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Immigration Special Topics Library Guide Revised and Updated

The Immigration Special Topics Library Guide has been revised and updated. The revised guide provides access to resources and thinkers on the wide issues related to immigration and migration studies. Critical race studies and critical migration studies provide a jumping off point to really interrogate the ways in which both immigration policy and discourse is … Continue reading the article: Immigration Special Topics Library Guide Revised and Updated

Special Topics Guide on Race, Technology, and Justice

The library has a new special topics library guide entitled Race, Technology and Justice. The intersection of Race, Technology, and Social Justice has become an increasingly important and critical area of study and discussion. This guide provides access points to critical literature, policy, and other resources that illuminate these themes. In this guide you will … Continue reading the article: Special Topics Guide on Race, Technology, and Justice

Celebrating Open Access Week October 19 – 25

Open Access Week 2020 is from October 19th-25th. This annual international event is a week of advocacy and discussion focused on making research and scholarly productivity available to everyone without access barriers. Each year the week has a theme, and 2020’s theme is Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion. “…structural … Continue reading the article: Celebrating Open Access Week October 19 – 25

Open Access at Portland State University

Portland State University is committed to providing the greatest possible reach and impact of the research produced by its faculty, staff, and students. The university recognizes the value of and supports university authors retaining the rights to their intellectual property, while encouraging them to make their works freely and widely available. The Library supports this … Continue reading the article: Open Access at Portland State University

John Lewis 2004 PSU Commencement Address

U.S. Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis (1940-2020) received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters and delivered the keynote address at Portland State University’s Commencement on June 12, 2004. Lewis served as the Representative for Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District from 1987 until his death in July 2020. In his PSU address, he … Continue reading the article: John Lewis 2004 PSU Commencement Address

Statement on Textbooks

Statement on Textbooks Offered by the Portland State University Library August 5, 2020 As we approach the Fall 2020 quarter, PSU Library faculty and staff are working hard to provide alternative access to the print course reserves collection. A significant portion of the books on reserve are print copies of required textbooks. Due to the … Continue reading the article: Statement on Textbooks