Olin Library Hosts Tweetup
Join the University Libraries and the Alumni Association for "WUSTL Tweets, Tweetup" from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room (Level 1). A tweetup is an in-person...
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Latin American Newspapers Purchased
The Libraries have purchased Latin American Newspapers, Parts I and II from the Center for Research Libraries. This digital collection provides more than 80 fully searchable newspapers published in the...
View ArticleFriend and editor of Bishop to speak April 11
Poet and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Lloyd Schwartz, a friend of renowned poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) during the last decade of her life, will give a talk at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in...
View ArticleNeed an Article? Reach Out to ILLiad!
Interlibrary Loan has retired the ArticleReach interface, but speedy delivery remains! If you need an article not owned by WU Libraries, simply submit your request via ILLiad...
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New Book Drop Adds Convenience
Got a growing stack of library materials to return as the spring semester winds to a close? Then we’ve got good news: WUSTL library users can now return university library books on the south side of...
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Latest Issue of Off the Shelf Arrives
The Spring 2012 issue of Off the Shelf, the Libraries' biannual magazine, has arrived on campus and is in or on its way to the mailboxes of library supporters. It is also available for view online, at...
View ArticleScopus now available to all of WUSTL
Exciting news! The entire campus now has access to Scopus, a multidisciplinary database, the "world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature." It contains over 46 million...
View ArticleProQuest Outage Saturday, May 5
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance from 9pm this Saturday, May 5, 2012 until 9am the next morning (a 12-hour window). During this time none of the following databases will be...
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Interlibrary Loan Adds Pickup Locations
In addition to Olin Library and West Campus, the Gaylord Music Library (6500 Forsyth Blvd) is now a pickup location for interlibrary loan (ILL) materials. When you place an ILL request in ILLiad, you...
View ArticleOlin Library Hosts Summer 2012 Twitter Classes
Twitter may appear to be one of many online attention drains, but tweeting often proves surprisingly practical. Washington University Libraries staff members are offering two free workshops aimed to...
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Interlibrary Loan Adds Art & Architecture Library as Pickup Location
In addition to Olin Library, West Campus, and the Gaylord Music Library, Washington University's Art & Architecture Library is now a pickup location for interlibrary loan (ILL) materials. When you...
View ArticleAres Upgrade on Thursday
The Libraries’ e-reserves system, Ares, will be down on Thursday, July 19, 2012, due to a software upgrade. Contact Olin Library Reserves staff (reserve@wumail.wustl.edu, 935-5451) with any questions...
View ArticleUniversity Archives Staff Launch "Bears Repeating" Blog
Interested in the history of Washington University and the St. Louis region? The University Archives unit of Special Collections recently unveiled "Bears Repeating: History and Happenings from...
View ArticleOlin Library Hosts Fall Twitter Series
Washington University Libraries staff members are offering a series of free workshops this fall to help students, faculty, and staff tap the practical powers of Twitter. Each of the four sessions will...
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Libraries New Faculty & Graduate Student Orientation and Reception
New faculty, post docs, and graduate students are encouraged to attend this year’s orientation and reception on Monday, August 27th from 3-5pm at John M. Olin Library. At the orientation you will have...
View Article"Remembering 9/11" Exhibition Opens
Join Washington University's American Culture Studies program and the University Libraries for the opening of "Remembering 9/11,"at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Olin Library Room 142. The "Remembering...
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Film & Media Archive Hosts Home Movie Day
Washington University's Film & Media Archive is once again the St. Louis host for the 10th annual international Home Movie Day, to be held from 12 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the West Campus...
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Discussion/Focus Group-- Students: What do you need from your Libraries?
The University Libraries is seeking feedback from students and asks: What do you need from your Libraries? How do you use the Libraries? What do you need that we don’t currently provide? These...
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"Thrill Seekers" exhibition on display in Olin Library
An exhibition titled Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men's Magazines opened Thursday, October 4, on Level 1 of Olin Library, in the Grand Staircase Lobby and Ginkgo Reading Room. The display, presented by...
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Celebrate Open Access Week at WU Oct. 22-28
Recently the Washington University Faculty Senate adopted a formal Open Access Resolution that places renewed focus on the dissemination of new knowledge and asks WU faculty to seek out publishers who...
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