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What Researchers Tell Us!

July 6, 2023 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

PDXScholar: The Campus Repository PDXScholar includes over 33,000 PSU-produced articles, presentations, videos, post-prints, and other works that have been downloaded more than 12 million times. PDXScholar makes the research and creative works of Portland State University faculty, staff, and students easily discoverable and available to anyone, anywhere in the world. Learn More About PDXScholar View … Continue reading →

Student-produced Research in the Racial and Gender Equity Collection

July 5, 2023 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

Student Research PDXScholar, the campus repository for Portland State University, hosts numerous student papers and projects. Many student works are cross-indexed in the University Library’s Racial and Gender Equity Collection, one of the PDXScholar Featured Collections. Theses and Dissertations can be found listed in the department, school, or college in which the degree was awarded, … Continue reading →

PDXOpen: Textbooks and Open Educational Resources

June 8, 2023 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

PDXOpen provides access to over thirty downloadable works. Part of PDXScholar, the institutional repository for Portland State University, PDXOpen is a collection of open access textbooks and open educational resources designed in response to the cost burden faced by students. PSU Library developed this grant-based open access textbook publishing program in support of statewide goals … Continue reading →

Preserving a part of Black history with Oregon Black Pioneers

April 6, 2023 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository), Special Collections and University Archives

In 2018, Oregon Black Pioneers, a unique historical society dedicated to preserving and presenting Black history in Oregon, received a collection of historic photographs from the owners of a house in Portland’s Albina neighborhood. Two fragile photo albums, which the homeowners had discovered stored under a stairwell, contained pictures dating primarily from the 1940s-1960s of … Continue reading →

Elsevier Negotiations Stalled: Plan Moving Ahead

November 17, 2022 News

In March 2022, Interim Library Dean Michael Bowman distributed an announcement regarding negotiations with the scholarly publisher Elsevier, for journal access beginning in January 2023. The Elsevier journal package is by far the biggest expenditure made by the University Library for content. And to quote our colleagues from the University of Washington Libraries: “The Elsevier … Continue reading →

New Way of Requesting Materials From Other Libraries

November 14, 2022 News

The PSU Library is pleased to announce that on November 15, 2022, we will move to a new way of requesting materials through our interlibrary loan system. This system allows for easier requesting, faster turnaround time, and a clear indication of when library materials will arrive. The change in request options does not impact our … Continue reading →

New Exhibit for Fall 2022

October 27, 2022 News, Special Collections and University Archives

The Library is excited to announce our newest exhibit for Fall 2022! Entitled “An Urgent Appeal: Coalition Activism in Response to Oregon’s Ballot Measure 9” and curated by PSU Library Special Collections & University Archives staff in partnership with the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, “An Urgent Appeal” presents primary materials related … Continue reading →

Library Study Spaces

September 15, 2022 News

Looking for a place to join a Zoom class, do your homework, or simply relax in between classes? Over the summer, several spaces in the Library have been updated to better accommodate folks needing to take online classes in between in-person classes. Privacy screens, access to power, and noise masking have been added to reduce … Continue reading →

Featured Collections in PDXScholar

July 19, 2022 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

PDXScholar Featured Collections PDXScholar, the campus repository for PSU, includes over 30,000 PSU-produced articles, presentations, videos, post-prints, and other works that have been downloaded over 11 million times. PDXScholar makes the research, scholarship, and creative works of Portland State University faculty, staff, and students easily discoverable and available to anyone, anywhere in the world. Featured … Continue reading →

Free Resource: Urban Literacy

July 6, 2022 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

Portland State University Library announces the publication of a new open access textbook! Congratulations to Leanne Serbulo on the publication of Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You, now available in PDXScholar, the campus repository. This free textbook introduces students to the basic concepts of urban studies. An interdisciplinary text developed for lower-division … Continue reading →

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