The WSU Library System is one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest, with more than two million books and over 30,000 journal and magazine subscriptions. WSU Libraries support research at locations throughout the state:
- Pullman (3 libraries)
- Spokane
- Tri-Cities
- Vancouver
- Olympia Energy Program Library, dedicated to energy-related research
Access to Extensive Resources
WSU Libraries is a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of 37 college and university libraries in the Pacific Northwest. The Alliance’s resource-sharing system gives WSU patrons access to 9 million titles and 26 million resources from member library collections. It also serves as a gateway to other open-access digital repositories and WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.
Preserving Cultural Treasures
WSU Libraries digitize physical collections to make historically valuable resources easily accessible to researchers.
The WSU Libraries’ Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation (CDSC) provides standards and sustainable platforms for online cultural heritage preservation. Library faculty members have developed and maintained more than 80 digital collections containing some 200,000 digital objects. The center trains cultural workers from Native American tribes nationwide in digitizing and managing their own collections.
The WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections (MASC) acquires and preserves rare and unique items related to Washington State University and the Pacific Northwest, including historical records and documents such as manuscripts, photographs, audio and video tapes, films, books, maps and other printed and published materials.