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336,137 total item downloads (articles, pdfs, videos) 348,633 views of library research guides 136,020 eBook chapters viewed or downloaded 171,323 Digital Commons (institutional repository) works downloaded 7,848 books checked out (including curriculum center books) 321 library instruction sessions conducted 11,922 questions answered at library desks (including research consultations) 3,339 interlibrary loan items borrowed, 5,340 lent…

The laptop kiosk in JFK (near Thomas Hammer) now features MacBook Air laptops! Want other options? Visit the the library’s Equipment Checkout Desk on the lower level! Learn about our services and see all options on our Equipment Checkout Services page. Equipment Checkout Services brought to you by a partnership of your Student Technology Fee…

Summer Bridge at EWU, designed for incoming freshmen, provided an opportunity to explore campus, meet faculty and staff, and get an early glimpse at our amazing services, programs, and campus life! One Summer Bridge segment had the chance to sample printmaking with the EWU Art Department. These student works are on display in the JFK…

Loan periods for most EWU collection and Summit materials* have been extended! Most loans have been extended from 6 weeks to 12 weeks, enabling longer use of EWU library and Summit collection materials, including videos and DVDs. Loan periods for equipment checkout are not extended. For information on equipment checkout, please visit this webpage. *Faculty,…

‘Sacred Spirits’ Exhibit Celebrates Cultures

May 1 through May 30, JFK Library is hosting an Asian American-Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month display. This collection will feature books on AANHPI histories and cultures, including children’s books from the Curriculum Center. View the collection of EWU Library AANHPI resource suggestions:  https://research.ewu.edu/AANHPI For more information, please contact Qing Stellwagen at qstellwagen@ewu.edu and Steven Bingo at sbingo@ewu.edu

Visit the JFK Secrist Gallery bookshelves for a curated selection of Get Lit! authors and works from diverse poets! Now through April 26.

JFK Lobby | April 17-28, 2023 This exhibit features sixteen photographs taken by George and Frank Hirahara during their detainment at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyoming. The Hiraharas were a Japanese American family living in Yakima at the outset of World War II and were subject to mass removal along with…

EWU’s Human Library event will take place from 11 am to 1 pm at the JFK Library, on April 19, 2023. The Human Library® is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge or address stereotypes, prejudices, stigma, or taboo topics through dialogue. ‘Human Books’ are Eastern Washington University students, faculty, staff,…

Payment of quarterly student tech fees enables you to borrow a wide array of equipment, such as cameras and laptops, from JFK Library. (You can see everything that is available to borrow on the equipment checkout webpage.) To borrow equipment, come to JFK’s equipment checkout desk on the lower level of JFK. Bring your Eagle I.D.…