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Foley Library Launches Institutional Repository in Celebration of Open Access Week Foley Library Launches Institutional Repository in Celebration of Open Access Week

The faculty and staff of Foley Library gathered in celebration of National Library Week, April 23-29.

This year’s theme is “There’s more to the story”, so each employee brought something that tells part of their library story. From story books and games, to smart phones and laptops, to the shipping bins we use to ship the popular Summit book requests (if you know you know, if you don’t checkout the link in our instagram bio), the library story encompasses diverse resources and services!

Greetings to all GU students, for this week only 24th thru 28th, Foley Library has four “Golden Tickets” hidden within.

The lucky finders of these golden tickets will receive a gift bag from circulation. Best of wishes to all those who dare to seek them! When they’re gone, they’re gone!

**disclaimer: only GU student are eligible**

Late night researcher's plan ahead! Planned GU website down time Thursday April 20th from 10:00 PM to 12:30 AM. Library resources such as Primo Library Search, LibGuides and Databases will still be available through bookmarks or links here! (see comments for additional links)
Primo Library Search

Celebrate National Poetry Month by checking out the poetry books and poems on the main floor of Foley Library!

Click the link below for a complete list of suggestions on Foley Library's website.

https://researchguides.gonzaga.edu/NationalPoetryMonth2023

You can request these poetry titles through either Summit or Spokane Public Libraries.

For any questions, see Hannah Engel at the Circulation desk.

Have a great week and enjoy National Poetry Month!💐

Just a few hours left to donate to the Foley Library Deans Innovation fund as part of 2023!! Today, your donations will have DOUBLE the impact on student scholarships and academic programs!
https://bit.ly/3E3Ip44

It’s Zags Give Day, and for the next 24 hours, your donations and support will have added impact thanks to special gift-matching and bonus challenge incentives. Support the Foley Library Deans Innovation fund: https://bit.ly/3E3Ip44

As a private, nonprofit university, Gonzaga relies on the generosity of alumni, families, friends and fans, to help ensure that its distinctive brand of Jesuit higher education remains accessible to all who seek it. Be the SPARK that helps GU continue to educate the leaders the world needs most!

Coming this Thursday March 9th, 2023! Zags Give Day!! Be the SPARK for students at Gonzaga University for .

Foley Library Your support for Foley Library and its programs empower the University to develop further functions and purposes for the benefit of Gonzaga students, faculty, and staff, and the communities they serve.

Foley Library is hosting Blind Date with a Book from January 23rd until February 28th!

Check out a mystery book and you will be entered into a raffle to win an AMC gift card. The gift card will be an approximate amount of two movie tickets, two medium drinks, a large popcorn, and candy.

The raffle will be drawn on February 14th at 10am.

Check in with the front desk for any questions. All are welcome to participate, but only students are eligible for the raffle prize.

Enjoy your mystery book!

Here are some photos from our event Monday celebrating Foleys' 30th building birthday!

Thank you to everyone who helped and participated in this event.

We hope you enjoyed the cupcakes and new stickers.

Reading Rovers are visiting us this week and next on the main floor of the Foley Library! The schedule of specific dates and times the therapy dogs will be here is attached.

Students are welcome to come by anytime to take a break from studying and see some heartwarming pups.

Good luck with your finals Zags!

The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, Dec 8: 11:30 - 3:30
Friday, Dec 9: 11:30 - 12:30 & 2:20 - 3:30
Saturday, Dec 10: 11:30 - 2:00
Monday, Dec 12: 11:30 - 2:00
Tuesday, Dec 13: 1:00 - 2:00
Wednesday, Dec 14: 1:00 - 2:00
Thursday, Dec 15: 1:00 - 2:00

Foley is open regular hours today!

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Foley building is closed today due to the snow storm. Library services are available online!

This student is making the most of Foley study space and white board on this cold November evening! As one of our librarians put it, the white board is a work of art! Image description: student with long brown hair sitting at a table in Foley library glass room with elaborate white board art and notes on single celled fungi

November is Native American Heritage Month!

From the National Congress of American Indians website:

"November is Native American Heritage Month. The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges."

Check out the display of books and films curated with the Native American Cultural Center/scintxw on the main floor of Foley Library, to the east of the information desk. The display will be up through November!

Reading Rovers are visiting Gonzaga students next week in the Foley Library! Take a break during fall midterms to say hi to some fuzzy friends.

