Fall 2021

Access to HSU Library is Temporarily Limited to HSU Students, Faculty, Administrators and Staff

January 12, 2022

The HSU Library opens January 18, 2022, however, as a result of the significant COVID positivity rates, we write today to share the news that access to the HSU Library will be limited to HSU students, faculty, administrators, and staff only, for the foreseeable future. Everyone entering the HSU Library will need to show their current HSU ID card. 


 We acknowledge this is an inconvenience. However, this decision is based on a number of factors including high case rates, our intent to reduce risk, and to help protect in-person instruction this spring semester. We are looking forward to increasing access to community members. We will be fully opened as conditions change. Thank you for your continued support and patience.


Cyril Oberlander, Library Dean



Library Hours & Services Over Winter Break

December 10, 2021

The HSU Library will continue to offer limited in-person services in the Lower Level through mid January. 


Winter Break Library Hours (Lower Level):

Through Tuesday, December 21st

Closed: December 22nd - January 2nd

January 3rd - January 14th


Closed: Monday, January 17th - Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service


Services during winter break:


The library will fully reopen on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 and will have the following schedule: 


Spring 2022 Library Hours (reopening starting January 18):

Closed: Monday, January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day


Graphic Novels Available for Checkout

by Lucy Ingrey, Bernie Fosnaugh & Garrett Purchio

November 18, 2021

Looking for something to read over the upcoming breaks? HSU Library’s recent acquisitions include some engaging graphic novels that are now available to check out.


These graphic novels were purchased by the HSU Library in an ongoing effort to support diverse collections. You can read more about these titles on the research guide, including a brief synopsis of each title. Click the link for the title to look at the item in the catalog. The graphic novels, and many other titles on the guide, are currently located on the popular reading shelves, which are temporarily located in the library basement level.  Some of the available titles include:

These titles will be available in their current location until December 22, 2021. Once the library reopens in January, the popular reading titles will be available on the first floor.


Last year, the HSU Library was awarded a grant from the HSU Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI). This grant supports the library’s acquisition of titles in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The research guide for the project lists additional titles that the library has purchased using these funds. 


The HSU Library thanks ODEI for their support of diverse library collections.

Meet Librarian Naomi Hill

by Naomi Hill

October 28, 2021

Greetings and salutations! My name is Naomi, and I’m a Teaching and Learning Librarian at the Library. 


What does a Teaching and Learning Librarian do? 

I work to support the College of Professional Studies--students, faculty, and staff--by providing library instruction and assistance in meeting their academic, professional, and personal information needs. Ranging from one-on-one sessions to help someone find sources to meet a specific information need to whole class instruction developed in collaboration with faculty to facilitate development of skills necessary to complete academic work, I strive to demystify the information and research process, and to help our learning community in their efforts to be life-long learners.


What did you do before you worked here?

I worked in finance--consumer, non-profit, and commercial--before going back to school to seek a new career in education. After graduating with a B.A. and single subject credential in English from HSU, I worked as a teacher librarian at Northern Humboldt Union High School District for two years. I found my vocation in the library, and had the privilege of supporting students and staff in that position as I completed my library credential and MLIS at San José State University. Whether it was providing instruction, planning and conducting engaging library programming, or simply having one-on-one conversations with the students who found their way into the library for whatever reason, every day was a wonderful day! Suffice to say that I loved my work, and hope to bring that same joy to the work I do at HSU.


What is your favorite book?

Asking a bibliophile to pick a favorite book defies all reason, and may be considered a form of punishment. I have a list--it’s okay to have a list, right?!? I love children’s and young adult literature; some favorites include The Secret Garden, A Neverending Story, and The Hazel Wood. I’m also a BIG fan of gothic literature--Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Northanger Abbey, Frankenstein. Basically anything that falls into the spooky-ooky category. And finally, I live for fantasy and sci-fi. Dragons, wizards, space, magic, elves, if it takes me someplace other than our world, I’m in.

