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  • Apply for grant to adopt OER

    The University Libraries will award faculty and instructors up to ten $1,000 grants to adopt an existing OER for summer or fall 2024 or spring 2025 courses. Grant proposals are due on April 5, 2024.

  • Showcase your work

    Calling all student artists and researchers! Whether it's a class assignment, passion project or hobby, we want to see your incredible work. Selected submissions will be included in our student showcase in Waldo Library's exhibit area on the second floor this fall.

  • 2023 Impact Report

    Learn how we are building community on campus and beyond through connections, experiences and inviting environments.

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  • Carol Ann Haenicke Women's Poetry Collection

    Named for a librarian and wife of former Western president Dr. Diether Haenicke, this collection includes historical examples of books by and for women, artists’ books created by women and collections of poetry by American women.

    Learn more about the Women's Poetry Collection

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Upcoming events

Reading Party!

Date: Mar. 29
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Reading Room, Zhang Legacy Collections Center

Need an incentive to do some reading? Come to Zhang Legacy Collections Center on Friday afternoons this spring and join others for two hours of quiet reading in a beautiful space. 

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel

Date: Apr. 3
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Multipurpose Room 1070, First Floor, Waldo Library

Join data librarian Daria Orlowska in a live demonstration of combining, organizing and analyzing data. This hands-on workshop will use actual datasets with step-by-step instructions that you can begin applying right away to your projects, so don't miss out! Register today.

The Art of Playing with Knowledge: Works by Angela Lorenz

Date: Apr. 4
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Room 2008, Richmond Center for Visual Arts

Artist Angela Lorenz will discuss her work and artistic process. Her work centers on material culture, visual culture and language. No registration required.

This event is sponsored by the Western Michigan University Libraries Special Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, and Frostic School of Art.