Western Libraries

Today's Hours

Main Library (Haggard & Wilson)

8am - 9pm

10am - 9pm

9am - 4pm

10am - 7pm

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

Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections is currently accepting applications for the James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowship. Applications are due by January 31, 2025.

Creative Writing Workshops

A group of colored pencils with a card that says "Creative Writing" laying on top of them.
Wednesdays from 1-2 pm
| Kitto Graduate Student Hub

Are you interested in creative writing? Drop by one of the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio’s creative writing workshops, held every Wednesday in the Kitto Graduate Student Hub!

Displays & Exhibits

Coast salish style art of bird
November 2024
| Online Only

Western Libraries is proud to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. We offer a selection of materials representing stories, scholarship, and ways of knowing from a variety of authors and nations. 

Three illustrations side-by-side showing an owl holding an "ABC's" book, an excerpt from sheet music, and a small child surrounded by ducks on a grassy lawn. All images were taken from children's poetry books that are available at Western Libraries.
April 1, 2024 through December 13, 2024
| Special Collections | Wilson 6

Selected from nearly 1,200 rare books donated to Western Libraries by award-winning author and inaugural U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky, the material in this exhibition spans two hundred and fifty years in the history of poetry for the young and young at heart.

Featured Topics

Haggard Hall Entrance

Whether you need help with your thesis statement, finding sources for a research paper, or citations and proofreading, the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio is here for you.

Bright indoor area with tables, chairs, and whiteboards, people in blurred focus. Large sign stating: "Hacherl Research & Writing Studio, WELCOME!"

The zine collection at Western Libraries is located on the second floor of Wilson in 'The Corner,' and all zines can be borrowed for up to 3 weeks.  

Several zines on a shelf with titles like: "Imposter Syndrome," "Becoming Political: Finding Possibility within Community," and "Frannie the Feminist."

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

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Having accessible, self-paced, 24/7 support for research and writing can help both busy students and instructors. Western Libraries has a suite of online resources created with this need in mind.

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