the university campus, and a catalogue of children’s books as well. If you explore to the left of the third … Continue reading →