Public Event: Book reading and reception Thursday 4/11

Join us for a book reading and discussion of Standing at the Water’s Edge: Bob Straub’s Battle for the Soul of Oregon.

  • Thursday, April 11, 2013
  • Willamette Room, Werner University Center
  • Light refreshments served at 5:00 p.m.
  • Program at 5:30
  • Author Charles Johnson and WOU Professor Mark Henkels
  • Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase

Submit your photos for Week@WOU

Week @ WOUThe entire WOU community is invited to submit campus images taken during the week of January 21 – 27, 2013 for a spring-term exhibit at the Hamersly Library. Image categories are

  • Places (buildings, campus spaces)
  • Activities (performance, lecture, service, routine tasks)
  • People (students, staff, faculty, administrators)

Make your plans now for scenes you want to shoot! See invitational flyer for full submission guidelines and exhibit information.

eReader Petting Zoo this Monday

Monday, Nov. 19, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.eReader next to stack of paper books
Hamersly Library lobby

The eReader Petting Zoo allows you time in a non-commercial setting to poke around several brands and formats of eBook devices and to discuss their pros and cons.  (Reminder: holiday shopping is imminent.)

We’ll have a variety of devices for you to play with

  • Kindle, 6″ E Ink Display
  • NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight
  • Kobo
  • The new Kindle Fire HD 7″
  • Google Nexus 7
  • iPad 2

Also, we will schedule our ebooks and ereader workshop in January, during which we’ll detail how to download library ebooks onto your smartphone, tablet, or eReader (possibly a brand new one from the holidays?).  These will be reprised from the workshop first held during Faculty Week 2012, but we’ll have focused sessions for iPad/iPhone owners, for Kindle owners, and general sessions for owners of other devices. You can also consult our Ebooks @ WOU guide and consult with us if you have problems.

Game Nights at the library!

mariokart.jpgGame Nights continue at the library! Join in the fun Friday night, November 6, room 107, 6-8 p.m., for Guitar Hero 5, Wii Sports & Wii Play, and Mario Cart, as well as our selection of board games. And if you need more enticement, attendees could win the drawing for a $15 iTunes gift card!

After this Friday, we’re moving Game Nights to Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. So that’s Nov. 10, 17, & 24


Game nights will resume during winter term! In the meantime, you can still use Guitar Hero 5, Wii Sports & Wii Play, and Mario Cart, as well as our selection of board games in the library whenever we are open.