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The Portland State Library Update for Spring 2015 is now available in PDXScholar. The newsletter was designed by PSU graduate student Emily Goldman. Thanks to Emily Goldman, Stephanie Doig, Anne Keech, and Nichole Perry in Library Administration for help with logistics and mailing. The newsletter is edited by Communications and Outreach Librarian Joan Petit. See … Continue reading the article: Spring Newsletter for Supporters and Friends →

Congratulations to recently promoted librarians at Portland State University Library! Fine and Performing Arts Librarian Kristen Kern has been promoted to the rank of Professor. Kris started at PSU Library in 1972 as a part-time Arabic cataloging assistant, a position she held for many years before moving into the position of Preservation & Cataloging Librarian. … Continue reading the article: Congratulations to Kris Kern, Joan Petit, and Kim Willson-St. Clair! →

The Oregon Sustainable Community Digital Library (OSCDL) is a collection of planning materials documenting growth and change in the Portland Metropolitan Area and within Oregon from the 1920s through 2009. Portland State University Library has extended the reach of these important urban planning documents by making them available through PDXScholar, the digital repository of Portland … Continue reading the article: Historical Planning Documents Now in PDXScholar →

POSITION: Continuing Resources & Cataloging Assistant LOCATION: Portland State University, Portland, OR POSTED: June 2, 2015 – June 15, 2015 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Come work at PSU, recognized for excellence in sustainability and community engagement. Our campus is in downtown Portland next to the park blocks greenway. Buses, MAX, and the street car stop at our door. The University … Continue reading the article: Open Position: Continuing Resources & Cataloging Assistant →

Portland State’s 49-acre downtown campus is located in the heart of one of America’s most vibrant centers of culture, business, and technology. We are recognized throughout the world for programs like Urban Planning, Social Work, and Environmental Studies that directly engage the community, and aim our students towards the creation of a better, more sustainable … Continue reading the article: Open Position: Science and Social Sciences Librarian →