Event - Library Sponsored
Library Book Sale - Today!
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 4:58pm
Western Libraries Book Sale
Wednesday, October 28th
9am to 4pm
High Street side of Wilson Library through room 171
The book sale is open to the Western community and the general public. Proceeds from the book sale assist in the purchase of new materials for the Western Libraries.
Access to the book sale area is from the High Street side of Wilson Library through room 171.
Everyone has a story. Tell us yours.
Submitted by lib_marketing on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 1:46am
Deception is a Whatcom County student writing contest in honor of Old School by Tobias Wolff, The Big Read/WhatcomReads 2009-2010 book choice.
To Participate
You need to attend Western, or other Whatcom County colleges. Write up to 800 words. Create an entirely original fiction or nonfiction story. Entries must be submitted via email to paul.piper@wwu.edu by Tuesday, January, 19th, 2010.
Our Theme is Deception
When does a lie become the truth?
How far would you go to win?
One winner from each educational institution will be published in an anthology and will be invited to read their work at an author’s reception at Village Books, Sunday, Feb. 21st, 2010, 4 p.m.
Details
Entries will become property of The Big Read/Whatcom Reads and will not be returned. Portions of a winning entry may be used rather than the whole. By submitting an entry all writers grant permission to The Big Read/WhatcomReads to share their writing on its website and in publications and media. Winners will be announced February 1st, 2010 on the website, www.whatcomreads.org.
Citation Clinic
Submitted by lib_marketing on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 9:51pm
Plagiarize-Proof your paper: Cite your sources correctly!
Citation Clinic November 16-19 Monday - Thursday 2-4 pm
Reference Desk, Haggard
Get one- on- one help constructing citations or cited reference lists. Both MLA and APA handbooks have new editions with multiple changes to works cited entries as well as new citation rules for web sources like blog entries and podcasts.
Your questions are welcome any time at the Reference Desk on Haggard 2.
Six Word Stories
Submitted by lib_marketing on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:59pm
Welcome to an exciting writing event brought to you by
The Big Read: Whatcom READS!
The challenge is to write an entire story in exactly six words.
Hemingway, a master of allusion and manipulating negative space
(or what is NOT present in the story) is said to have started this form.
When challenged to come up with a story in six words, Hemingway wrote:
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Try Your Hand at a SIX WORD STORY at the URL below!
Scared Smart - Open House and Scavenger Hunt!
Submitted by lib_marketing on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 8:20pm
Transitions 2009 Library Tour 7/25 @ 1:30
Submitted by lib_marketing on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 7:19pm
2009 Transitions Western Libraries Tour
Saturday, July 25 at 1:30pm
The tour begins at the Haggard Hall Reference & Information service desk, near the SkyBridge.
Paul & Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Exhibit
Submitted by lib_marketing on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 7:35pm
Special Collections is delighted to announce the 2009 exhibit showcasing new gifts by Paul and Mary Ann Ford to the Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection.
This year's exhibit is titled, American Fly Fishing Literature: Of Flats & Fishers, and its focus is salt-water sport fishing for tarpon, bonefish, and permit, in tropical shallows or "flats."
The books on view highlight the ceaseless search for "the big three" on beaches from Florida to Mexico, Central America, the Central Pacific, and the Indian Ocean, and include accounts and technical know-how by such masters as A. W. Dimock, E. G. Spencer-Churchill, Jeffrey Cardenas, John Cole, Joe Brooks, Stanley Babson, Lefty Kreh, and Jack Samson.
The exhibit also featu9res works concerning North America's own flats-dweller, the striped bass by experts such as Jack Gartside, Nick Karas, George Reiger, and Russell Chatham.
A colorful map of Christmas Island, mecca of South Pacific bonefish fishing, sets of flies, fishing rods, and examples of taper complement the fine selection of published works.
The exhibit will be on view in Wilson Library until September. Click on this link to find a guide to the display, containing extensive annotations by Paul Ford.
Wilson Library 6th Floor Renovation
Submitted by lib_marketing on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 9:26pm|
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Wilson Library 6th Floor Closed for Renovation
The Sixth Floor of Wilson Library is closed temporarily during construction. When the floor re-opens in January 2010, it will be the new home for the Special Collections division of Western Libraries. The new Special Collections will include a larger research area, a seminar room, and display cases. |
Choose a Chair Week
Submitted by lib_marketing on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 7:55pm
Wilson Libraries is getting more comfy chairs and we want your opinion! Stop by Wilson Library Skybridge Wednesday May 20 through May 27 to try out the chairs and cast your vote for the chair you like best.
Wall Fiction
Submitted by lib_marketing on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 9:00pm
Readings by Faculty & Students of German in the Modern and Classical Languages Department.
Wednesday, May 27
3:00 p.m.
Wilson Library Skybridge
