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Library faculty and staff show their art

The annual OSU Staff Art Exhibit currently showing at the LaSells Stewart Center includes art created by library employees Ruth Vondracek, Karl McCreary, Laura Wilson and Daniel Moret.  This is a juried show where artists can submit two...

Learn about altmetrics and PlumX (2/2)

Altmetrics, or “alternative metrics,” represent an emerging field of new methods for measuring the impact and usage of scholarly works. Based on the results of a faculty survey and a trial of providing altmetrics to articles in ScholarsArchive@...

Grad student workshops offered for Literature Review (1/19), Qualtrics (1/20) and Intro to Data Management (1/21)

Grad students, get a jump start on your literature review planning by attending the Literature Review workshop January 19. Then, hone your survey development skill set by exploring the many and powerful features of Qualtrics (Intro and Advanced...

Workshops offered for Spreadsheet Best Practices (1/13) and Zotero (1/14)

Take your Excel skills to the next level with Spreadsheet Best Practices on January 13. Then on January 14, explore Zotero (Intro and Intermediate/Advanced), an excellent online tool for capturing, managing and citing your research sources....

Library Closed on 4 January 2016

Oregon State University will be closed today, 4 January 2016.  This is due to the continued early morning sub-freezing weather in the Willamette Valley and the all-day closure of many nearby public services and schools. As a result, The Valley...

OSU Libraries and Press and CALYX Press receive major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

CALYX Press and Oregon State University Libraries and Press have been awarded a grant of $96,437 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize at-risk literature published through CALYX Press, a local feminist press founded in 1976...

Library faculty seminar: Reimagining the Archival Finding Aid (12/11)

The next library faculty seminar will be held on December 11 at 10 a.m. in the Willamette Rooms on the Valley Library’s third floor. Anne Bahde from the library’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center will present “Reimagining the...

Atomic bombs and climate change lecture on 12/10

Please mark your calendars for the latest in the library’s series of Resident Scholar presentations, which will take place next week. Justin McBrien, a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Virginia, will discuss his research...

Recycling/composting demos on 12/2 and 12/3

Come by for short demos (10 minutes) on Wednesday (12/2) and Thursday (12/3) at noon and 3:00 p.m. in the Library Learning Commons (near the Info Desk on the second floor). Dead Week and Finals Week in the Valley Library means lots of students...

Winter break workshops on 12/14 and 12/15

The Valley Library’s winter break workshop offerings are scheduled for December 14 and 15. Learn about managing your citations with Zotero or EndNote, build a top-notch survey with Qualtrics, or get a jumpstart on creating your first (or next)...

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