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Open access textbooks present the opportunity to revolutionize how knowledge is disseminated. By making teaching materials freely available online, readers worldwide can engage with them, regardless of their ability to pay. Since September 2014, Portland State University Library has published 15 PSU faculty-authored open textbooks. These textbooks have saved 1,460 PSU students more than $143,300, … Continue reading the article: Call for Proposals: PSU Library Seeks Faculty to Author Open Textbooks →

Portland State University Library will be closed on Friday, November 10 for the Veterans Day holiday. We will resume regular hours on Saturday, November 11. Please refer to our schedule for more information. … Continue reading the article: Library Closed Friday, Nov 10 →

Lina Gomaa, a Senior Arabic Instructor in the Department of World Languages and Literatures, authored the open access textbook From MSA to CA: A Beginner’s Guide for Transitioning into Colloquial Arabic in PDXScholar. We asked her to write about her experiences writing and using an open textbook. Beyond My Classroom Lina Gomaa Department of World Languages … Continue reading the article: Guest Post: Beyond My Classroom →

Jackson Voelkel is a Master of Urban Studies student in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. Last year Jackson received an award from the Library’s Open Access Article Processing Charge Fund to support publication of his article “Towards Systematic Prediction of Urban Heat Islands” in the journal Climate. Jackson’s work with Professor … Continue reading the article: Guest Post: Open Access Publishing and Contributions to Knowledge →

How would you finish this sentence? Open in order to… This week, October 23rd-29th, marks the 8th International Open Access Week, a week dedicated to learning about open access and sharing what we already know. Open access to information means the ability to get immediate access to research, data, and other resources without licensing and … Continue reading the article: Library Celebrates Open Access Week →

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Portland State University Library is pleased to announce the publication of four new open textbooks authored by PSU faculty for PSU courses. Open access textbooks are digital and freely available on the web for students at PSU and beyond. The newly-published textbooks were written by faculty in the Department of World Languages & Literatures, the … Continue reading the article: Library Publishes Four New Open Textbooks →

Over the past several months, PSU Library and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) collaborated to improve the wireless network in the Library. The goal of the project was to maximize wireless coverage and capacity on the library’s busiest floors (the first, second, and third floors), while also replacing the oldest wireless hardware still in … Continue reading the article: Library & OIT Improve Wireless Access in Library →

The coffee shop in the Library, Branford’s Bean, has re-opened just in time for fall term, after a mini-renovation this summer. Here is the posted schedule for Branford’s Bean for fall term: Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – … Continue reading the article: Branford’s Bean Open for Fall Term →