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Black United Front Oral History & Digital Exhibit

October 20, 2015 News, Special Collections and University Archives

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 →

What Is Creative Commons?

October 20, 2015 News

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 →

A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access

October 19, 2015 News

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 →

Open Access Week Events and Webcasts

October 16, 2015 News

University Archives Presents: The Portland State Library in 1963

October 16, 2015 News, Special Collections and University Archives

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 →

Books Returned to PSU Library After 52 Years

October 14, 2015 News

By Suzanne Pardington, University Communications October 14, 2015 Two books borrowed from the Portland State Library in 1963 were returned this month with an anonymous handwritten note saying it’s time for them to “go back home.” Librarian Joan Petit doesn’t know who had the books — records don’t go back that far — or why … Continue reading →

JSTOR Access Issues (Updated)

October 13, 2015 News

October 15, 2015: JSTOR access problems have been resolved. Thanks for your patience! If you have any problems accessing JSTOR or other databases, please ask a librarian. Are you having problems getting to articles in the database JSTOR? Unfortunately, they’ve been experiencing intermittent access issues for the past few days. In a recent email to … Continue reading →

Fall Workshops on Zotero and Mendeley, Information Organization, and Research Data

October 12, 2015 Events, News

Join librarian Michael Bowman for these upcoming fall workshops. See our complete list of workshops here. Managing Resources with Zotero and Mendeley Description 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 … Continue reading →

Portland State Joins Open Textbook Network

September 30, 2015 News

Portland State University has joined the Open Textbook Network (OTN), a consortium of colleges and universities working to advance open textbook initiatives. Most significantly, OTN hosts the Open Textbook Library, comprised of “real, complete textbooks licensed so teachers and students can freely use, adapt, and distribute the material. Open textbooks can be downloaded for no cost, or … Continue reading →

Faculty: Apply to Attend Open Textbook Workshop

September 30, 2015 Events, News

Registration is closed. Similar workshops may be offered in the future. The Portland State University Office of Academic Affairs, the Office of Academic Innovation, and the University Library are pleased to announce a workshop led by the Open Textbook Network. This workshop introduces the concept of open textbooks, their benefits, and how to find and incorporate them … Continue reading →

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