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Resident scholar will present talk about historic photos of trees and loggers (6/16)

The Valley Library has another resident scholar lecture coming up soon. Melody Owen is a visual artist based in Portland that has shown her work all across the country as well as in Europe. She has completed residencies in France, Switzerland, and Iceland among several other locations. 

Owen conducted research in the Valley Library’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center last autumn and focused on historic images of foresters and others working in the woods. Her talk titled “Tree Rings” will be delivered on Thursday, June 16 at 2:00 p.m. in the Willamette East Room on the library’s third floor. We’ll hope to see you there, and her description of her presentation is below. 

This talk will report on my exploration of human/tree portraiture in early 20th century photography, as culled from the Gerald W. Williams Collection [at the Valley Library]. This genre includes photographs usually taken to emphasize the tree’s grand majesty, beauty, strangeness and/or size compared to the relative smallness of a person, as well as those that show off the human’s bravado and skills in cutting them down. The title of my talk references both the rings inside a tree’s trunk that indicate its age, as well as a type of picture in which people hold hands and form a ring around a tree, sometimes to show its size and sometimes to protect it. —Melody Owen

Paws (pause) to de-stress with the dogs on 6/2 and 6/7

Enjoy a brief break from studying by hanging out with the dogs. On June 2 and June 7, the Valley Library will be visited by certified therapy dogs from Welcome Waggers. Pet and visit with the dogs that will be on the library’s third floor in the Willamette Rooms. On Thursday, June 2, the friendly dogs will be here from 1:30-3:30 p.m., and then our furry friends will return on Tuesday, June 7 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. If you’re missing a particular dog or just want to meet some new ones, here’s your chance for some time with these gentle companions. 

This event is sponsored by OSU Libraries and Press along with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Paws (pause) to de-stress with the dogs on 6/2 and 6/7

Enjoy a brief break from studying by hanging out with the dogs. On June 2 and June 7, the Valley Library will be visited by certified therapy dogs from Welcome Waggers. Pet and visit with the dogs that will be on the library’s third floor in the Willamette Rooms. On Thursday, June 2, the friendly dogs will be here from 1:30-3:30 p.m., and then our furry friends will return on Tuesday, June 7 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. If you’re missing a particular dog or just want to meet some new ones, here’s your chance for some time with these gentle companions. 

This event is sponsored by OSU Libraries and Press along with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Attend the Library Undergraduate Research Award ceremony (5/18)

The faculty and staff of the Valley Library invite you to attend the award ceremony for the 2017 Library Undergraduate Research Award (LURA) winners, Steven Miller and Lihani du Plessis.

Thanks to the generosity of donors Gilbert and Marie Cleasby, Jacobs is being awarded a $1,000 scholarship for his winning research paper in the sciences. 

Please join with us in this celebration that will be held in the Valley Library’s second floor Rotunda on May 18 at 10:00 a.m. Steven and Lihani will each give a short talk about how they selected their topic and how their research was done. Their winning papers are: "The Influence of World War One on the Development of Reconstructive Plastric Surgery" for Lihani, and "Integrating CSR Activities into Financial Evaluations" for Steven.

Valley Library’s Cheryl Middleton to become president of ACRL

Cheryl A. Middleton, associate university librarian for learning and engagement at the Oregon State University Libraries and Press, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She will become president-elect following the 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference and assume the presidency in July 2017 for a one-year term. 

Middleton has served at OSU Libraries and Press (OSULP) for more than 30 years in a number of roles. “I look forward to sharing the innovative work that OSULP is engaged in with the ACRL leadership and membership to impact learner success,” said Middleton, “and including OSULP and other Pacific Northwest academic libraries in the significant work and initiatives that ACRL conducts on behalf of the academic library community. 

“It is an honor to be elected as the vice-president/president-elect of ACRL. I appreciate the opportunity to build on the legacy of the leaders before me. They helped shape the organization that is considered the vanguard for excellence in academic and research libraries. Over the next three years, I look forward to working with the membership, board, and staff of ACRL. I want to thank everyone involved in making this possible and will strive to serve the ACRL community with commitment, enthusiasm and respect.” 

“I am delighted to have Cheryl join the board as vice-president/president-elect,” ACRL executive director Mary Ellen K. Davis said. “She has made valuable contributions to ACRL including serving and chairing many committees, most recently the Research Planning and Review Committee, which identifies key trends in academic and research librarianship and higher education as well as conducting an environmental scan. Her knowledge of academic librarianship and higher education along with as her extensive record of service will be a great asset to the board.” 

Middleton earned her master’s in Library Information Science from Louisiana State University, and she holds a B.S. in General Science from Oregon State University.

  

Source: News release issued by the Association of College and Research Libraries

Valley Library’s Cheryl Middleton to become president of ACRL

Cheryl A. Middleton, associate university librarian for learning and engagement at the Oregon State University Libraries and Press, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She will become president-elect following the 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference and assume the presidency in July 2017 for a one-year term. 

