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SCARC Open House: Every Wednesday 10a - 1p

Do you like history? Have you always wondered what an archive was?  Stop by and say hi every Wednesday, 10:00am - 1:00pm! Find the Special Collections & Archives Research Center on the 5th floor of the Valley Library. 

Find Kidder the Goat to Enter a Snack Raffle

Welcome back to Valley Library! This winter term, the Valley Library will be hiding a toy goat somewhere within the building; his name is Kidder and we're hoping you'll help us find him before he gets into too much trouble. Find Kidder the...

Free Crafternoons at Valley Library

Destress with a crafty study break when you get back to campus at the Valley Library.  Join us for Crafternoons in the Donor's Foyer every 2nd & 4th Thursday 4PM - 6PM.  We'll have free craft supplies & Take & Make...

OSU to Suspend Elsevier Negotiations

From the Dean of Libraries - to the OSU community: You have probably just read the Provost’s announcement that we are suspending our negotiations with Elsevier for the remainder of this year.  We did not make this decision lightly. Our...

OSU Libraries Usage Survey

Oregon State University is conducting an anonymous survey to determine how library services and collections are used. The survey will be conducted during randomly selected two-hour periods from July 2022 through June 2023. Print surveys, as well...

Valley library is your summer study spot!

The Valley Library is your destination spot for summer studying! We've got collaborative spaces (learning commons), private study rooms (1st floor/5th floor), quiet nooks (around the Rotunda), sunny views (3rd floor/6th floor), soaring windows (...

Summer 2022 Workshop Schedule is Live!

OSULP will be offering several workshops over summer term. In addition to some of our normal slate (Zotero, Qualtrics, MATLAB), we will also be offering an intermediate GIS workshop for the first time. For more information, visit our guide with a...

Thank You to library student employees!

As the term and academic year draw to a close, OSU Libraries & Press wants to say a heartfelt Thank You to our amazing and dedicated student employees! You bring energy and creativity and great ideas to your respective departments, and we are...

Everyone is welcome!

Everyone really is welcome at OSU Libraries, and we try to share that message in as many languages we know how. Currently 17 languages are represented with our buttons. Stop by the Valley Library to pick up a button and help us spread the...

Board game study breaks!

As Spring term heats up, you may want to take some study time outs! Consider borrowing a board game from the Valley LIbrary's extensive board game collection. Guin Library also has board games for borrowing. Games check out for 1 week and...

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