Jun 7, 2016 | Announcements, For Discussion, News
Greetings! I am collecting stories for an upcoming ACRL-OR blog post about first-year college students and their knowledge of library research. Inspired by a recent article in Library Journal...
Apr 7, 2016 | Announcements, For Discussion, News, Volunteer
Last summer, the OLA Board decided to embark on strategic planning. OLA wants to be the library association that you want and would be proud to be a participant in. After much deliberation, the OLA Board voted to hire a strategic planning consultant. With Coraggio...
Dec 2, 2015 | For Discussion
by Annie Downey, PhD, MLS, ACRL-Oregon Private Colleges Representative (2014 – 2016) Academic librarians have been grappling with ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education for over a year now. The very fact that we need so much scholarly work and...
Nov 30, 2015 | Announcements, For Discussion, News
Breaking news from the Libs-Or list-serv about a new Intellectual Freedom email list! Library staff as well as scholars, academics, debate coaches and others with a professional interest in intellectual freedom are invited to join a new email news list: ola-ifc email...
Nov 9, 2015 | Announcements, Conferences, For Discussion, OR/WA Joint Conference
Academic librarians of the Pacific Northwest, we need our input! ACRL-OR is launching planning for the 2016 Joint Fall Conference at Menucha. Please share your thoughts about what the conference theme should address or who our keynote speaker(s) should be:...
Oct 8, 2015 | For Discussion, Legislative & Advocacy, Marketing & Outreach
It’s a hot moment for the open education movement in Oregon. Over the past 5 years, I’ve worked on OER (open educational resources) initiatives at two colleges now — Lane Community College and now at Portland Community College — and, finally, it feels like...
