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WashU Libraries offer nine libraries, vast collections, and expert librarians connecting our users to the resources they need to succeed.

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Did you know? WashU faculty, staff, and students can access national and local news publications through the university’s library system. You can read The New York Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal & much more with your WUSTL key. source.washu.edu/2024/12/was…

WashU Libraries offer free access to newspapers

WashU faculty, staff and students have access to national and local news publications such as The New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Business Journal through the university’s...

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We are delighted to highlight books from our collections on Palestinian history, literature, and culture in honor of #ReadPalestineWeek. The list includes books by @WUSTL alum Sayed Kashua and St. Louis authors. library.wustl.edu/news/read-…

Read Palestine Week: Six Books by Palestinian Authors - WashU Libraries

Read Palestine Week was established in 2023 to highlight Palestinian literature, history and culture. Events and reading recommendations can be found on the Publishers for Palestine website. The...

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WashU Libraries will host a series of events celebrating #Geography Awareness Week, November 18–22. This year will focus on Indigenous representations of place & #GIS activities in Indian Country. Talks are free & open to all. library.wustl.edu/news/geogr…

Geography Awareness Week: Amplifying Native and Local Voices - WashU Libraries

WashU Libraries will host a series of events celebrating Geography Awareness Week, November 18–22. Geography is an age-old field that aims to understand and represent the intersection of land,...

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What is our modern relationship with underground landscapes? 2024 Newman Exploration Travel Fund awardee Maddy Frank explores the famous caverns of South Dakota, Colorado & New Mexico to discover how inaccessible places have transformed into tourist hubs. library.wustl.edu/news/of-th…

Of the Cave: An Exploration into Our Relationship with American Caverns - WashU Libraries

Despite all evidence to the contrary, we believe that we were once cave people. The stories that we have told ourselves about our past—stories that look a lot like old museum dioramas and The...

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It is National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! Join us for a series of talks on Nov.18-20 focused on Native space and preservation. On Nov. 18: A talk on Native relationships with space and place during the 19th century by Balraj Gill, Indigenous Studies Postdoc Fellow at WashU.
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It's #ElectionDay! Polls are open until all voters in line by 7 PM have voted. The WashU Athletic Complex welcomes St. Louis County voters, and St. Louis City voters can head to the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building. For more details, click here ⬇️ bit.ly/3UCY4Qe
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A new award sponsored by the Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator @WUSTLdigital, in partnership with WashU Libraries, aims to encourage WashU instructors to develop freely available digital course materials that will improve student success. library.wustl.edu/news/new-a…

New Award to Transform Learning through Open Educational Resources - WashU Libraries

A new award sponsored by the Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator (DI2) aims to encourage WashU instructors to develop freely available digital course materials that will improve student...

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Join us for a faculty book talk featuring Professor Bronwyn Nichols Lodato (Education & African & African American Studies). The discussion will feature her recently published book, COVID-19, the Great Recession and Young Adult Identity Development.
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Celebrating #LGBTQHistoryMonth with a new collection to our LGBTQ local history archives. The Martha Ficken Papers document Martha's life and her involvement with LGBT publishing and activism in Missouri. library.wustl.edu/news/lgbtq…

LGBTQ History Month Spotlight: Martha Ficklen Papers - WashU Libraries

As we conclude LGBTQ History Month this October, we are spotlighting a recent addition to the Special Collections at WashU Libraries.   Martha Ficklen: Lesbian Community Activist and Literata...

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It's almost #Halloween, and to get into the spirit, we present one of the best-known books about witches from our Rare Books: a 1574 edition of the Malleus Maleficarum, known in English as The Hammer of Witches. Enjoy the spookiest of Halloweens! library.wustl.edu/news/the-m…

The Malleus Maleficarum: A 15th Century Treatise on Witchcraft - WashU Libraries

The Malleus Maleficarum, known in English as The Hammer of Witches, was first published in Germany in 1486 and became one of the most well-known books about witches. Special Collections at Washington...

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Check out the new books on our shelves on queer history, cultures, and politics. #LGBTQHistoryMonth library.wustl.edu/news/book-…

Book Recommendations for LGBTQ History Month - WashU Libraries

Check out these recently published books on the subjects of queer history, cultures, and politics to read during LGBTQ History Month and all year round. The books are available in John M. Olin...

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Mark your calendar! On Nov 11, join us for an evening of new poetry from Europe. Poets Efe Duyan, Marko Pogačar, and Ales Steger will read poetry in Croatian, Turkish, & Slovenian and in English translation and discuss the work of creating lyric connections across borders.
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Local radio talk show @HeidiGlaus The Heidi Glaus Show with Josh Gilbert and Bob Ramsey recently interviewed @WUSTL Libraries Korean/Japanese Subject Librarian David Romney. David spoke about his research in relation to the Hulu series Shogun. soundcloud.com/550ktrs/the-h…
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This Saturday! Join us for a conversation with Amanda Jones, author of the best-selling book, "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America" @BloomsburyPub. Please register for the event⬇️. library.wustl.edu/events/in-…

In Conversation with That Librarian - WashU Libraries

The WashU Libraries, Saint Louis University Libraries, and St. Louis City Libraries invite you to a panel discussion examining the rise in book bans in recent years, and the implications for librar...

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A beautiful tribute to her German grandmother by NEXT (Newman Exploration Travel Fund) awardee Katelyn McConnell. A project manager in the Provost's Office @WUSTL, Katelyn traveled to different places in Germany to piece together her grandmother's story. library.wustl.edu/news/adven…

Adventures in Deutschland - WashU Libraries

In memory of Helga Gertrud Hayes (Oma), February 2, 1936 – July 2, 2024 Oma had no idea I had applied for the Newman Exploration Travel Fund in her honor, so when I called her up twenty-seven seconds...

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Time to bring out your old home movie! Home Movie Day at @STLpubLibrary is a celebration of home movies and learning about preservation. There will be a workshop on media preservation led by Andy Uhrich, WashU curator of film & media & screening of home movies.
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Today! Join us for a faculty book talk with André Fischer, assistant professor of German at WashU. Fischer will discuss his new book, "The Aesthetics of Mythmaking in German Postwar Culture" (Northwestern Press, 2024). Free & open to all.
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Congratulations to Professor Mary Jo Bang, who will receive the 2024 Tradition of Literary Excellence Award from the University City Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters. Her poetry manuscripts are a valuable part of our Modern Literature Collection. source.washu.edu/2024/10/ban…

Bang wins University City literary award

Mary Jo Bang, a professor of English in Arts & Sciences, will receive the 2024 Tradition of Literary Excellence Award from the University City Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters.

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Today! Join us for the "'Our Only Hope': Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike" exhibition reception and curator talk with Candace Borders ('17), WashU alum, PhD candidate at Yale, and guest curator featured as a part of the community curator program. library.wustl.edu/events/our…

“Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike Reception and Curator Talk - WashU Libraries

Join us for the “Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike exhibition reception and curator talk with Candace Borders, guest curator featured as a part of the community curator program....

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Join WashU Libraries for a banned books discussion with Amanda Jones @abmack33, author of "That Librarian" on Oct. 26. In a chat with the Libraries, Jones discusses her book & the battle to protect intellectual freedom. library.wustl.edu/news/a-qa-…

A Q&A with Amanda Jones, Author of "That Librarian" - WashU Libraries

In her new book, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Bloomsbury, 2024), Amanda Jones, a middle school librarian from Louisiana, offers an absorbing memoir and a first-hand...

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