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Ocean Symphony Exhibit
Posted on Thu, 2012-12-20 10:33
Artist Statement:
"This series of five was inspired by the Puget Sound waters. Using limited colors and muted tones, I wanted to emanate the solemn and calm mood of the North West shore. The figures and creatures have a greenish tone to them as if the viewer is looking through water. When I began my early sketches on top of the maps, an extra challenge soon presented itself. Lines, colors, and numbers already existed on the paper. Instead of trying to defy what was already there, I used a combination of my own lines and the lines pre-existing on the maps. My own compromises that were made in the making I find somewhat symbolic of the relationship between humans and nature. We must be able to find a happy medium and work with nature. Some of my ideas had to be changed or cut out altogether but I find that this form of forced problem solving made the end result more interesting, and can apply to our world, of problem solving with nature, to make a more beautiful and healthy solution."
Special recognition to the Western Map Collection for providing the maps.
Gender Neutral Restrooms available
Posted on Tue, 2012-12-04 10:35Gender neutral restrooms are now available at Western Libraries! The two restrooms are located on the Sixth Floor of Wilson Library, and are available from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Other gender neutral restrooms are available at locations including:
- Old Main, Fifth Floor
- Bond Hall, Mezzanine
- Wade King Recreation Ctr., First Floor
The gender neutral restrooms in Western Libraries are a product of the partnership between Western Libraries and the Equal Opportunity Office. Furthermore, the decision was informed by the May 2012 Resolution Regarding Gender Neutral Restrooms signed by the Board of Directors of the Associated Students of Western Washington University. If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Marrall at rebecca.marrall@wwu.edu or visit the Western Libraries Diversity Guide here.
The Chinese Chair
Few visitors to Special Collections can resist the magnetic attraction of the marvelously decorated "Chinese Chair" that lends an exotic air to the otherwise sober Research Room.
Dr. Polly Myers, James W. Scott award recipient
Posted on Mon, 2012-11-26 14:59 |
Polly Myers, a recipient of the 2012-2013 James W. Scott Research Fellowship Award, was the guest of honor at a reception in Special Collections, on Monday, November 26. Dr. Meyers is a History Instructor at Western and is researching the employment of women at the Boeing Company after World War II. |
| The fellowships are awarded in honor of the late Dr. James W. (Jim) Scott, founder and first director of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, and a noted scholar of the Pacific Northwest region.
Elizabeth Joffrion, Director of Heritage Resources, congratulated Dr. Myers on receiving the award and invited the guests to return in Spring 2013, when Dr. Myers will present on the topic of anti-nuclear protest. |
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2012-2013 James W. Scott Fellowship Recipients
Posted on Fri, 2012-11-16 10:17Western Libraries’ Heritage Resources is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2012-2013 James W. Scott Research Fellowship Awards. The fellowships are awarded in honor of the late Dr. James W. (Jim) Scott, a founder and first Director of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, and a noted scholar of the Pacific Northwest region. Awards are granted to two scholars who will undertake significant research in the historical collections of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Special Collections or the WWU Archives and Records Center.
The Senior Fellow for 2012-13 is Dr. Polly Myers. Dr. Myers is a History Instructor at Western Washington University. She is presently conducting research about the employment of women at the Boeing Company in the postwar period, and has a secondary project examining women’s roles in anti-nuclear protest in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Myers will be in residence during Fall 2012, and will deliver a presentation on the topic of anti-nuclear protest in Spring 2013.
The Junior Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Mary Erickson, an Instructor in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Dr. Erickson is expected to be in residence on Western's campus in Spring or Summer 2013, and will pursue research about the history of audio-visual media production in the Pacific Northwest.
We offer hearty congratulations to both Fellows, and look forward to welcoming them to campus. For more information, please contact Heritage Resources at Heritage.Resources@wwu.edu.
Steven Garfinkle presentation in Special Collections
Posted on Wed, 2012-11-14 10:18
The Western Libraries Reading Series invited Professor Steven Garfinkle, WWU History Department, to present his new book, Entrepreneurs and Enterprise in Early Mesopotamia: a study of three archives from the Third Dynasty of Ur. The presentation was in Special Collection's Research Room, on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Steven Garfinkle discussed the role played by entrepreneurs from four thousand years ago and their role in the economy at that time.
He studied thousands of clay tablets with cuneiform writing on them to gather evidence for the book, which is available in the library's circulating collection.
Entrepeneurs and Enterprise in Early Mesopotamia
More books by Steven Garfinkle in Western Libraries
Library 3Things Newsletter
Posted on Tue, 2012-11-13 10:37
This issue of 3 Things is a bit of a technology issue. As access to digital content managed by Western Libraries continues to grow we bring you stories about a new streamed video package as well as tips on how to use the thousands of EBL ebooks in our catalog. Best thing is you don’t have to shell out even a penny for a dedicated ebook reader! And, read about using the HathiTrust in your work and research.
Learn Something New!
Boxing Cats & More! Streaming Video Comes to Western Libraries
This Issue's Greatest Tip:
HathiTrust: Just a Click Away...The largest digital archive on the Internet!
Did You Know?
Oh, I Got Those, I Ain’t Got No eBook Reader, Blues!
Academic Online Video Resource!
Posted on Sat, 2012-11-10 15:23
Academic Video Online brings together on a single
cross-searchable platform a completely integrated online repository of video titles. Includes newsreels, award-winning documentaries, field recordings, interviews, lectures, training videos, and exclusive primary footage becoming a collection of 22,000 full-length videos by 2013.
Videos are in many languages, with the majority in English; those not in English have subtitles in English. Transcripts in English.
"The Way I Saw It": Art Exhibit
Posted on Mon, 2012-10-29 13:23The Way I Saw It
Art Exhibit Gallery 2
Debbi Kenote is a senior, majoring in art.
Her Gallery 2 exhibit is of stone lithographic prints.
Artists' Statement
For the last few years I have been creating art centered on the notion of the viewer versus the work of art, and the relationship that is formed when they meet. I like to believe that every piece of art embodies the fingerprint of its creator, a shadow of their emotion, their perspective of it during the time of its creation. As every fingerprint is different, the viewer is allowed his or her own unique interpretation. Formal qualities can be analyzed, color, tone, shade, composition, subject matter, but it becomes difficult to explain a feeling towards a work when its roots are from something other than its formal qualities. I believe this void is filled with what the viewer brings to the piece.
My work in The Way I Saw It series introduces myself in figurative representation. The mirror then becomes a window, a transparent wall between the outside world and myself. By showing the viewer what it is I see, I bring the fingerprint to the forefront, allowing it to boldly reach out and speak for itself.
This series in particular draws attention to the idea of memory, the ability to hold in mind. Moving from left to right, the series of prints tell a story of reflection, hinting at the idea that as humans, we are defined by our memory and our ability to reflect. By collectively organizing and analyzing our experiences, we utilize our cognition to recognize our individual make up and story. Yet, when we attempt to recall a particular memory, we find it to have slowly frayed and transformed from its original content. Furthermore, the works in this series attempt to explore where this blurred piece would fit back into the puzzle, and its affect on the makeup of our individuality.
Debbi Kenote
