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PDXScholar Reaches 1 Million Downloads

February 1, 2016 News

PDXScholar, Portland State University’s online, digital repository, has achieved a remarkable milestone: 1 million downloads. This means that users throughout Oregon, the United States, and around the world have, collectively, downloaded a million articles, dissertations, masters theses, conference papers, books, data sets, oral histories, projects, and more from PDXScholar. This readership map provides an overview of … Continue reading →

February Workshops Cover Zotero and Mendeley, Research Data, and Information Organization

January 19, 2016 Events, News

Librarian Michael Bowman is offering his popular workshops again this winter term. Here’s what’s coming up: 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 … Continue reading →

Winter 2016 Exhibit Highlights 40th Anniversary of Women’s Studies at PSU

January 15, 2016 Exhibits, News, Special Collections and University Archives

PSU Library Special Collections and University Archives is honored to present its Winter 2016 exhibit, Ever Forward: Forty Years of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Portland State University. The history of WGSS at PSU is a story of the energy and passion of generations of students and faculty dedicated to the foundation, survival, and growth … Continue reading →

Library Closed Monday, January 18 for MLK Day

January 15, 2016 News

Portland State University Library will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2016, in honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Building hours are the same otherwise. See our complete schedule on the Library website. … Continue reading →

Library Closed Dec 19 – Jan 2

December 18, 2015 News

Portland State University Library will be closed from Saturday, December 19, 2015 through Saturday, January 2, 2016. We will re-open on Sunday, January 3 at Noon. During the closure, we will not process Summit and Interlibrary Loan borrowing requests. You may submit these requests during the closure, and we will begin processing accumulated requests on … Continue reading →

Study Break Snack & Chat

December 2, 2015 Events, News

Join Portland State librarians for a study break with snacks and a chance to chat with some librarians about PSU Library. We want to find out what you think about PSU Library — your favorite places to study and what we could improve — and we also want to learn more about how we could … Continue reading →

Extended Hours for Dead Week & Finals Week

November 24, 2015 News

The Library will be open 24 hours from Monday, November 30 at 7:30 a.m. until Thursday, December 10 at midnight. Late Night Entry Only PSU students, faculty, and staff may be in the Library overnight. After midnight, when the doors are locked, enter by scanning your white PSU ID Card (shown here) at the card … Continue reading →

Introducing the “Traveling Scriptorium”

November 19, 2015 News, Special Collections and University Archives

What does an etched cuneiform tablet have in common with a sixteenth-century printed page? What natural materials were used to make inks and paints during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? How is parchment made into a writing surface? How has the form of the book changed and stayed the same for almost two thousand years? PSU faculty and students in the … Continue reading →

Meet Don Carlo, Vet and Editor of Original Vanport Student Newspaper

November 10, 2015 News, Special Collections and University Archives

Before Portland State was a university or college, it was the Vanport Extension Center (VEC), founded in 1946 to serve veterans returning from World War II and wanting to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. The first classes were offered in the city of Vanport, Oregon (now the site of Delta Park and the Portland … Continue reading →

Library Closed 11/11 for Veterans Day

November 9, 2015 News

Portland State University Library will be closed this Wednesday, November 11 for the Veterans Day holiday. Library Schedule … Continue reading →

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