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New! 5th floor exhibit on Unsung Women in Medicine

In Spring 2020, Sujittra Avery Carr curated the exhibit "Beyond Suffrage: Giving Voice to Oregon’s Unsung Women in Medicine," which features many women not written about during their lifetimes. By bringing the voices and stories of women,...

New longer loans for popular equipment

To better serve library patrons, the Valley Library is increasing loan times for various popular types of equipment. Phone chargers, laptop chargers, and noise cancelling headphones now loan for 6 hours. Calculators now loan for 1...

Grad students - submit Valley Library research room requests for Winter term

Graduate students with documented research needs (must be supported by an email from advisor) can request term-long individual research rooms. Doctoral student emails need to confirm they have scheduled or completed their oral exams...

Submit faculty/instructor/GTAs Winter term Course Reserve requests now

Help the library help you and your students! Faculty and instructors/GTAs with Winter term course reserves requests should submit them now. Visit the Course Reserves webpage (right column) for the submission form and for the full details on how...

OSU Libraries Partnering on Postcard to Public Health Workers Project

OSU Libraries' staff/students are partnering with College of Public Health & Human Sciences staff/students on the Postcards to Public Health Workers project. Virtual or physical postcards are accepted, and there are physical dropboxes at the...

Additional week-long laptops available

Got a project to finish up over the Thanksgiving holiday? Valley Library has added 15 laptops to its Chromebook collection of week-long laptops! Visit the Laptop Loanable Equipment page to check availability of all week-long (and 1-day) laptops....

OSU Libraries selects DeEtta Jones to advance organizational development and growth

After a national search, OSU Libraries has selected a consulting firm to work with the Libraries to guide its exploration of ways to build and maintain itself as an organization that respects work-life balance, supports innovation and creativity...

Anti-racism resources from OSU Press and beyond

Avel Louise Gordly, the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate, begins her book, Remembering the Power of Words, with an epigraph from poet Audre Lorde: “While we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the...

Contribute your pandemic experience to archives with project by OSU Libraries

The Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) at Oregon State University Libraries and Press invites contributions from the OSU community to an archival collection that it’s creating to document experiences by individuals and...

Want personalized recommendations on good books to read? Try the Beavers Read program

With the Beavers Read program, you can receive personalized suggestions on books that you might enjoy reading for pleasure. During physical isolation, it can help to have good things to read — to pass the time, to calm your mind, to help you...

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