OSU Libraries News

It's the birthday party that never ends! Join us in saying "Happy Birthday, Oregon" -- you don't look a day over 150.

For the April 15^th launch, we're looking in new directions, exploring new pictorial frontiers, zooming through time and space, and partnering with Oregon Explorer to pull together 150 of our most stunning historic images of Oregon's 15 river basins.

It gets better! Not only are we showcasing natural resources, we are celebrating our state. This collection is more than a collection, it's an event: our project was also accepted as an official Oregon 150 sesquicentennial project!

No, that's not all! Because the Oregon Explorer is all about places and spaces, we've also geo tagged these photos, when and where we could, so check it out! To learn more about geo tagging in Flickr, visit the GeoTagging Group.

Step back in time, explore the state, and tell us what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/collections/72157615940778814/

http://www.oregon150.org/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/

In conjunction with Oregon Reads and the Deschutes County A Novel Idea, COCC is sponsoring this film which follows the lives of adult Japanese American men who were placed in the U.S. internment camps during World War II as children. A discussion to follow the film.

April 14, 2009
Hitchock Auditorium
6:30-8:30pm

Links:
Oregon Reads 2009
Children of the Camps
Directions to campus

The OSU Libraries has recently added nearly 80 e-books from EBook Library (EBL) and the Springer Computer Science Ebook Collection.

EBL is an academic and research collection with nearly 200 participating academic and university presses. Readers can search for specific information in a book or leisurely browse contents online. One of the benefits of this collection is that more than one person can use a book simultaneously, eliminating the need to purchase multiple copies for heavily-used or books faculty want to put on Reserve.

The Springer Computer Science EBook Collection includes monographs, proceedings, and lecture note published since 1995. Subjects covered include Computer Communication Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Software Engineering and more. Look for titles marked with the green box.

Search for ebooks from EBL, NetLibrary, California Digital Library and elsewhere in the OSU Libraries Catalog by limiting your search to "Electronic Resources."

Faculty at Oregon State University Libraries are granting open access to their scholarship and knowledge.

On March 6, library faculty adopted a policy that requires deposit of final published versions of scholarly works in the libraries' institutional repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU. This is the first open access mandate adopted by a library faculty in the United States, according to Michael Boock, head of digital access services for OSU Libraries.

Since 2004, OSU Libraries has worked to collect the university's scholarship in digital form to ensure greater accessibility and long-term preservation of the scholarship. ScholarsArchive@OSU, which recently ranked fourth among U.S. digital repositories, contains dissertations, theses, a wide variety of university technical reports, working papers and series and increasingly, published articles, papers and presentations. The current contributions come from across campus, and are contributed on a voluntary basis.

The new policy means that the 42 library faculty will automatically contribute all of their scholarship to the archive. Faculty in other departments can continue to contribute on a voluntary basis.

No later than the date of publication or distribution, library faculty members will deposit an electronic copy of the final published version of their works in an appropriate format (such as PDF) to ScholarsArchive@OSU. The policy applies to articles, conference papers and proceedings, substantial presentations and internal reports of interest to a broader audience that are authored or co-authored by library faculty members.

"As faculty members at Oregon's land grant university the library faculty believes they have a responsibility to share their expertise and research with the public," Boock said. "As librarians, they believe in the widest possible access to information and its long-term preservation. The policy they've adopted supports these goals."

Shortened hours for spring break:

http://campuslibrary.cocc.edu/About+the+Library/Hours/default.aspx

Get Ready, Get Set, Launch!

On February 14^th, 2009 -- Oregon's 150^th birthday -- the Oregon State University Archives will become the 21^st institution to join the Flickr Commons.

Not only are we joining noteworthy North American institutions like the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, New York Public Library, and George Eastman House, we will sit next to international libraries and museums such as the National Library of New Zealand, the Powerhouse Museum, National Galleries of Scotland, and Bibliothèque de Toulouse. If that wasn't exciting enough, the OSU Archives is the first university to join The Commons!

So What is The Commons?

In January of 2008, Flickr launched a new project aimed at increasing access to publicly held photography collections in civic institutions around the world. They called it The Commons. The idea was to provide a space to show off hidden treasures and for the public to contribute their historical knowledge to compliment the information the institutions already had for these images, thereby creating even richer collections.

The Commons opened its doors on January 16th, 2008 with nearly 3000 images from two Library of Congress photographic collections. Twenty museums, public libraries, and other cultural heritage institutions from around the world have joined, releasing images to be perused, tagged, and researched by the public.

Why do we think The Commons is so important? The folks at indicommons have said it best, check it out!

OSU Archives in The Commons

In order to celebrate Oregon State University's rich heritage, the OSU Archives joined Flickr in the summer of 2008. It was a great place for images of current events, virtual tours and instruction, archival happenings, and eclectic historic photos; however, after seeing the connection the general public was having with historical images and the real impact the historic photographs in the Flickr Commons were having on both Flickr users and the larger community, the OSU Archives was more than eager to join this project. We will launch with Civilian Conservation Corps images from the Gerald W. Williams Collection.

In addition to the personal research library and papers of Dr. Williams, the Gerald W. Williams Collection includes over 24,000 photographs in a variety of formats (photographic prints, postcards, stereographic images, and glass lantern slides). Focusing on OSU's history of conservation and forestry, the photographs in this collection reflect a range of images. This is a history OSU is proud to celebrate; a complex story with chapters on forestry, geology, environmentalism, and the people that have inhabited and worked this land.

As time passes, the OSU Archives will be digitizing and releasing other images in our collections that showcase some of the amazing items that help to illustrate the complicated intersection of culture, natural resources, and history.