HSU Authors Celebrate Publication in Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed ideaFest Journal

by Kyle Morgan

October 14, 2021

The HSU’s own peer-reviewed ideaFest Journal has published its fifth volume. With 13 articles by 22 campus authors across 10 disciplines, ideaFest Volume 5 gives voice to a wider range of identities and a broader scope of fields than ever before. For the first time, the journal also includes articles and video submissions to the CSU Research Competition, bringing together the best in HSU student research. 

ideaFest Journal is always free, open-access, and search engine optimized to reach the broadest international audience. All submissions undergo rigorous editorial and peer-review to ensure the highest quality of all published works. To learn more about topics such as lichen impacts, cannabis tourism, study abroad at HSU, a Korean war veteran’s oral history, settler colonial impacts on Native American communities, and much more, read Volume 5 of ideaFest Journal here. Whether one is a student, faculty, staff, or alumni, ideaFest Journal is always accepting new submissions for future volumes. 


HSU Press would like to extend a special thank you to all of the authors and reviewers who contributed to Volume 5 of ideaFest Journal, without whom this journal could not exist.


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HSU Press publishes high-quality scholarly, intellectual, and creative works by or in support of our campus community. The press supports the HSU purpose to improve the human condition and our environment by promoting understanding of social, economic, and environmental issues. 

Fall Edition

Check Out the Library Newsletter

by Jessica Welch

September 30, 2021

The HSU Library is excited to announce our 13th issue of Check Out the Library newsletter! In this edition you'll read about upcoming events, our popular SkillShops including new at-your-own-pace SkillShops, how faculty can learn to create and adopt OER to help students save money, and how you can make your course reserves available for check out! You'll also meet some of our helpful team of staff who provide essential library services, hear from our outstanding HSU Press student employees, and meet our animal co-workers! 

Newsletter Fall 2021 9-30-21.pdf

Check Out the Library Fall Edition

To download, click the top right corner.


Meet our Animal Co-workers Newsletter Fall 2021.pdf

Meet Our Animal Co-Workers

To download, click the top right corner.


Update on the Student News Digital Archive

by Garrett Purchio

September 30, 2021 (updated on November 2, 2021)

The HSU Library is close to providing all of the editions of both Humboldt State University newspapers, The Lumberjack and El Leñador, on its Digital Commons website. 


In 2019 the HSU Library began the Lumberjack Digitization Project which, going forward, will be known as the Student News Digital Archive. The goal of the project is to make every edition of both The Lumberjack and El Leñador available to researchers online. Before the project began two years ago, the editions of each publication were only available either on microfilm or in bound volumes within the HSU Library. Once completed, every Lumberjack from 1929 to present and El Leñador from 2013 to present will be available online as digitized pdf files, which can be downloaded and saved.


As of this writing on September 30, 2021, the Lumberjack has editions from 74 years available on its online archive. Likewise, El Leñador is only missing a few recent editions from its online archive. The remaining uploads will be completed soon and a formal announcement will be made upon completion. Until then you are welcome to explore the online archive for The Lumberjack and El Leñador. 


A big thank you goes out to everyone who has worked on this project over the past two years. These collections will be celebrated at the 2022 HSU Authors Celebration on Monday, February 14, 2022.




Screen shot of new Special Collections wesbite. Includes historic image banner, search boxes for digital archive, and content cards with historic images.

A New Website for Humboldt History

by Sarah Godlin & Carly Marino

September 2, 2021

After much hard work from our library web team, HSU Library Special Collections has launched its new website.


The new site is an update from the previous website to a more user friendly design, and has migrated to the URL: specialcollections.humboldt.edu. Make sure to update your links! It’s also in-line with the university style guidelines, mirroring other HSU websites, and has a rotating header of historical photographs from HSU Special Collections. If you would like to learn more about a specific featured photograph, there is additional information under the “About” section in the drop down menu.


The accordion style search menu takes users to all of the Special Collections items in the Library catalog, has the ability to search the Digital Archives site that houses our digitized collections, and to search HSU finding aids from the Online Archive of California. All 13,000 digital photographs have migrated to a new Humboldt State Digital Archive making searching and finding historic Humboldt images even easier.  We look forward to making more digital content available in the near future. 


Special Collections hopes this new site will make finding items in our collections easier, and assist student and community researchers. If you have any questions, please contact archives@humboldt.edu for more information.