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Ready to borrow? Our self-checkout service offers some flexible new options! Download the free app to your Apple or Android phone for self-checkout in any of our UO Libraries branches, or visit any of four self-checkout kiosks in Knight Library. And you can still get in-person service and help at any library circulation desk.
New ebook collections from Big Ten Open Books highlight African- Asian- and Hispanic Americans; Health Disparities and Disability Culture; and Human Environmental Impact. Part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs, the open books project makes noteworthy titles originally published by university presses available online and open access—free to read and reuse!
Join us on Friday, December 18, 1-3 p.m. for a viewing of five portfolios from Edward S. Curtis' monumental project, "The North American Indian." Curatorial staff will discuss the history and significance of this renowned work of ethnology and photographic art. Viewing will be held in Special Collections and University Archives. Space is limited; early registration is strongly suggested.
We're an academic library—but we also have page-turners! OregonNews shares the scoop about Popular Reading Collections in the Knight Library, John E. Jaqua Law Library and UO Portland Library. Bestselling fiction, SF and fantasy, travel and hiking guides, graphic novels, memoirs, local authors, YA and children's books: it's all available for Ducks to check out.
Scholarly Publishing Librarian Franny Gaede and Associate Professor of History Julie M. Weise recently produced "Matchona: Malawians on the Move in Twentieth Century Southern Africa" in collaboration with an international team of scholars. This groundbreaking digital humanities project collects migrants' oral history interviews and written testimonies as a resource for teaching, research and advocacy.
Celebrate International Open Access Week (Oct. 19-25) with UO Libraries! In addition to presentations and panels discussing "The Cost of Knowledge," the library is promoting awareness of changes to our services following sunset of the OA-APC Award and the launch of a new pilot program supporting monograph publication subvention.
Presented by UO Libraries' Data Services and colleagues from Research Advanced Computing Services (RACS) and the Lewis Center for Neuroimaging (LCNI), an annual workshop series prepares researchers and students to use Talapas, UO's supercomputer cluster.
Presented by UO Libraries and the Soaring by the Sea Foundation, an October 17 "Home Movie Day" special screening will highlight newly preserved color films created by Lt. Colonel William Henry "Heine" Fluhrer in 1944 and 1945, capturing extraordinary moments from the closing years of World War II.
The Daily Emerald joins Emerit Curator of Manuscripts Linda Long for a deep-dive inquiry into historic handwriting styles as recorded on documents from the library's Special Collections and University Archives.
From Romance languages to cinema studies, Jeff Staiger’s knowledge of diverse subjects is rooted in his multilingual ability, academic background and deep love of books. Meet our humanities librarian and learn how he serves students and faculty members across a variety of disciplines.
Congratulation to Paris Woodward-Ganz and Nina Gomez, recipients of the 2026 Libraries-OPA Undergraduate Poetry Prize. Sponsored by the UO Libraries and the Oregon Poetry Association (OPA), these biennial awards honor high achievement in creative writing by UO students. Awardees receive $500 and their prize-winning poems are published in "Verseweavers," the OPA journal.
Documenting his 36 years representing Oregon's 4th Congressional District and more, the papers of Peter A. DeFazio—the renown "Tiger of the House"—are now available for public access in our Special Collections and University Archives.
As the costs of publishing in reputable academic venues continue to rise, a new pilot program can help. Allowable support includes subvention charges, page charges, open publishing charges, and fees or labor costs for specific publication services (e.g., indexing, abstracting, copyediting). Funding dispersal is first come, first served; early applications recommended!
Our archivists have been hard at work, making new materials available for researchers and students. From the papers of several acclaimed authors, to business records of the Burlington Northern Railroad, to scrapbooks documenting UO life from 1887 to 1991—learn about all 46 amazing new collections you can now access in SCUA.
Published in 1652, the Cosmographie by Peter Heylyn attempted to record everything in the known world: it filled 1,124 pages. After centuries of reading, they were all coming loose in our Special Collections' edition. Learn more about this fascinating tome and see how the pages were stabilized and resewn into a new binding.