Any and all librarians in the greater Eugene/Springfield area—you define for yourself if that includes you—are cordially invited to gather at Mezza Luna Pizzeria (933 Pearl St. Eugene www.mezzalunapizzeria.com/) on Wednesday May 30, anytime between 11:30-1:00. This is intended for all librarians, whether academic, public, special, and especially our new-to-OLA school librarian colleagues. Our agenda [...]
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Looking for an opportunity to get more involved with an active professional organization and to work with a great group of people? Look no farther! Run for a position in ACRL-OR’s upcoming spring election. The open positions are: Vice-President/President Elect (3 year term, position description) 2 Members-at-Large (2 year term, position description) To nominate yourself, [...]
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Steve Silver (Northwest Christian University) – The ACRL OR/WA annual joint conference is at the top of my list of “must do” conferences every year. Both the Menucha setting in Oregon and the Pack Forest setting in Washington are unique among conferences I have attended. Both settings, and the programming of the conferences themselves, lead [...]
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Dear colleagues, the following appeared on an email discussion list to which I belong. I have done a fairly quick review of the links and info he provides and share some of his concerns. He gave me permission to repost his comments here for your information and our discussion. “An ACRL announcement appeared this week [...]
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The OLA Legislative Committee met earlier this week. Notes of interest include: As today’s news shows, the state just released its most recent revenue forecast this week: http://oregon.gov/DAS/OEA/revenue.shtml. State agencies were asked to plan for three tiers of cuts, from 3.5% to 10.5%. For the state library, money is targeted to come out of salary [...]
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Northwest Christian University is proud to be one of 40 libraries across the US to host the traveling ALA exhibit Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible. Funded by the NEH and based on artifacts and exhibits at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England, and the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., [...]
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The Oregon Wine History Project Within the Digital Commons @ Linfield site, this project of the Linfield Center for the Northwest features documents, photos, maps and exhibits specific to Willamette Valley wineries. Linfield College’s participation in the Digital Commons (bepress) was initiated and is maintained by our library and features student and faculty work as [...]
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Through October 31st, two art exhibits will be on display at the George R. White Library and Learning Center. “Crowned Jewels” is a photographic celebration of NW African American women impacted by breast cancer. The opening reception for this display, which will take place on Monday, October 10th, 6:00-8:30 PM, includes entertainment provided by cast [...]
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Notes from the August 5 Alliance Research Interest Group Meeting at University of Portland are now available on the NWLibResearch wiki at: http://nwlibresearch.pbworks.com/w/page/5506430/Meeting%20Notes If you do not yet have access to the wiki, when you get to the login page after clicking on the link above, request that you be given access. If you have [...]
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