Events

Portland State University Library will be open 24 hours from Tuesday, May 31 at 7:30am through Thursday, June 9 at midnight. Students who wish to enter the building after midnight will need to use their PSU Student ID/Access Card (the white card). The Library building will be closed on Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day. … Continue reading the article: 24 Hour Library Begins Tuesday, May 31 →

Friday, April 8 is Bring Your Kids to Campus Day, sponsored by the PSU Resource Center for Students with Children. The Library will be joining in the fun! Lounge at the Library 3:00-4:30pm Room 160 Enjoy some healthy snacks and read some great books from the Library’s collection of award-winning children’s literature. Make a button! … Continue reading the article: Lounge at the Library with Your Kids! →

Need a break? Join Portland State librarians for a study break with snacks and a chance to chat with some librarians. March 14 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Library Room 170 We’ll have coffee, tea, and bagels, and we’ll be asking about how you use technology, at the Library and at home. Please RSVP through Facebook.  … Continue reading the article: Refuel & Respond at Library Study Break on March 14 →

The Library will be open 24 hours for Dead Week and Finals Week from Monday, March 7 at 7:30 a.m. through Thursday, March 17 at midnight.  Late Night Entry Only PSU students, faculty, and staff may be in the Library overnight. After midnight, when the doors are locked, enter by scanning your white PSU ID Card … Continue reading the article: Library Open 24 Hours March 7 – March 17 →

Note: We are no longer taking RSVPs for this event. Stay tuned for our next student listening session in March. Grad students: join Portland State librarians for a pizza lunch on Friday, February 5! We want to find out what you think about PSU Library. What’s your favorite place to study? What’s your biggest frustration … Continue reading the article: Library Lunch for Grad Students This Friday! →

Librarian Michael Bowman is offering his popular workshops again this winter term. Here’s what’s coming up: Managing Resources with Zotero and Mendeley Zotero and Mendeley are web-based and desktop citation and PDF management tools that make it easy to collect, organize and cite research materials. Both are terrific tools for anyone working on a research … Continue reading the article: February Workshops Cover Zotero and Mendeley, Research Data, and Information Organization →

Join Portland State librarians for a study break with snacks and a chance to chat with some librarians about PSU Library. We want to find out what you think about PSU Library — your favorite places to study and what we could improve — and we also want to learn more about how we could … Continue reading the article: Study Break Snack & Chat →

Are you an undergraduate student at Portland State? The Library wants to hear from you. How do you use the Library’s spaces and services? What’s working great? What could be better? Over the next several months, we are inviting you to join us for a series of conversations to discuss these very topics. Our first … Continue reading the article: Undergrads: Eat Pizza and Chat with Librarians! →

Join librarian Michael Bowman for these upcoming fall workshops. See our complete list of workshops here.  Managing Resources with Zotero and Mendeley Description Zotero and Mendeley are web-based and desktop citation and PDF management tools that make it easy to collect, organize and cite research materials. Both are terrific tools for anyone working on … Continue reading the article: Fall Workshops on Zotero and Mendeley, Information Organization, and Research Data →

Registration is closed. Similar workshops may be offered in the future. The Portland State University Office of Academic Affairs, the Office of Academic Innovation, and the University Library are pleased to announce a workshop led by the Open Textbook Network. This workshop introduces the concept of open textbooks, their benefits, and how to find and incorporate them … Continue reading the article: Faculty: Apply to Attend Open Textbook Workshop →