Olin Library is undergoing a renovation, but the building is open as usual, and library staff are getting ready for the new semester! A welcome table for students will be set up in the lobby of Olin beginning at 9:00 a.m. this Friday, August 25. Staff will be on hand to answer questions and provi...
It’s Eclipse Day! Washington University faculty, staff, and students have enjoyed and explored eclipses in the past, too. A total solar eclipse occurred on January 1, 1889. Washington University sent the director of the WU Observatory and faculty to California’s Sacramento Valley to v...
We now have an online access to the archive of 太陽 (Taiyō), a popular magazine published in Japan from 1895 (Meiji 28) to 1928 (Showa 3), through the JapanKnowledge platform. Previously it was available on CD-ROMs, but now you can read all the digitized pages from the comfort of your own web brows...
The Influence of Medieval Design on the Arts and Crafts Movement, August-December 2017 Washington University Libraries Special Collections presents a new exhibit, “The Influence of Medieval Design on the Arts and Crafts Movement,” curated by practicum student Natalie Whitaker and on d...
October 3, 1955: Life publishes Frank McMahon’s illustrations from the trial of Emmett Till’s murderers. Often considered the full igniting spark of the civil rights movement, Till’s lynching continues to provoke conversations surrounding race relations in the United States toda...
Wowza, the new streaming reserves platform, is ready to go live this fall. This new platform replaces RealPlayer and promises to be more user-friendly. Wowza was piloted successfully with two courses in the spring 2017 semester. How it works: There is no additional software necessary to play film...
The East Asian Library’s latest monthly new book list (covering titles added to the collections in July, 2017) is now available. Check it out at http://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46908&p=301372.
