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The EWU Libraries & Learning Commons joins our fellow Orbis Cascade Alliance members affirming our commitment to equity and inclusion.  Statement issued June 4, 2020: The Orbis Cascade Alliance Board of Directors joins our voices in unanimity with those of many others across our nation who are deeply committed to creating a just and humane…

On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guard members were called to keep the peace at Kent State University during a student demonstration protesting bombing in Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Tragically, four unarmed protesters were shot when the National Guard tried to break up the protest. The day after the shooting, anti-war rallies erupted on…

Emeritus University Archivist Jay Weston Rea passed away on April 18th. Through the end of his life, he was a significant and heartfelt supporter of all things EWU.

A collection of Civil War letters donated by Mrs. F.M. Dickie in 1972 has been  digitized and is now widely available thanks to the efforts of EWU Archives & Special Collections, our student workers, and the generous financial support of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Whether you are an EWU student taking courses online, or…

A group of men gathered at a United States Forest Service station near Winthrop, Washington to test a theory. Was it practical to deliver trained wildland fire fighters and their equipment via air? Smokejumping was born from these experiments. The Eastern Washington University Libraries, through a partnership with the National Smokejumper Association, is pleased to host the Smokejumper Digital Archive, which contains…

The EWU Libraries and Learning Commons conducted our 5th annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon:  For the Students, By the Students: 100 Years of Self-Governance through ASEWU. We continued our annual tradition of gathering students, faculty, staff, and community members to add important information about local subjects to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia.  This year we chronicled the formation and…

In the EWU Libraries and Learning Commons, we are creating opportunities for Eastern students and faculty to display creative and scholarly works. These displays, celebrating achievement and creativity, enable a variety of EWU programs exposure to larger audiences while lending to further richness to our campus and community life. The featured event for this season,…

In the EWU Libraries and Learning Commons, we strive to stay informed of the needs of our user community as we curate our collections to ensure that they remain vibrant, informative, and of continued relevance to our students and faculty. The premise that comics and graphic novels are a genre too casual to earn a…

The Learning Commons in JFK Library is the “hub” of the student academic experience on campus. With the 21st-century student experience evolving to be more collaborative and innovative, the JFK Learning Commons creates a dynamic and free-form student learning space with technology access, social spaces, and peer and staff support. Peer support continues to be a…

In September 2018, EWU alumnus Seth Dryden offered EWU Archives the opportunity to digitally preserve his collection of EWU football programs dating back to 1941. Needless to say, we took him up on his generous offer, creating a collection of football programs available through the EWU Libraries’ digital collections website. The collection features many notable…