2011 Oregon Librarian of the Year!

One of our own, Anne-Marie Deitering, was named Oregon Librarian of the Year at the 2011 Oregon Library Association Conference. Read more about her good works on the Oregon State University Libraries website. Congratulations Anne-Marie!

OLA Annual REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, APRIL 1! PRECONFERENCE: Managing Vendor Relationships (Wednesday, April 6th from 9-4 pm at the Salem Conference Center): Rice Majors (Emporia SLIM alum) has gathered a top notch group of presenters and he and Rachel Bridgewater (another SLIM alum) will be moderators. The presentations and discussions will add to your working knowledge [...]

ACRL Oregon Programming & Social Hour @ OLA Annual

OLA Annual REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, APRIL 1! PRECONFERENCE: Managing Vendor Relationships (Wednesday, April 6th from 9-4 pm at the Salem Conference Center): Rice Majors (Emporia SLIM alum) has gathered a top notch group of presenters and he and Rachel Bridgewater (another SLIM alum) will be moderators. The presentations and discussions will add to your working knowledge [...]

Attend ACRL National Virtual Conference for *FREE*

Can’t make it to Philadelphia for the ACRL National Conference this year? Then consider joining your colleagues in Bend, Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, Newport, or Ashland for the ACRL Virtual Conference (see the end of this notice for exact locations and don’t forget to fill out the survey)! This is free of charge courtesy of ACRL-Oregon! [...]

Act now! Reduced preconference fee for LIS students

Attn: Future Librarians The fee for ACRL Oregon’s preconference Managing Vendor Relationships has been lowered to $45 for LIS students! Register at the OLA website (A button is being added for students in the form, but if you encounter any problems, please contact Jane Scott.) Rice Majors (Emporia SLIM alum) has gathered a top notch group [...]

ACRL Oregon sponsored events @ OLA 2011 Conference (Salem, Oregon April 6th-8th)

PRECONFERENCE: Managing Vendor Relationships (April 6th): Panels and speakers will address multiple dimensions of managing relationships with library vendors. Topics for the day will include building an understanding of how a software company works and why library vendors behave as they do; thoughts on how to “fix” a “bad” relationship with a vendor; the pros [...]

Words, words, words (and pictures!)

  At the recent ACRL Oregon/Washington Joint Annual Conference at Menucha one of the ways we asked participants to contribute to the discussion about futures thinking was to write on some big sheets of paper posted at the back of the room.  It was fun to watch these sheets fill up as the conference went [...]

Menucha Recap

The ACRL OR/WA joint fall conference was held just over a week ago at Menucha. The weather was beautiful, the speakers truly amazing, and the opportunity to gather with colleagues a delight. Read a full report about the conference to learn more. You can also watch videos of the conference intro, opening keynote, closing keynote, [...]

Alliance Research Interest Group meeting at Menucha

If you going to the ACRL-OR conference Thursday, October 28 and Friday, October 29 at Menucha and are interested in learning more about the Alliance Research Interest Group (even if you are not part of an Orbis Cascade Alliance library), please join us at dinner at Menucha on Thursday night at 6 p.m.. I look [...]

The ACRL Oregon Fall Conference Scholarship Winners Are …

Join the ACRL Oregon Board in congratulating Amy Hofer (Portland State University) and Nyssa Walsh (Oregon Health & Sciences University) — our 2010 ACRL Oregon & Washington Joint Fall Conference Scholarship Winners!

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