EDMON LOW LIBRARY'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY

June 26, 2023

The third in a four-part special newsletter series, this issue features the textbook checkout, naming opportunities and story behind the bell tower.

April 13, 2023

In this episode you will hear from the man, the myth, the absolute legend(!), Edmon Low.

March 15, 2023

Friends, donors, employees and students gather to celebrate the official opening of the Dick and Malinda Fischer Student Gathering and Study Space, located on the third floor.

Feb. 21, 2023

What does it mean to be a culture keeper and can we consider the Archives to be one?

Feb. 17, 2023

March 1 marks Oklahoma State University’s 115th anniversary in the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s Federal Depository Library Program.

Feb. 15, 2023

The second in a four-part special newsletter series, this issue features recent renovations, study rooms and a glimpse at OSU's past.

Jan. 20, 2023

This episode of "Amplified Oklahoma," explore the various buildings that have housed the library over the years to the building and opening of the Edmon Low Library we know and love today.

Jan. 11, 2023

The OSU Library was awarded over $1.2 million by the Senate Historical Office. This preservation partnership grant will fund the supplies, personnel and space needed to process, archive and make publicly available the papers of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe.

Nov. 22, 2022

Kicking off the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Edmon Low Library, let's explore the first collection the Archives received.

Nov. 2, 2022

#makeit70

Nov. 1, 2022

With headlining authors like Ken Burns, Nicholas Sparks, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jodi Picoult, the H. Louise & H.E. "Ed" Cobb Speaker Series has a 30 year history of being a premiere event for the OSU Libraries.

Oct. 15, 2022

The first in a four-part special newsletter series, this issue features the official kick off event, "An Evening with Lisa Wingate," Library scholarships, 70 digital collections and the construction of the Edmon Low Library.

Sept. 22, 2022

In this episode. we’re talking all about Henry Bennett, from his personal life to how he helped make OSU what it is today.

Sept. 6, 2022

According to Booklist, “Lisa Wingate is, quite simply, a master storyteller.” The noted author and OSU alumna will share her own story with guests of the H. Louise & H.E. “Ed” Cobb Speaker Series on Nov. 4.

Aug. 16, 2022

A celebration preview for past and present employees, this issue features the reunion, popular services and the official kick off event, "An Evening with Lisa Wingate."

July 26, 2022

Visions of card catalogs, books lining shelves, and newspapers carefully placed on softly lit tables may come to mind when you think about libraries. While paper materials ruled the early days, today libraries are hubs of technology.

June 15, 2022

You know the building. Now, meet the man!

June 7, 2022

Some rules and regulations were exactly what you'd expect: Operational hours, overdue book fines and a lot of shushing. Other Library rules may have been a bit out there by today’s standards.

April 11, 2022

Library friends gathered on March 8 to unveil the latest named study room in the Edmon Low. The gift to endow the room was made by Baloo Subramaniam as a surprise honoring his wife.

March 25, 2022

The north entrance to the Edmon Low Library boasts a new, beautiful native garden with nature inspired landscape design and a calming water feature thanks to the generosity of the Tom and Edna Carson Family.

Jan. 28, 2022

Virtually climb inside the Edmon Low Library bell tower in this 360 experience.

Dec. 10, 2021

Henry Bennett's 25 year plan outlined a grand library in the center of campus.

Dec. 8, 2021

The Library Building was completed in 1921 and served as the home to the main collection for 32 years.

Dec. 6, 2021

The "Castle on the Prarie" provided 1,610 square feet of library space.

Dec. 3, 2021

The library's first home on campus was a single room in Old Central.

Dec. 2, 2021

There has been a library since the university's inception, but it looked different at first.

Dec. 1, 2021

A brief look at #okstate libraries through the years.

Oct. 1, 2021

Libby Whitlow, Digital Storytelling Intern, chats with David Peters, Head of the Archives, about how history was recorded at OSU and challenges in archiving materials from the past.

Sept. 14, 2021

Today, books chutes are a staple at most libraries, but the first one on campus was installed in 1926.

Sept. 1, 2021

Elsie Denton Hand’s departure from OAMC was marked with confusion and controversy. How did her OAMC career come to such a contentious end and what really happened to the infamous Elsie Hand?