Events

Texts of Time: The Portland State Book of Hours and the Medieval Manuscript Tradition

May 4 – July 17, 2015 First Floor Exhibit Space Please note: the Book of Hours manuscript will be on display Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The accompanying materials are on display whenever the Library is open. With support from the Gordon Hunter Fund, Portland State University Library Special Collections recently acquired … Continue reading the article: Texts of Time: The Portland State Book of Hours and the Medieval Manuscript Tradition

Primary Resources for Community Action: A Black History Forum at PSU Library

Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:00-8:00pm Library, 3rd Floor PSU Library Special Collections invites you to a free forum on the exciting community and history projects stemming from the archival collections of Senator Avel Gordly and Otto and Verdell Rutherford. Politician and educator Avel Gordly and community activists and historians Verdell and Otto Rutherford are key … Continue reading the article: Primary Resources for Community Action: A Black History Forum at PSU Library

Workshop: 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 project, as they can help you manage your research materials from multiple sources and insert them into your publications with ease. Librarian … Continue reading the article: Workshop: Managing Resources with Zotero and Mendeley

Earth Week at the Library

In recognition of Portland State University’s 8th Annual Earth Day Festival and the 45th anniversary of Earth Day in the United States, the Portland State University Library Green Team is devoting the week of April 20-24 to showcasing library materials that support the tenets of the original Earth Day: ecological awareness and encouragement of respect … Continue reading the article: Earth Week at the Library

Faculty Workshop: Finding and Embedding Library Content in D2L

Portland State University Library provides access to a wealth of online materials that can be used as online course content. Learn how to seamlessly integrate online articles, books, and multimedia into D2L and your syllabus while respecting copyright and licensing agreements. Join librarian Beth Pickard for this drop-in workshop on Thursday, April 9, 2015, from … Continue reading the article: Faculty Workshop: Finding and Embedding Library Content in D2L

Author Mitchell S. Jackson at Schnitzer Concert Hall

The novel The Residue Years, written by Portland native and PSU alum Mitchell S. Jackson, was the 2015 Everybody Reads Selection by Multnomah County Library. As part of Everybody Reads and sponsored by Literary Arts, Mitchell Jackson spoke at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Tuesday, March 10.  “I always intended this book to be for Portland… … Continue reading the article: Author Mitchell S. Jackson at Schnitzer Concert Hall

OAI Workshop: Using PDXScholar

This Wednesday, Library Digital Initiatives Coordinator Karen Bjork will stop by the Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) for a discussion about the possibilities of PDXScholar for teaching and learning. Event Details Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:00pm to 2:00pm OAI (SMSU 209 Mezzanine) PDXScholar, a service of Portland State University Library, provides open access to a … Continue reading the article: OAI Workshop: Using PDXScholar