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

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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 the article: Meet Don Carlo, Vet and Editor of Original Vanport Student Newspaper →

Open Access Publications by PSU Faculty

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Many Portland State faculty publish their research in open access publications. Here are some of those articles and other publications from the past year.  Barrios, Y. V. , Gelaye, B., Zhong, Q., Nicolaidis, C., Rondon, M.B., et al. (2015). Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with intimate partner violence, poor general health and depressive symptoms … Continue reading the article: Open Access Publications by PSU Faculty →

Share and Manage Your Research Data

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International Open Access Week is October 19-25. Portland State University Library joins this global event to celebrate, promote, and discuss open access, the movement to make scholarly content readily and freely available to the public. During the week, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight library services, resources, and promote webcasts and events on open access … Continue reading the article: Share and Manage Your Research Data →

Black United Front Oral History & Digital Exhibit

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Portland State University Library Special Collections & University Archives announces a new oral history project focusing on the Portland Black United Front. Portland State University public history students conducted the interviews in this oral history project in 2010. In winter 2015, with Professor Patricia Schechter, a second cohort of students reviewed the recordings and transcripts … Continue reading the article: Black United Front Oral History & Digital Exhibit →

What Is Creative Commons?

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International Open Access Week is October 19-25. Portland State University Library joins this global event to celebrate, promote, and discuss open access, the movement to make scholarly content readily and freely available to the public. During the week, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight library services, resources, and promote webcasts and events on open access … Continue reading the article: What Is Creative Commons? →

A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access

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The following piece was written by Peter Suber, Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. It is re-printed in full here. This work is licensed under a Creations Commons Attribution license. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and … Continue reading the article: A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access →

Open Access Week Events and Webcasts

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International Open Access Week is October 19-25. Portland State University Library joins this global event to celebrate, promote, and discuss open access, the movement to make scholarly content readily and freely available to the public. During the week, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight library services, resources, and promote webcasts and events on open access … Continue reading the article: Open Access Week Events and Webcasts →

University Archives Presents: The Portland State Library in 1963

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The Library lobby and checkout area opened onto Broadway, and a large study hall also filled the first floor. It was a popular place to study and the collection was heavily used; the 1,000,000th patron, student Phil Rothrock, was celebrated in 1962. The entire library catalog of books, periodicals, films, records, tapes, and fiche, was meticulously … Continue reading the article: University Archives Presents: The Portland State Library in 1963 →
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