Middleton has served at OSU Libraries and Press (OSULP) for more than 30 years in a number of roles. “I look forward to sharing the innovative work that OSULP is engaged in with the ACRL leadership and membership to impact learner success,” said Middleton, “and including OSULP and other Pacific Northwest academic libraries in the significant work and initiatives that ACRL conducts on behalf of the academic library community. 

“It is an honor to be elected as the vice-president/president-elect of ACRL. I appreciate the opportunity to build on the legacy of the leaders before me. They helped shape the organization that is considered the vanguard for excellence in academic and research libraries. Over the next three years, I look forward to working with the membership, board, and staff of ACRL. I want to thank everyone involved in making this possible and will strive to serve the ACRL community with commitment, enthusiasm and respect.” 

“I am delighted to have Cheryl join the board as vice-president/president-elect,” ACRL executive director Mary Ellen K. Davis said. “She has made valuable contributions to ACRL including serving and chairing many committees, most recently the Research Planning and Review Committee, which identifies key trends in academic and research librarianship and higher education as well as conducting an environmental scan. Her knowledge of academic librarianship and higher education along with as her extensive record of service will be a great asset to the board.” 

Middleton earned her master’s in Library Information Science from Louisiana State University, and she holds a B.S. in General Science from Oregon State University.

  

Source: News release issued by the Association of College and Research Libraries

Valley Library’s Cheryl Middleton to become president of ACRL

Cheryl A. Middleton, associate university librarian for learning and engagement at the Oregon State University Libraries and Press, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She will become president-elect following the 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference and assume the presidency in July 2017 for a one-year term. 

Middleton has served at OSU Libraries and Press (OSULP) for more than 30 years in a number of roles. “I look forward to sharing the innovative work that OSULP is engaged in with the ACRL leadership and membership to impact learner success,” said Middleton, “and including OSULP and other Pacific Northwest academic libraries in the significant work and initiatives that ACRL conducts on behalf of the academic library community. 

“It is an honor to be elected as the vice-president/president-elect of ACRL. I appreciate the opportunity to build on the legacy of the leaders before me. They helped shape the organization that is considered the vanguard for excellence in academic and research libraries. Over the next three years, I look forward to working with the membership, board, and staff of ACRL. I want to thank everyone involved in making this possible and will strive to serve the ACRL community with commitment, enthusiasm and respect.” 

“I am delighted to have Cheryl join the board as vice-president/president-elect,” ACRL executive director Mary Ellen K. Davis said. “She has made valuable contributions to ACRL including serving and chairing many committees, most recently the Research Planning and Review Committee, which identifies key trends in academic and research librarianship and higher education as well as conducting an environmental scan. Her knowledge of academic librarianship and higher education along with as her extensive record of service will be a great asset to the board.” 

Middleton earned her master’s in Library Information Science from Louisiana State University, and she holds a B.S. in General Science from Oregon State University.

  

Source: News release issued by the Association of College and Research Libraries

Looking for a good read? Look for the books with the orange bands

You might notice something bright orange the next time that you’re among the Valley Library’s stacks of books. We asked OSU staff and faculty for book recommendations in four categories:

-       Books that changed your mind

-       Vacation reads

-       Comfort reads

-       Books that you read in school that have stuck with you. 

We received more than 400 responses. All of the books that were suggested and are in in our collections have been tagged with a bright orange paper band, so you can easily browse for them. We‘ll be highlighting specific titles over the next few months on social media with the hashtag #BeaversRead – along with some giveaways of copies of some of the most popular books. 

You can see the full list of recommended titles on our good reads page at https://www.goodreads.com/OSU_Valley_Library.

Walking tour of campus offered on Sunday

There will be a guided walking tour of campus offered this Sunday, May 8, in conjunction with Mother’s Day. The two-hour tour begins at 2:00 p.m. on the east side of Benton Hall, located at 14th Street near Monroe Street. The tour is limited to 20 persons; for reservations, call 541-737-0540. 

OSU is Corvallis's newest historic district with more than 80 contributing structures, and it’s the only Oregon campus listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Learn about the development of campus structures, and early Olmsted and Taylor campus plans, quads and view sheds. Appreciate the most comprehensive collection of distinctive John V. Bennes-designed buildings anywhere. 

The tour guide is Larry Landis, OSU Archivist and author of "A School for the People: A Photographic History of Oregon State University," published in 2015 by OSU Press. The tour is sponsored by OSU and the Benton County Historic Resources Commission.

Moms and Families Weekend open house this Saturday

In conjunction with other related events on campus, the Special Collections and Archives Research Center at the Valley Library is having a Moms and Families Weekend open house this Saturday from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 

Here's what's on the docket for moms visiting this weekend: 
  • Learning more about Moms Weekend and the Moms Club. 
  • Watching old films about OSU.
  • Commenting on hairstyles in yearbooks from 1990. 
  • Coloring historic photos!
  • Looking out the window. 
  • And a life-sized Ida Kidder for photos.

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