The therapy dogs will be on the main floor of Foley Library at the following dates and times:
Saturday, October 15th - 11:30-12:30
Sunday, October 16th - 1:00-2:00
Monday, October 17th - 11:30-12:30
Tuesday, October 18th - 11:30-12:30
Wednesday, October 19th - 11:30-12:30 & 1:00-2:00
Thursday, October 20th - 11:30-12:30 & 1:00-2:00

Over the weekend a visitor to the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit spotted her grandfather who served in WW II under General Eisenhower. His name is Colonel Gordon Graeme Parks, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment.

Local students came to tour the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit today. The exhibit is available in the 3rd floor Cowles Rare Reading Room through October 6th.

If you were unable to attend our event with the incredible Carla Peperzak, Americans and the Holocaust: Remembering Our Past to Inform Our Future, a recording is now available!
The Exhibit is also available through Oct. 6, now with extended hours.

https://www.gonzaga.edu/foley-library/about/news-events/americans-and-the-holocaust/exhibit-events-and-streaming

Exhibit Events and Streaming | Gonzaga University Skip Sub Navigation Americans and the Holocaust Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit Events and Streaming Exhibit Location and Parking Campus Maps and Directions Opens in a new window Exhibit Hours and Tours Exhibit Sponsors Americans and the Holocaust: Remembering Our Past to Inform Our Future Event...

In observance of Banned Books Week, and in connection with our Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit, Library staff have selected books that have not only been banned throughout history, but also were often burned by the N**i regime. Books targeted included those written by Bertolt Brecht, August Babel, Ernest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarque, and Thomas Mann. The book display is on the main floor of Foley Library.

September 30, Clarice Wilsey share the inspiring story of her late father, who was a liberator of and physician for the people of Dachau Concentration Camp.

Ms. Wilsey will speak from 10–11 am in Room 314 of Hemmingson Center. Following her talk, there will be a guided tour of the “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibit in the Foley Library.

Greater Gonzaga Guild Hosts Clarice Wilsey Holocaust Talk | Gonzaga University Clarice Wilsey shares the inspiring story of her late father, who was a liberator of and physician for the people of Dachau Concentration Camp. Captain David Wilsey, M.D., was one of the 27 doctors who entered the Dachau concentration camp during the liberation. They risked their lives treating 30,0...

Welcome back Zags! Let's start off this semester strong with some studying at Foley Library. It's been voted the best study spot on campus, along with Hemmingson! Check out what the other #1 picks are on campus.

Gonzaga to host historical exhibit exploring American viewpoints on the Holocaust as it happened

Gonzaga to host historical exhibit exploring American viewpoints on the Holocaust as it happened An exhibit opening Tuesday at Gonzaga University will explore what Americans of the 1930s and ’40s knew about N**ism and Jewish persecution as history unfolded – and how those perspectives are relevant today.

Amiericans and the Holocaust Exhibit opens next week at Foley Library, the exhibit which runs from August 23rd - October 7th is open to the public and attendance is free.
More information: https://www.gonzaga.edu/foley-library/about/news-events/americans-and-the-holocaust

Americans and the Holocaust | Gonzaga University Gonzaga University’s Foley Center Library has been selected to host “Americans and the Holocaust” from Aug. 23-Oct. 7. Based on the special exhibition of the same name at the museum in Washington, D.C., it will be on display in the Rare Books Room on the third floor of Foley Library.

We are always adding new books to the Foley collection! You can browse new books on the "New Books" shelf on the first floor near the main entrance. Our newest titles include _Rust Fish_ by local poet Maya Jewell Zeller; _The Wake Up_ which considers issues around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; _North American Tree Squirrels_; and many more! What books 📚 do you want to see added to our shelves? Tell us in the comments!

100 years ago this year Gonzaga’s football stadium was constructed. The stadium was razed in 1949 and was replaced with the Crosby Center and quad.

Watch this student created documentary video interviewing our Special Collections Librarian Stephanie Plowman about the University Archives and Special Collections in Foley Library!
https://youtu.be/KS9SG77Z2hc via

University Archives and Special Collections In spring semester, 2022, two GU multimedia students, Noah Daheim and Alexander Prevost contacted Stephanie Plowman to do a documentary on University Archive...

AAPI Heritage month is a chance to celebrate how Asian and Pacific Islander culture is woven into our national fabric and during which we celebrate the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders whose rich heritage has shaped the history of the United States while having their lives dramatically influenced by moments in its history.

In recognition of AAPI Heritage month here is a photo taken from the first Hawaiian Club luau, which was held in the COG on May 2, 1965. Authentic Hawaiian food and dance were offered to the attendees.

Photo and text courtesy of the GU Archives.