Hannon Library Website Goes Mobile

Web enabled cell phones are becoming more and more ubiquitous, especially among students.  In response to this, we’re unveiling our new mobile-friendly version of the Hannon Library Website. If you’d like to see it, go to http://hanlib.sou.edu/m. The goal of this site is to distill our main site content into the most useful portions for [...]

ACRL OR/WA Fall Conference Registration Deadline 10/13!

Registration is now open for this year’s combined Washington and Oregon ACRL Chapter conference. It is scheduled for October 27th and 28th at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest near Eatonville, WA. Preview the Conference Schedule - http://acrlwa.org/2011-schedule Browse the presentation descriptions - http://acrlwa.org/Resources/Documents/ACRL%20WA%202011%20Presentations.pdf Proposals for Lightning Talks will be accepted through Oct. 3 - https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/elcoe/141301 [...]

Now Accepting Scholarship Applications for 2011 ACRL-Oregon & Washington Joint Fall Conference

“Live long and prosper: Sustainable solutions for today’s academic libraries” 2011 Joint Conference of the Washington & Oregon Association of College and Research Libraries Scholarship Applications are now open! Applying is easy and includes a short essay (500 words or less) on your interest in attending the conference and in academic librarianship. ACRL-OR awards two [...]

OLA 2012 Conference – Call for Program and Preconference Proposals

Have ideas for a terrific conference program or preconference? The Program Committee would love to hear from you! Online forms for proposal submissions are now available on the Oregon Library Association website: http://bit.ly/nP8Q7A Please submit proposals by Friday, October 7th. Preconference and program ideas do not have to be completely finalized at this point. Enter [...]

ACRL OR/WA Joint Fall Conference Registration Now OPEN

Happy fall everyone!  The cloudy weather, colorful leaves and bulging candy aisles are not just an indication that Halloween is around the corner – it’s almost time for Pack Forest! Registration is now openfor this year’s combined Washington and Oregon ACRL Chapter conference.  It is scheduled for October 27th and 28th at the Center for [...]

ACRL Oregon Award for Excellence 2011 – Nominations Now Open

The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence is given annually to an individual or group whose project or ingenuity has significantly improved Oregon academic libraries or librarianship. The award will be presented at the ACRL-Oregon / Washington Joint Fall Conference (October 27-28, 2011 – Pack Forest Conference Center) and the winner(s) will also be recognized at the [...]

ACRL WA & OR 2011 Fall Conference – CALL FOR PROPOSALS

“Live long and prosper: Sustainable solutions for today’s academic libraries” ACRL Washington & Oregon Joint Fall Conference 2011, October 27 – 28, 2011 Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest Conference Center CALL FOR PROPOSALS   The ACRL WA Board is now accepting proposals for concurrent sessions. Academic libraries are facing a challenging future with evolving [...]

Newly Elected and Appointed ACRL Board Members

Congratulations to incoming Vice-President/President-Elect Anne-Marie Deitering (OSU) and incoming Members-at-Large Isaac Gilman (Pacific University) and Amy Hofer (PSU).  Congratulations as well to the following appointees: Legislative appointee, Stephanie Debner (PCC Community College), to private college representative, Jim Holmes (Reed College), and to Judith Norton (OHSU) who is fulfilling a one-year term as Member-at-Large.  Thank you [...]

Important Latino Papers Donated to UO Libraries

UO Libraries recently received a donation of historic papers from the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United). The collection will reside in the UO Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives, which will preserve, organize, and make the papers available for research projects conducted by students, faculty, and others. PCUN is [...]

OSU’s University Librarian

As many of you know, on May 11, 2011, Faye Chadwell was appointed the Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian at Oregon State University, following  Karyle Butcher, who retired from OSU in September 2010.  Chadwell served as OSU’s Interim University Librarian from October 2010 – May 2011, stepping up from her position as Associate University [...]

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