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Assessment Librarian works on funded research project to give students a voice

Grant of $514,000 will allow researchers to study what students think about how their library data is used   Seven researchers from seven university campuses, including a librarian from OSU Libraries, have received grant funding to study what...

Climate change is the focus of new oral history website from OSU Libraries

 A website focusing on climate change and featuring oral history interviews with 12 leading figures from Oregon State University is now available. Created by the OSU Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center, the Voices of a...

Audubon Society article highlights a project of the Special Collections and Archives Research Center at the Valley Library

The National Audubon Society has a new article on their website about the efforts of OSU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives Research Center and the Oregon Historical Society to create an online collection of the photographs, manuscripts and...

Take emergency evacuations seriously and exit the building

On Sunday, December 3, a small electrical fire at the Valley Library set off the fire alarms and necessitated the evacuation of the building. As one of the busiest public buildings on campus, the safety of our community is our top priority. Many...

Need a laptop for the entire term? Apply for a long term laptop from the Circulation Desk

The Valley Library Circulation Desk has 24 Dell Latitude laptops available for long term borrowing. These laptops are intended to be term-long laptop substitutes for students without computers. As such, we are prioritizing students in need of a...

Protect your possessions while on campus

Don't leave your backpack or electronics unattended in the library or in other public areas on campus as thefts do occur. If you’d like to store your items in a secure place at the library, lockers are located throughout the Valley Library and...

Access thousands of films through Kanopy

What is Kanopy? Kanopy is a streaming video resource with a collection of more than 26,000 films from leading producers on almost every subject imaginable, including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases. Kanopy...

Rare maps collection now available

The William H. Galvani Rare Maps Collection of more than 1,000 maps depicting various regions of the globe from antiquity to the 20th century is now available for research at the library’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC...

Protect your possessions while on campus

Don't leave your backpack or electronics unattended in the library or in other public areas on campus as thefts do occur.  If you’d like to store your items in a secure place at the library, lockers are located throughout the Valley...

Two librarians earn major faculty awards

Elizabeth Nielsen and Chris Petersen, two librarians in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center at the Valley Library, are winners of university awards for 2016. They will be honored along with others at the University Day...

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