Library News, Events, Displays, & Exhibits

Displays & Exhibits

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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. 

Listen to Children: The Jack Prelutsky Antiquarian Children's Poetry Collection

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.

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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.

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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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