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Application Deadline: Monday, June 16. This is an opportunity designed for students who are passionate about preserving history, working with primary source materials, and gaining hands-on experience in archival practices. Thomas Interns contribute to real-world archival projects in Special Collections and University Archives while building foundational skills for careers in libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions.
Meet Genifer Snipes, the Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian at the UO Libraries. She plays an essential role in helping to connect students, faculty, and researchers to valuable resources and ideas pertaining to all things business.
With the help of more than 100 generous supporters, the library raised over $80,000 on UO's annual giving day, May 15. We finished in the Top Ten of the Presidential Leaderboard Challenge and unlocked all our challenge gifts to help fund digitization of Eugene Weekly and bolster student employment opportunities in the Libraries.
Spring is here, and our new library newsletter is live! In this issue, explore highlights like the recorded Rep. Peter DeFazio Annual Lecture, meet outstanding librarians, and learn about programs supporting affordable course materials for students. Plus, join us for Ducks Give on May 15 to support UO’s library community.
Award-winning journalist E.J. Dionne, Jr. delivered the inaugural Rep. Peter DeFazio Annual Lecture, “What Does It Mean to Defend Democracy Now?” to a capacity audience on April 10. Video of the event is available through June 10.
Lead Conservator Victoria Wong teams up with student assistant Alaina Kucera to repair materials from the library’s collections. Their efforts support continued preservation of all kinds of resources from books to photographs to coins.
The Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) archivists have been hard at work, making over forty collections available for researchers and students!
The Libraries' Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence (LAURE) recognizes students who demonstrate high-quality academic work and excellent library research skills. The review process is open for the 2024-2025 school year; for consideration, all entries must be submitted prior to your graduation date and by June 15, 2025.
Special Collections and University Archives is pleased to offer a new fellowship to research the archival collection of photojournalist, filmmaker, and artist Brian Lanker.
The UO Libraries and the UO Judaic Studies Program invite you to explore Sovetish Heymland and the Making of Socialist Yiddish Culture after Stalin. This exhibition celebrates the recently gifted Sovetish Heymland journal, generously donated by Esther Frank. Enriching UO’s collections, the journal offers a unique window into Jewish/Yiddish cultural history under Soviet rule. Located in the lobby of Knight Library, this exhibit will be on display through April 18.
The UO Libraries Tiny Galleries Team invites UO students to submit proposals for site-specific installations in Knight Library and the Design Library. Showcase your coursework and research through 3D or 2D installations, transforming spaces into immersive experiences while engaging with the campus community and academic discourse.
Join us on Thursday, April 10 for a lecture by E.J. Dionne, Jr., renowned journalist, political commentator for The Washington Post, Georgetown professor, and author of eight New York Times bestsellers. This event is free and open to the public. Arrive early—seating is limited!
Movie fans may know James Ivory as the director of such beloved films as “A Room With a View” and “Howards End,” and a 2018 Oscar winner. But before he became famous for bringing works by authors such as E.M. Forster and Henry James to the screen, Ivory was an Oregonian, raised in Klamath Falls, who in 1951 earned a degree in fine arts from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
KLCC covered the UO Libraries' recent presentation and panel led by Joe Whittle (Caddo/Delaware), a photographer and journalist promoting the Landback movement across the U.S. for territory ceded or taken during colonization. Photo courtesy of Joe Whittle. Learn more...
Did you know you can find new books by UO faculty in Knight Library?📚 They're on the New Books bookcase at the west end of the main lobby near the checkout desk. Check them out—literally—and learn more about faculty books in this story from the Office for Research and Innovation.