Skip to Navigation
Oregon State University

OSU Libraries News

Welcome to the OSU Libraries News and Events page!

OSU Press Open Access

To celebrate the Press’s fiftieth anniversary, they are making a selection of excerpts from twenty recent Press books available online from their website and ScholarsArchive@OSU. This sampler is entitled “Telling Oregon’s Stories: Oregon State University Press at Fifty."

OSU Press and the OSU Libraries Center for Digital Scholarship and Services are also pleased to announce the online availability of 12 additional books that have been out of print for several years. The books include “Redefining the Past : Essays in Diplomatic History in Honor of William Appleman Williams,” “The Marine Plant Biomass of the Pacific Northwest Coast, and “Regionalism and the Pacific Northwest.”

The books are free online as high-resolution, searchable PDF files in the press’s collection in the ScholarsArchive@OSU open access digital repository. These books join Theodore Stern’s two-volume works in the repository, “Chiefs and Chief Traders: Indian Relations at Fort Nez Percés, 1818-1855,” and “Chiefs and Change in the Oregon Country.” “Tsunami!”, a chapter from Robert Yeats’ book “Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest“ was made available open access this year after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

University Libraries helps advance research at the university through its open access repository ScholarsArchive@OSU, the fourth-ranked single university open access repository in the United States. ScholarsArchive@OSU includes all theses and dissertations produced at the university since 2006, an increasing number of older theses and dissertations, faculty articles, conference proceedings and journals.

About the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services: The Center for Digital Scholarship and Services within the OSU Libraries provides services to support the creation, storage and use of digital scholarship and describes and organizes these and other library resources for access.

About the OSU Press: The OSU Press plays a vital role in the cultural and literary life of the Pacific Northwest by providing readers with a better understanding of the region. The press specializes in scholarly and general interest books about the history, culture, literature, environment, and natural resources of the state and region.

Creative Commons in the Main Rotunda

As part of Open Access Week, Oregon State University Libraries is pleased to be hosting a talk by MacKenzie Smith, Science Fellow at the Creative Commons, on the impact of Open Access and research data.  Her talk, entitled, ³Open Access to Research Data:  the Next Frontier,² will look at the open science movement, the implications of open science and the roles of libraries to curate and provide long-term preservation for scientific content.  This will be a timely talk for both librarians and researchers as funding agencies (most notably the National Science Foundation) are pushing grantees to consider the long-term management of research data.  These changes, coupled with the open science movement, are pushing researchers, libraries and administrators to address the future management of research data on their campuses.

MacKenzie Smith's talk will highlight this event starting at 2:30-4:00.

MacKenzie Smith is a senior academic library leader with particular  expertise in digital libraries and archives, online information and knowledge management, and e-Science data curation and governance. She was the Associate Director for Technology at the MIT Libraries for the past decade, overseeing their technology strategy, research and development program, and technological systems and services. Her research has focused on applications of the Semantic Web to scholarly communication and digital data curation, including long-term data preservation and archiving. She was also the Project Director for MIT¹s collaboration with Hewlett-Packard to build DSpace, the open source digital archive platform now in widespread use, and has led many other research projects that advanced the international digital library agenda. She continues to serve as a Research Director at the MIT Libraries, overseeing current sponsored research projects, and is also a Science Commons Research Fellow at the Creative Commons, working on issues related to research data governance (policy and the technical implementation of policy).

Grad Student Literature Review Workshop

The OSU Libraries Fall 2011 Grad Student & Faculty Workshop continues with two Literature Review workshops on October 17th and 18th.  Join us for these sessions and many more by registering at:  http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/656-Library-Workshops-for-Grad-Students-Faculty?tab=2451

Questions?  Contact Hannah Rempel, hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

Have some history for Lunch!

Join us for some lunchtime viewings about campus history and famous alums!

To honor Oregon Archives Month, OSU Special Collections and Archives have organized the following film showings:

Thursday 13th, noon–1:00pm (Willamette East Room – 3rd Floor of Valley Library)

OSU films from the 1960-70s: Three films produced at OSU from 1968 to 1974 will offer a glimpse of campus and student life during an intense period of cultural change in American life. The differing moods between these films reveal this change. Two of the films, “Nuthin’ Comes Easy” and “Gotta Start Somewhere” were created to attract minority students to study pharmacy and media services at OSU. The third, “The Possible Dream,” celebrates OSU in its centennial year in 1968. Highlights include a funky re-creation of an average student party ca. early 1970s.

