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Visit the JFK Secrist Gallery bookshelves for a curated selection of Get Lit! authors and works from diverse poets! Now through April 26.

JFK Lobby | April 17-28, 2023 This exhibit features sixteen photographs taken by George and Frank Hirahara during their detainment at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyoming. The Hiraharas were a Japanese American family living in Yakima at the outset of World War II and were subject to mass removal along with…

EWU’s Human Library event will take place from 11 am to 1 pm at the JFK Library, on April 19, 2023. The Human Library® is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge or address stereotypes, prejudices, stigma, or taboo topics through dialogue. ‘Human Books’ are Eastern Washington University students, faculty, staff,…

Payment of quarterly student tech fees enables you to borrow a wide array of equipment, such as cameras and laptops, from JFK Library. (You can see everything that is available to borrow on the equipment checkout webpage.) To borrow equipment, come to JFK’s equipment checkout desk on the lower level of JFK. Bring your Eagle I.D.…

March 24 – April 7 | Secrist Gallery The Libraries and Archives and Special Collections is honored to collaborate with EWU C.A.M.P. (College Assistance Migrant Program) in the creation of this special display comprised of cultural, artistic, and informational resources pertaining to farmworkers. Other events in the week include: March 24 – April 7 |…

Love all things EWU? Take a look at these samples of newly digitized historic EWU content hosted on our Archives & Special Collections YouTube channel. For you nature lovers, check out the footage of Yellowstone and Glacier National Park from the 1930s, featuring appearances by Griz Leigh Bear and a polar bear plunge into a…

Whitney, originally from Grand Forks, North Dakota, is majoring in Sociology, with an anticipated completion date in spring 2023. Whitney works in EWU Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections (ASPC), her number one choice when applying for a job at the library. She performs “all sorts of things” from sorting and filing collections, scanning photos and…

Students from all EWU health sciences disciplines welcome!   So, you’ve been assigned a PICO and may be wondering where to start! Join EWU Health Sciences Librarian Kelly Evans for this informative and convenient Zoom workshop. Zoom links will be issued prior to the session.   Date: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 Time: 6 p.m. to…

Ever wonder what’s going on in your EWU Libraries? Here’s a quick view of our numbers for Fall Quarter 2022. 134 library instruction sessions with 2,717 attendees. 125,801 views of Library Research Guides. 3,842 patrons assisted in-person, via email, & phone. 1,715 laptops, cameras, and other equipment loaned. 2,058 books & videos checked out. 71,292…

Greetings and happy New Year! I’m Ielleen Miller, the new director of the School of Libraries in the College of Professional Programs. While I’m new to the position of director, I’m not new to EWU, having been here since 2006. Kelly Evans, last year’s director, chose to step back to her previous role as Business…