Western Libraries

Today's Hours

Main Library (Haggard & Wilson)

8am - 9pm

10am - 9pm

9am - 4pm

10am - 9pm

Goltz-Murray Archives Building

8:30am-12pm | 1pm-4:30pm
Appt. Required

8:30am-12pm | 1pm-4:30pm
Appt. Required

Music Library

8am - 5pm

News & Events

Students reading and studying together in the library on the skybridge.,

LIBR 341 provides flexible support for students who need extra help with the academic literacies of research, reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Creative Writing Workshops

Artistic rendering of a lightbulb attached to a pencil writing a curved line of light surrounded by bright starry sparks.
Mondays 1-2 pm & Thursdays 2-3 pm
| Haggard Hall 210

Are you interested in creative writing? Drop by one of the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio’s Creative Writing Workshops held twice a week through winter quarter!

Displays & Exhibits

Pink book cover with green leaves titled "Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon this soul"
March 2024
| Online Only

Western Libraries celebrates Womens’ History Month by highlighting people, history, and stories.     

Black and white photo of 3 women with backpacks on snow covered mountain top
ONLINE
| Online Only

This exhibit features rare books, historical photographs, and manuscript materials which together reveal glimpses into the mountaineering history of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.  

Featured Topics

Haggard Hall Entrance

Thanks to a partnership with the Counseling and Wellness Center, you can borrow a portable happy light from the library for up to one week.

A smiling cartoon brain holding a book and sitting near a portable happy light surrounded by books.

Students can now get drop-in support from the Tutoring Center and the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio at the DAC, BSC, or MCC.

Sketch illustration of a laptop, a stack of books, an open math book, and a calculator.

Looking for extra sources for that paper you’re writing? Reviewing materials for an upcoming syllabus? Try ordering what you need through Summit!

Blurred bookstacks in the background behind a logo banner that says "Orbis Cascade Alliance" in purple lettering.

What was it like to be part of the counterculture in Western Washington in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s? You can explore that question and much more through the local underground newspaper, 'Northwest Passage.'

Black-and-white drawing of a face with sunglasses and long wavy hair that looks like clouds over a row of mountains and trees and the words "northwest perspectives."