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Student Spotlights highlight the contributions our UO Libraries’ student employees make every day. More than 160 students contribute to our endeavors each year while building their career skills! Read on to meet Ryan Robertson, one of those students who helps make UO Libraries an amazing place to research, study, learn, and work.
UO Libraries invites all to a January 23 viewing of “Sally!,” a documentary—described by its producers as a “comedic biography in three acts about an exceedingly serious subject”—that examines activist Sally Gearhart’s life and how she advocated for gay and lesbian rights and inspired thousands in the process.
"This is your library,” says Chloe Barnett, the librarian for undergraduate engagement and student success. Barnett’s mission is unique among librarians—to bridge the gap between the vast variety of academic resources available and the busy lives of undergraduate students.
Talia Paz, the journalism and communication librarian at the UO Libraries, shares nine ways she can help students become better researchers while saving time and reducing stress.
—Photo by Jeremy Henkelman-Parker.
—Photo by Jeremy Henkelman-Parker.
As her extensive body of work shows, Ulmann felt the loss of an imagined simpler time and tried to preserve it with her camera.
Bookbinding is a craft with a long history, and local bookbinders like Susan Stogsdill and Jason Patrician are working to keep the practice alive.
This year the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Native American Student Union (NASU), UO Libraries/Special Collections, and artist Steph Littlebird came together to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The day was full of diverse and unique offerings including an exhibition curated by student and NASU co-director, Marisol Peters.
An anonymous donation has brought Lauren Goss to the position of athletic archivist at UO, making her the first person with this position on the West Coast and collegiately.
Meet Lauren Goss, BA ’11 (history), UO's new sports archivist. Funded largely by a gift from an anonymous family foundation with deep Oregon roots and a love for UO Libraries, Goss’s position is the only one on the west coast and one of only a dozen in the US dedicated specifically to the preservation of collegiate sports history. In May, she finally made her debut in the form of Chasing Gold: the UO Olympics Trials Legacy Exhibit. The exhibit, located in the Knight Library, marks the 100th year since the university held its first Olympic team competition.
Recognized for her collaborative, open, and approachable work style, UO Libraries’ vice provost and university librarian earned the UO Senate’s award for shared governance, transparency, and trust!
"The BIG Ten Academic Alliance libraries will now also be our libraries!” shares Vice Provost and University Librarian Alicia Salaz. She's attending quarterly meetings with member libraries, and Alliance staff joined UO Libraries for a visit in July. Learn more about why the UO Libraries is excited about joining the BIG Ten Academic Alliance.
As the COVID pandemic broke out in 2020, Talia Paz took the opportunity to reassess her career. Reflecting on her love of reading and writing, she considered librarianship, an exploration that led her from Australia to Oregon and UO Libraries.
In the world of academia, and beyond the walls of its institutions, the pursuit of knowledge is a collaborative endeavor that relies on the contributions of curious minds across time and space. At Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), we take pride in fostering this spirit of collaboration, inquiry and research. Today, we are thrilled to announce the newest cohort of research fellows who will be joining us in our mission to explore, preserve and discover scholarly insight.
Congratulations to Hannah Gershone (MS ‘23, Env Studies), who was accepted to Simmons University's Master of Library and information science program and received the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Josephine Forman Scholarship! It will pay her tuition for the two-year program and fund her in a full-time position with benefits in the Simmons Library.
The Student Spotlight feature highlights the contributions our UO Libraries’ student employees make every day. There are more than 160 of them contributing to our endeavors each year and helping to make UO Libraries an amazing place to research, study, and learn.