Watzek Library is joining libraries across the country in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of National Library Week, April 13-19. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. Celebrate today by visiting your library - in person or online. Join the circle of knowledge @ your library!

Seniors, don't leave Lewis & Clark College without giving an electronic copy of your thesis to Watzek Library! Use our online thesis submission page, and you'll be done in no time. Thanks for helping to build our collection, and for leaving your amazing legacy behind!

Do you love Watzek Library? Or do you have opinions about the library that you want to share? The Library Student Advisory Committee is looking for new members! Join us for lunch on Tuesday, April 15 at noon in Montieth, Templeton Campus Center.

Watzek Library will be open from 8 am - 5 pm during Spring Break, March 24-28. Regular hours will resume Saturday, March 29. See Library Hours for further information.

You can watch some of the latest additions to the Library's video collection without coming to the library, or checking them out. Watzek Library has subscribed to 19 videos from FMG on Demand. These are educational titles such as: "You only live twice; virtual reality meets real world in Second Life", "Freakonomics with Levitt and Dubner", and "Battle of the Brains; the case for multiple intelligences". (Note that viewing a video in the full screen mode doesn't work on Macs - yet).

In honor of Watzek Library's 40th anniversary, architectural historian Dr. Libby Dawson Farr will present on Paul Thiry, the architect who designed Watzek Library and Agnes Flanagan Chapel. The lecture will be held Sunday, February 24 at 2 p.m. in Council Chamber. The presentation is titled "The Art Within the Architecture: Paul Thiry and the Respectful Integration of the Pacific Northwest's Cultural and Natural Environment at Lewis & Clark College and Beyond". A reception will follow. Dr. Farr teaches at Marylhurst University and Pacific Northwest College of Art and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Oregon.

Do you love Watzek Library? Or do you have opinions about the library that you want to share? The Library Student Advisory Committee is looking for new members! Join us for lunch on Tuesday, February 19 at noon in Geary, Templeton Campus Center.

Over the winter break, we made some changes to our web site's home page. These changes include our new search widget, highlighted news items, and a random new addition to our collection. If you have any opinions on our site, please add a comment to this post. You can also send feedback to refdesk@lclark.edu.

The Library of Congress has joined forces with Flickr, the popular photo hosting site, to share its remarkable collection of early 20th century photographs. The LOC hopes users from around the world will enrich the image descriptions by contributing tags and comments. Check out the images here, or as a slideshow.

The artwork of David Shratter, a long time Watzek Library staff member, is on display in the Library during spring semester. David is a highly accomplished local artist, whose works include still life, neo-ashcan cityscapes of Portland, and pen and ink drawings.