Yes! The American Intercollegiate Football Association had its first game in 1876 – for more details check out the Thanksgiving: the Early Years display. The small display case features the earliest proclamations on how Thanksgiving became a day for celebrating, with thanks, for all we have in this country. It features a few books from the March of America Facsimile Series, journals of early Americans, written in the 17th & 18th centuries.
As you work on essays, reports and other assignments, remember that the Writing Center is available to assist you in developing your writing skills. Drop by (Library room 203 – VLIB 203) or set up a time to meet with a peer tutor.
Fall Semester Hours are:
The Writing Center’s contact information is: 546-9650 or writingcenter@vancouver.wsu.edu
If you want some good up to date information on the California wildfires, check out this link for a Google Maps presentation by the Orange County Register. They gathered information from the following sources: National Interagency Fire Center; Associated Press; MSNBC; Incident Information System; San Diego County; San Diego Union Tribune; Orange County Fire Authority; Los Angeles County Fire Department; Ventura County Fire Department; State of California; U.S. Geological Survey; Riverside County Fire Department; Daily Bulletin.
The following books have recently been added to the Library’s collection:
You can locate these books using Griffin. To see what else we have added to our collection recently, take a look at our New Books page.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10th, we hope you will attend both of the following events:
Books in the Information Age: The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Its Digital Library
by Jean-Dominique Mellot, senior conservator at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
3-4 p.m. in Multimedia Center Room 6
Mellot will discuss the history of France’s national library and the new Gallica project, a digitization project with the goal of digitizing the 80,000 published works in its collection.
Alternative Transportation Fair
10am – 2pm in the Firstenburg Student Commons
The fair focus on alternative transportation options in Vancouver. Many campus and community organizations will be participating, including Bicycle Alliance, City of Vancouver, C-Tran, WSU Vancouver Human-Powered Machines, Southwest Clean Air and Eco-motion. Drop by and get some useful information!
…Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t There is the theme of the current display in the large display case (next to the library bulletin board.) Through the library’s databases and catalog, students have online access to over 220 additional reference books.