The Oregon Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries is happy to announce its 2012 Awards for Excellence, recognizing two outstanding library projects from Oregon academic librarians:

Terry Reese and the Libraries of Oregon project team.

The Libraries of Oregon project represents a collaborative effort by the State Library and the Oregon State University Libraries & Press.  The project team has created a shared resources that will effectively provide access to statewide research collections and remove barriers to content for all Oregonians, significantly improving our ability to serve under- and unserved populations in Oregon.

http://librariesoforegon.org/

Isaac Gilman and the project team behind the Journal for Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (JLSC)

Launched in May, this quarterly, open-access, peer-reviewed journal has already generated nationwide interest.  In addition to providing an outlet for librarians and researchers interested in examining new paradigms for scholarly communication, the journal will serve as a testbed where new forms of peer review and new impact metrics can be modeled and investigated.

http://jlsc-pub.org/

What a fantastic year for academic libraries in Oregon – and for all of us across the profession who will benefit from these amazing projects!