**FYI! Robin Paynter, ACRL-Oregon Communications Coordinator —————————————————————– Introducing a pilot service: WorldCat Mobile * Search for library materials—Enter search terms such as keywords, author or title * Find a WorldCat library near you—Enter your ZIP, postal code or location in the Libraries Locator * Call a library—Highlight and click the phone number in a library [...]
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Over at the LibraryLaw Blog is a post entitled: Will ACTA end the purchase of foreign titles by libraries? If you haven’t been following ACTA and you’re a foreign language librarian you might take heed! ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is essentially a meeting that was top secret and aims to draft an agreement between countries, [...]
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FRPAA (no, it’s not a new word for a zlobber) stands for Federal Research Public Access Act (HR5037), which was introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this week. The bill essentially states that eleven federal funding agencies would be required to provide the public with free online access to research manuscripts, stemming from work [...]
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In celebration of National Library Week at NCU we requested photos from interested faculty and staff to create READ posters, using software purchased from ALA a couple years ago. We ended up with a total of 10 submissions (which is pretty good for our small institution), all very creative and fun. Students are asked to [...]
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Hello from Astoria! I’d just like to give everyone an update from our corner of the world. We’ve been busy this year expanding how we teach information literacy. I’ve continued to teach Lib127 as well as two Humanities classes – an Introduction to Graphic Novels and a Technology and Privacy class. In each class I [...]
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One of our colleagues here at Portland Community College, Torie Scott, has arranged her schedule so that she has several months off. She and her family have temporarily moved to Guanajuato, Mexico, where she is (we hope) leading the good life. Her son, who was in a language immersion school in Portland, is going to [...]
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During the annual Reed Arts Week this year, Reed Digital Assets Librarian, Joanna Burgess, created a fun and evocative participatory installation in the library. Using old book pockets and cards, Joanna created a beautiful blank slate and encouraged students to fill it with haiku. And fill it with haiku — and haiku-like missives — they [...]
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Come work at Reed! Reed College is hiring a collection development librarian.
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Janet Crum, Head of Administration and Systems at Oregon Health & Science University Library in Portland, Oregon, has accepted a position as library director for City of Hope cancer center in Duarte, CA, effective May 3. We will miss her, but wish her the best on her new endeavor! Laura Zeigen, zeigenl@ohsu.edu Systems & Web [...]
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