On December 8th, the University Council of Pacific University, a governance body composed of representatives from the undergraduate and graduate student bodies, the faculty and the staff and administration, voted unanimously in support of a resolution [PDF] that encourages more open and accessible scholarly practices. The resolution had previously been approved by the Faculty Senate […]
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 […]
On Thursday, June 30th the Oregon Legislative Assembly adjourned its 2011 regular session. Interim meeting dates for the remainder of 2011 and 2012 haven’t yet been formalized, but a tentative calendar (pdf) of these dates has been published. If you want to find documents that were part of the 2011 regular session, you can do […]
In the beginning of May I had the opportunity to visit Washington, DC and participate in National Library Legislative Day (NLLD). What a great experience, not only to visit the warmth of the sun, but also to make legislative office visits and tell staff what matters to us and to library users in Oregon. The title […]
That’s right, in less than a week library advocates from all over the country will flood Washington, DC to advocate for libraries and library issues. But it’s not just the people who travel to speak to their legislators who make a difference, it is all of us. On Tuesday, May 10th and even during the […]
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