Whitman Staff Guide to Penrose Library

Staff Whitman IDs allow access to the building during all open hours. Please consult the library home page for day-to-day hours. Staff can check out any of our circulating materials to borrow books for six weeks and DVDs and videos for six days. Summit and ILL services are available as well.

We have a selection of the day's or week's papers including the Union-Bulletin, La Voz, and the Confederated Umatilla Journal on racks in the reference section, as well as the last 3 months of the Union-Bulletin, Tri-Cities Herald, and other local and state papers on the first floor near the cataloging offices.

Recent issues of many different political, science, culture, sports, or news magazines are available in the Allen Reading Room, they are then moved to the Serials stacks in the movable shelving on the first floor.

How to set up your NYT account:

1. Go to accessnyt.com
2. Search "Whitman College" in the Find School Box
3. Follow the instructions for if you are on or off-campus. If setting up your account off campus, click the "go" button to enter Whitman's credentials, then create your account. You can use any email to create your account, but you will need a current Whitman email to access this page.
4. Create an account using your Whitman email. If you have an existing paid individual subscription, you will need to cancel that subscription, and then activate an academic account using that same email address.

You can also watch the video below for more instructions on setting up an account.

Please contact us if you have any questions

New York Times FAQ

You must be a current Whitman student, faculty, or staff member to register. To use the NYT apps, log in using your Whitman NYT account information. 

Students have access to the New York Times until December 31 of the year they graduate. For faculty and staff, you will have to renew your access to the New York Times every four years. 

What's included in the subscription:

• Cooking
• Games
• Archives (9/18/1851 to 12/31/2002) - 5 PDFs can be downloaded from Time Machine per day per user
• Podcasts
• Newsletters - Well, Climate Forward, In Her Words, etc.

Using your new log-in, you can add any of the NYT apps to your devices and get access.

In order to get free access to Whitman NYT, you must cancel your personal subscription first. You can keep your personal subscription and make a new account with your Whitman email if you'd like.

You are not able to add other users to your access.

Contact us if you have any questions!

The Whitman College and Northwest Archives are available to staff for work or personal research. They are open by appointment only Monday-Friday, 9am-noon and 1-4pm. Contact WCNA at Archives@whitman.edu or 509-527-5922.

We schedule staff tours of the library a few times a year and advertise them over the staff list-serv. We are happy to give tours to individuals, offices, departments, etc. upon request (email us at library@whitman.edu).

On the main floor of the library there are 4 wepa printers, 1 copy machine (10 cents a page charged to a Whitman account), and a self-serve overhead scanner. Library staff are happy to assist with using any of these technologies.

We love to see other staff in the library! Please feel free to use our space for solo or quiet group work. Our study rooms are restricted to students when classes are in session but are unlocked during breaks for anyone to use. If you have questions about using the CTL Classroom on the 3rd floor, please contact Emily Pearson (pearsome@whitman.edu), for general library space questions, contact Kathleen Hutchison (hutchik@whitman.edu).

• Popular Literature can be found in the Film Alcove on the main floor. Popular titles can also be requested through Summit or Interlibrary Loan
• Board Games are available in the lounge on the main floor for check out, including Settlers of Catan, Evolution, and Ticket to Ride.