Wednesday 19th, noon–1:00pm (Willamette East Room – 3rd Floor of Valley Library)

OPB “Oregon Experience” documentary on Linus Pauling: This recent production by Oregon Public Broadcasting will enlighten viewers about the life and times of native Oregonian and alumnus Linus Pauling. Highlights include a look at Pauling’s childhood in Portland, where he rowed carboys of chemicals across the Willamette River to conduct chemistry experiments at home! OSU luminaries such as Cliff Mead, Chris Petersen, and Mina Carson, are featured in this fascinating film.

Hope to see you there, check the link below for information on other Oregon Archives Month events!

http://wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu/osu_archives/category/oregon-archives-month/

Self-Service Holds

You are now able to pick up and check out most items held for you on your own! On Monday October 10, 2011, The Valley Library moved most of its holds (local OSU and Summit materials) from behind the circulation desk to the shelving directly in front of the circulation desk. Materials shelved there are available for users to retrieve and checkout at self-check terminals without staff assistance. Holds are organized numerically by the last four digits of your OSU or Convenience Card ID number. Staff and student assistants are still at the circulationdesk ready and available to assist users with any questions or concerns.

New! The Oregon Farm Explorer

Visit our new site, the Oregon Farm Explorer http://oregonexplorer.info/farm. It's a great place to learn more about Oregon farm to market issues, look up farmers' market and learn more about the Oregon Century Farm & Ranch program.

Read more in the press release: http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/oct/explore-oregon-farms-farmer%E2%80%99s-markets-through-new-website

OSU Libraries Faculty Association Seminar Series – October 14th

The OSU Libraries Faculty Association Seminar Series is pleased to have Larry Landis, Director of OSU Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) and Mina Carson, Associate Professor in the Dept. of History, speak about the Oregon Encyclopedia. When: Friday, October 14, 10:00–11:30 am Where: Willamette Industries Seminar Rooms, Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis Campus. Title: All Things Oregon: An Overview of the Oregon Encyclopedia Description: The Oregon Encyclopedia is a comprehensive and authoritative compendium of information about Oregon’s history and culture. Landis and Carson will provide an overview of the development of the encyclopedia and its content, where it is going in the future, how OSU students have been engaged in writing for the encyclopedia, and how you can be involved. The presentation will take place on Friday, October 14, from 10:00–11:30 am, in the Willamette Industries Seminar Rooms on the third floor of the Valley Library (VL 3622). The OSU Libraries Faculty Seminar Series is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Persons wishing to attend who need accommodations for a disability may contact Laurie Bridges (541-737-8821); laurie [dot] bridges [at] oregonstate [dot] edu Driving Directions and Maps: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/locations/findus.html

Oregon Archives Month Display!

Celebrate Oregon Archives Month and the OSU Archives 50th Anniversary!

Find out more on the OSU Archives Blog

Come see the display in the 3rd Floor Archives Reading Room and check out two Digital Collections in Flickr:

Happy Birthday OSU ArchivesUnder Glass and In PowerPoint

Exhibit co-curated by OSU University Archives Student Workers Kelsey Ockert and Ingrid Ockert with special thanks to Archivist Karl McCreary

For more information, contact Natalia Fernández, Oregon Multicultural Librarian, natalia [dot] fernandez [at] oregonstate [dot] edu.

The University Archives is the repository for records that document OSU's history. Collections include items of enduring value generated by faculty, academic departments, administrative offices, students, and campus organizations.

Undergrads: Build Your Research Skills!

Want to advance your research skills?  Want the flexibility to learn new skills at a time that works for your schedule?  Then check out the brand new “Build Your Research Skill Set” workshops!  Learn about advanced search strategies, how to make one good article work for you, and how to organize and use your sources easily and effectively.  For more information and registration, visit:  bit.ly/research-skills

Celebrate Your Right to Read!

From the American Library Association: "Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. "Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them. The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use Banned Books Week each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society." The OSU Libraries encourages you to celebrate your right to read! For a list of books challenged, restricted or removed from libraries in 2010/2011: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ideasandres...
Syndicate content subscribe to RSS feed

Copyright © 2013
Oregon State University
Disclaimer