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As part of an initiative to reduce the costs of attendance for Portland State students, PSU Library is funding a new round of open textbooks. We invite PSU faculty to submit proposals for textbooks that will be free to students. These open textbooks can include a range of source materials, including open educational resources (OERs). … Continue reading the article: Deadline Extended for Open Textbook Proposals! →

A new OPB Oregon Experience documentary features items from the Verdell Burdine and Otto G. Rutherford Family Collection in Portland State University Library Special Collections. Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev’ry Voice also includes interviews with Charlotte Rutherford, donor of the Rutherford Family Collection, and Senator Avel Gordly, who has placed her papers with us, as well … Continue reading the article: New OPB Documentary Features Library Collections →

This week, Portland State University Library joins libraries in schools, campuses, and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are more than warehouses for books. Instead, libraries and librarians are change agents within their communities, transforming lives through innovative educational resources … Continue reading the article: Celebrate National Library Week 2015! →

Tell us how Portland State University Library can serve you better! The survey is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! The survey, known as LibQUAL+®, assesses your satisfaction with our collections, services, and spaces. The same survey instrument is being used at participating academic libraries throughout the world. To ensure the broadest range of … Continue reading the article: Tell Us What You Think! →

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. During April, the Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC) is partnering with Portland State University Library, as well as other local libraries and bookstores, to provide a list of books for survivors of sexual assault, their friends and family members, and the community as a whole. SARC provides services, resources, … Continue reading the article: Books for Sexual Assault Awareness Month →

The Reduce Student Costs Task Force has released Reducing Student Costs: A Report on Textbooks and Course Materials. Appointed by the PSU Faculty Senate, the Associated Students of PSU, and the Provost, the Task Force led by Library Dean Marilyn Moody was charged with making recommendations for lowering the cost of course materials for PSU students. … Continue reading the article: Task Force Authors Report on Costs of Course Materials →

PSU Library Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to announce a new collection of historic photographs created in collaboration with PSU Capital Projects and Construction. Explore the Portland State “College District” as it appeared from 1962-1966, in the early days of urban renewal and campus expansion, in a series of images in the University Archives Digital Gallery. … Continue reading the article: College District Images Show Campus in 1960s →

The deadline for textbook proposals has been extended to May 18! Portland State University Library recently published five open access textbooks authored by PSU faculty for use by PSU students, as part of a pilot project called PDX Open. In just the first term of use, students saved a combined $23,800. With the success of … Continue reading the article: Call for Proposals for Open Textbooks →