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Portland State University Library aspires to make higher education more affordable for students at PSU and beyond. PDX Open, our open textbook publishing initiative, is part of this effort. Now we hope to grow PDX Open. The Library has submitted a proposal to the Knight News Challenge, which asks How might libraries serve 21st century information … Continue reading the article: Free the Textbook. Educate the World. →

Thursday, March 3 & Friday, March 4 The Library is conducting usability testing on our website. We are looking for PSU students to help us with testing. In exchange for 30 minutes of your time, we will give you a $10 gift card to Starbucks. What is usability testing? Usability refers to how well our … Continue reading the article: Students: Help the Library for a Starbucks Gift Card! →

Analyze Your Research Strategy, a tutorial available on the Portland State University Library website, has been reviewed by and accepted into the American Library Association (ALA) Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) project and added to the PRIMO database. According to the PRIMO Committee, “PRIMO … promotes … Continue reading the article: Library Tutorial Added to Peer-Reviewed Database →

Portland State University Library is pleased to announce the addition of more than 1,200 journals to the Library’s collections. The new journals, published by Elsevier, are available now to PSU students, faculty, and staff through ScienceDirect (Elsevier’s database platform) as well as through searching the Library catalog. The new package includes journals in science, technology, engineering, … Continue reading the article: Library Adds 1,200 New Journals →