Oregon Information Literacy Summit – SAVE THE DATE!

ILAGO, the Information Literacy Advisory Group of Oregon, together with OWEAC, the Oregon Writing & English Advisory Committee, and ACRL-Oregon’s Library Instruction Round Table are pleased to announce the date for the 6th annual Oregon Information Literacy Summit! Oregon Information Literacy Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012, from 9:00-4:00 Chemeketa Community College: Yamhill Valley Campus, McMinnville [...]

New Exhibit at Portland State Library: “The Envious Tooth of Time”

“The Envious Tooth of Time”: Early Printed Works from the PSU Library Special Collections January 13 – March 23, 2011 Millar Library, 1st Floor Elevator Lobby Portland State University  In early modern Europe, Time was seen as a destructive figure, relentlessly gnawing away at the works of man. The remnants of the ancient past that [...]

Authors of “Cartopia” and “Our Portland Story” to speak at Concordia University

Did you miss TEDxConcordiaUPortland? Here’s your chance to catch some of the inspirational and creative speakers from this very Portland event. Kelly Rodgers, Kelley Roy, and Melissa Delzio will speak about their creative process, how Portland influences them, and the role of creativity in entrepreneurship. Thursday, October 27th, 5:30-7:30 PM, George R. White Library and [...]

UO Libraries Hosts Traveling Exhibit on Segregation in Baseball

“Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience,” an exciting new traveling exhibition opening at the University of Oregon’s Knight Library on Oct. 7, examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in their sport beginning in the post-Civil War era. The exhibit will be on display in Knight Library until [...]

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 [...]

2011 Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture – September 23

The Aubrey R. Watzek Library at Lewis & Clark College is pleased to announce the 2011 Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture in Library Service will take place on Friday, September 23 at 3pm in Smith Hall on the campus of Lewis & Clark College.  A reception will follow the lecture. Roger C. Schonfeld, Director of Research [...]

Orbis Cascade Alliance Research Interest Group Meeting – Friday, August 5 – University of Portland

Orbis Cascade Alliance Research Interest Group Meeting Friday, August 5 10 a.m.-12 noon University of Portland – Library Conference Room Please join us for our bi-annual in-person meeting to discuss issues of interest regarding library research. If you cannot join us in person, but would like to phone in, let Laura know (we do not [...]

Meet local authors at TEDx event at Concordia University on Saturday, May 14th!

TEDxConcordiaUPortland, an independently organized TEDx event, is officially set for May 14, 2011 at Concordia University. The event theme is “think.inspire.go” and will highlight the innovative thinking that makes Portland unique. TEDxConcordiaUPortland will showcase 18 inspiring speakers of notable status within their respective fields, including sustainability, food cart culture, voluntary simplicity, peace activism and much [...]

Student/Faculty art show hosted by Concordia Library

From Judy Anderson: Concordia University Library is hosting our first Student/Faculty Art Exhibit.  Please join us for the reception on April 20, 2011 from 7pm-9pm and meet some of our artists or just stop by and wander through the exhibits during the month of May.  The showing will continue until May 21st.

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