To learn more about The Commons, our contributions, and the Gerald W. Williams Collection, please read through the document I've attached to this email.

The Center for Research Libraries recently announced its 2009 acquisitions.

• American Religions Collection: Nontraditional American Religions
• Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: Biafra-Nigeria, 1967-1969
• Foreign Office Files for Japan and the Far East
• Grassroots Feminist Organizations
• Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500
• Receipt Books, c1575-1800, from the Folger Shakespeare Library
• Sex and Sexuality 1640-1940, Part 5: Gay Literature from Anacreon to John Addington Symonds from the British Library London
• Shanghai Political and Economic Reports 1842-1943: British Government Records from the International City
• Soviet Cinema Film Periodicals
• Vogue (London); also known as British Vogue

CRL is a non-profit consortium of research libraries whose collections include materials rarely held in North American Libraries. Because OSU Libraries is a member library, OSU faculty, staff, and students can borrow these collections through Interlibrary Loan. For complete descriptions of the new acquisitions, see http://www.crl.edu/PDF/pp09purchases.pdf.

Finding aids for the following 8 collections in the OSU Archives were completed or updated in June 2009.  Information about other OSU Archives collections is available at:  http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/


Bryant, William C., Collection, 1902-1905
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv46353
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREbryant.pdf
The Bryant Collection consists of publications, ephemera, and 5 photographs assembled by Bryant during his student years at Oregon Agricultural College from 1902 to 1905.  

Counseling and Psychological Services Records, 1965-2007 (RG 157)
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv78161
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/ORErg157.pdf
These records consist of reports, announcements, and research publications documenting the activities of the office and Oregon State University students.  The Descriptive Research Bulletin comprises the bulk of the collection; the Bulletin includes periodic reports of applied research projects conducted by the Center for Research on Student Life and Development and the Counseling and Testing Center from 1969 to 1988.

Green, John W., Papers, 1919-1973
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv79635
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREgreen.pdf
This collection documents Green's career as a civil engineer in bridge design, primarily in California.   The materials include reports, publications, notebooks, and about 3800 photographs.  The bulk of the collection pertains to the construction of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge in the 1930s.  Green earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Oregon Agricultural College in 1916.  The materials were transferred from the OSU Libraries Special Collections to the Archives in 2008.

Mesang, Ted, Collection, 1925-1968
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv43362
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREmesang.pdf
The Mesang Collection documents Mesang's career as music instructor and band director at Oregon State from 1949 to 1967.  It includes original scores for  marches he composed, materials pertaining to the OSU Marching Band's participation in the 1957 and 1965 Rose Bowl parades and football games, and 32 photographs.  This finding aid includes a detailed description of the contents.

Newman Foundation of Oregon State University Records, 1962-2008
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv68264
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREnewman.pdf
These records document the establishment of the Foundation in 1965 to support programs for Catholic students and faculty at Oregon State.  The collection includes administrative records, property and legal files, publications, photographs, and sound recordings. The Foundation was dissolved in 2008.  These materials were transferred to the Archives in 2008.

Oregon State University Alumni Oral History Collection, 2005-2008 (OH 13)
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv95663
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/documents/OREoh13.pdf
These materials document an oral history project coordinated by the Oregon State University Archives and interviews with three Oregon State alumni - Richard Gilkey, Robert Mace, and Jean Starker Roth.  The collection includes sound recordings of interviews, transcriptions, release agreements, and related materials.

Starker, T.J., Collection, 1975-1982
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv20022
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREstarker.pdf
The T.J. Starker Collection consists of materials written and assembled by Starker.  The bulk of the collection is newspaper clippings pertaining to the Mount St. Helens eruptions of 1980-1982 and other newsworthy topics in Oregon in the early 1980s.  Starker earned a BS in Forestry from Oregon Agricultural College in 1910 and was the founder of the family-owned Starker Forests timber company.

Zobel, Donald B., Collection of Historic Forestry and Vegetation Maps, 1914-1989
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv75070
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/documents/OREzobelmaps.pdf
This collection consists of 151 maps assembled and created by Zobel for his research in forest ecology and for teaching.  The bulk of the maps depict forests in Oregon and northern California.  The finding aid includes a detailed description of the contents of the collection.  The maps were donated to the OSU Libraries in 2008.

If you have any questions about these collections, please contqct the Archives at archives [at] oregonstate [dot] edu or 541.737.2165.

http://oasis.oregonstate.edu/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Valley+Rooms...

As a direct result of patron requests, OSU students and Faculty can now make reservations for a three hour Study Room in the Valley Library through the Library catalog. A title search using Valley Rooms will display 3 Hour Study Rooms, or use the link provided above.

One advanced booking per person, per day is allowed.

3 Hour Group Study Rooms may be booked fourteen days in advance.

Keycards are available for check out at Circulation.

Keycards must be claimed within 15 minutes of the reserved time, or the study room will be available for check out to others.

OSU Libraries is conducting a survey to analyze library usage. The survey includes a print survey as well as a web survey. Users will be surveyed at the Valley and Guin Libraries. The survey will be conducted over the course of a year (July 2008 through June 2009) for two hours each month. We appreciate user participation in this effort. If you have questions or concerns about the survey, please contact:

Valley Library
Faye A. Chadwell (faye [dot] chadwell [at] oregonstate [dot] edu; 541-737-8528 )
Cheryl Middleton (cheryl [dot] middleton [at] oregonstate [dot] edu; 541-737-3627)

Guin Library
Janet Webster (janet [dot] webster [at] oregonstate [dot] edu; 541-737-0108)