Category Archives: Featured Resource

The Collins Memorial Library Archives & Special Collections Summer Research Fellowship is back!  The 2013 application is now available online.  Applicants may choose one of the four suggested projects or design their own project! Learn more about this summer’s opportunities: … Continue reading →

Read about winner Katherine Applegate’s “The One and Only Ivan” from the Tacoma News Tribune! Book inspired by Ivan the Gorilla wins Newbery Medal

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Jennifer Gilmore is reading a biography of the late David Foster Wallace. She’s curious about his most famous book, the novel “Infinite Jest,” and wants to poke around on the Internet to learn more. Her … Continue reading →

Collection of Ben Ahlvin ’08 Former, Senior Systems and Research Analyst, Office of Admission, University of Puget Sound The Beautiful Angle poster project is based in Tacoma Washington. Approximately once per month, graphic designer Lance Kagey and writer Tom Llewellyn … Continue reading →

We are taking a break until after the 1st of the year, and want to wish you Happiest of Holidays and a great new year! See you then!

As the academic year get underway, it is important to think about how we approach research and interpret information.  There has been a lot published in the main-stream press in the last few months about the lack of “fact-checking” in … Continue reading →

September 17, 2012 Runs September 2012 – February 2013 Thank you for supporting the Free Bookmarks event.  All our free “works of art” have been picked up by Library users!  That is so great.  This event was designed to highlight … Continue reading →

Titus Alone, is one of three tales in the Gormenghast Novels, An incredible find written by English Author Mervyn Peake, 1959. Find it in our library stacks, call number PR6031E183G65! Amazon.com Review says, “Mervyn Peake’s gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, … Continue reading →

Thanks to all our incredible student employees! We appreciate you and all the great work that you do!

Are you a poet and just don’t know it? Here are some terrific resources for poetry! Come celebrate this month!