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Call for Proposals: Open Educational Resources Grants

May 18, 2022 News

The PSU Library seeks grant proposals that implement high-impact, culturally relevant/inclusive projects supporting open education and reduced textbook costs in lower-division courses. Award levels: Level 1 – $1,000: Locate, evaluate, and adopt an existing Open Educational Resource Level 2 – $2,000: Adapt, update, or combine existing Open Educational Resources into a new resource Level 3- … Continue reading →

Black Freedom Beyond Borders

April 22, 2022 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

Black Freedom Beyond Borders: Memories of Abolition Day Albina Zone Synopsis In near future Portland, the police have been abolished, but what else is needed for real liberation? A gifted young woman and her mother struggle to communicate across a rift of unspoken history. Read Albina Zone, a short story by Lisa Bates. Listen to … Continue reading →

PSU Anthropology Presents Archaeology First Thursdays

March 31, 2022 Events, News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

Archaeology First Thursdays Archaeology First Thursdays are an opportunity to take a deep dive into archaeology practice. Each month our distinguished guests present research. You have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss their research directly with them. RECORDINGS: PDXScholar Archive The final presentation in the series happened May 5, 2022. Past Events: Indigenous … Continue reading →

PDXOpen: Textbooks and Open Educational Resources

March 8, 2022 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 →

Forthcoming Elsevier Negotiations: An Update from Interim Dean Michael Bowman

March 7, 2022 News

To our shared campus communities, The scholarly, commercial publishing marketplace has changed significantly since our last negotiation with Elsevier in 2014. Elsevier started charging researchers article processing charges (APCs) to enable open access publishing in 2013. At the time of our last contract, open access publishing was not yet seen as an integral part of … Continue reading →

Open Education Week

March 3, 2022 Events, News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

An annual celebration, Open Education Week is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide. PSU is celebrating Open Education Week with three Zoom events focused on equity and inclusion. 3/7 11 am – Noon Open Legislation in Oregon (Video) 3/8 10 am – Noon Keynote: Towards Sustainable … Continue reading →

PDXScholar Reaches 10 Million Downloads!

February 23, 2022 Events, News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

PDXScholar hits an amazing milestone – 10 million downloads! PDXScholar, The Institutional Repository for Portland State University, hosts the research, scholarship, and creative works of Portland State University faculty, staff, and students. Dedicated to open access, PSU Library collects, preserves, and distributes works produced at PSU, making them discoverable to anyone, anywhere in … Continue reading →

Free Resource: Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

February 16, 2022 News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

Portland State University Library announces the publication of a new open access textbook! Congratulations to Jenny Ceciliano and Lisa Notman on the publication of Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!, an open access textbook available in PDXScholar, the campus repository for PSU. This textbook is designed for the Beginning Spanish sequence (Spanish 101, 102 & 103). … Continue reading →

Student Research Symposium

February 7, 2022 Events, News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

Student Research Symposium Happens May 4, 2022. The Student Research Symposium is an opportunity for current PSU graduate and undergraduate students across all disciplines to showcase their research. Students gain experience and confidence presenting and defending ideas to an audience, and get valuable feedback to further their investigations. This year’s in-person Symposium will take place … Continue reading →

Racial Justice as Climate Justice: Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series

January 31, 2022 Events, News, PDXScholar (Campus Repository)

See sociologist Julius McGee’s talk: Racial Justice as Climate Justice, part of the Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series! Join us real time February 4, 2022 at noon, or view recordings archived permanently in PDXScholar, the campus repository for PSU. TITLE: Racial Justice as Climate Justice PRESENTER: Julius McGee WHEN: February 04, 2022, noon WHERE: … Continue reading →

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