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 there is statewide momentum. At many institutions, libraries are leading the […]
ACRL-Oregon has revamped our online presence, with a new blog liaison model and regular postings of news and updates on the blog homepage of our site, http://acrloregon.org/. Interested in hearing more about ACRL-Oregon events and news, but don’t have time to keep checking in on the blog? Here are three easy ways you can sign up for […]
Early in 2009 the library at Northwest Christian University received a donated 150 year-old Holocaust survivor Torah scroll. The scroll needed some repair work, so we contracted with a local Jewish craftsman to do the repair work and construct a storage/display case for it. On Friday, April 15, during our usual chapel service, we held a service […]
A new interest group has just been formed for library staff/faculty from Orbis Cascade member institutions. While the group has an initial charge, we are looking for interested participants to help shape our activities – and to let us know what is important to you. If you are interested in joining the group, visit the […]
Have you been considering ways that you could be an advocate for Oregon’s libraries? If so, volunteer to help launch Oregon’s first Library Snapshot Day. Hannah Gascho Rempel is looking for people interested in joining an OLA task force to create a pilot version of Library Snapshot Day in Oregon later this spring. Library Snapshot […]
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