I encourage everyone to go look at and comment on the draft statement from OLA’s Vision 2020 Task Force http://olavision2020.wetpaint.com/
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Shooting Turkeys in the Library
Posted on November 20, 2009 by Steve Silver (NCU)
Our annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot began Nov 18th in the Northwest Christian University library. Staff and student workers create construction paper turkeys (and they get very creative) and tape them to the window behind the circulation desk. Turkey feet are taped to the floor in front of the desk at specified intervals. Anyone coming in [...]
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Liaison program
Posted on November 10, 2009 by rbridgewater
Diane mentioned our new “liaison program” briefly in a post below but I thought I’d take a moment to expand on this a bit. The goal of the liaison program is to help ACRL Oregon facilitate communication among all academic libraries in the state. The long-term goal is to have a liaison in every academic [...]
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post-Pack Forest
Posted on November 10, 2009 by rbridgewater
The ACRL Washington board put on another great conference this year! I was knocked about a bit by a nasty cold while I was up there so I can’t say I enjoyed myself as much as I usually do but even through my cold-haze it was a pleasure to be out in the woods talking [...]
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Nominating committee named, consider running!
Posted on November 10, 2009 by rbridgewater
Many thanks to past-president Garrett Trott and member-at-large Miriam Rigby for agreeing to serve as our nominating committee this year. If you would like to nominate someone (or yourself!) to run for Member-at-Large or VP/President-Elect, please get in touch with Garrett or Miriam. Position descriptions are available on the ACRL OR website. I know it [...]
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Google Map of Oregon Academic Libraries
Posted on November 4, 2009 by diane
Created by your ACRL-OR Communications Coordinator, Robin Paynter. Nice job!View Larger Map
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WANTED: Blog Correspondents
Posted on November 4, 2009 by diane
Volunteer to be the ACRL-Oregon liaison for your institution and share what is happening in your library. Spotlight library programs, initiatives, research projects, or events. Provide updates on changes in personnel (retirements, new librarians, etc.). Reveal interesting tidbits from your academic library world. Contact: Diane at sotak@up.edu to volunteer.
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