Bookbinding is a craft with a long history, and local bookbinders including Victoria Wong, lead conservator in UO LIbraries' Beach Conservation Lab, are working to keep the practice alive and books in readers' hands.

This year the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Native American Student Union (NASU), UO Libraries, and artist Steph Littlebird came together to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The day was full of diverse and unique offerings, from a campus art walk celebrating Indigenous art and Steph Littlebird’s recent campus installations, to a “landback through art making” event. The day ended with an exhibition and reception in Special Collections & University Archives curated by student and NASU co-director, Marisol Peters.

Join the UO Libraries’ Open Research team for Open Access Week Oct. 21–25. Celebrate the growing role of open access in scholarly publishing with events including a panel with the provost, publishing for graduate students, an open access resource fair, and more! Learn about all the events happening in UO Libraries.

The UO Libraries’ Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence (LAURE) recognizes student researchers who demonstrate high-quality academic work and excellent library research skills using materials housed in or accessed via the UO Libraries.

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.

See how this year’s student curators—Yalda Eskandari, Abby Lewis, Kimberly Olivar, and Maggie Trail—have transformed historic phone booths in Knight Library into miniature immersive experiences.

Franny Gaede, Strategic Projects Librarian in UO Libraries, works with instructors to build assignments into larger public-facing research projects like Professor Weise's "Hidden Histories of Lane County." Over the course of the term, she worked with students to find and cite primary sources from Special Collections and University Archives and other institutions, learn to use WordPress, and make their research available and accessible to broader audiences online, including, in this case, high school students.

Alumna and donor Sheryl Steinke turns 80 this month! From a childhood enriched by the Salem Public Library to decades of service as a school librarian, Steinke's path is a testament to the impact libraries can have on a person’s life—and one person can have on a library.

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 an unexpected way, the challenge of learning how to do undergraduate research is what led me to a career in libraries. As a first-year and first-generation college student, the imposter syndrome was strong; I lacked confidence in my writing and my voice," shared Rayne Vieger. Read on to learn how she's found her voice and her place in UO Libraries.

Sometimes your career path is windier and more multi-forked than others’. Such is the case for Law Reference Librarian Adam Anderson, JD, MLIS, who started at the UO’s John E. Jaqua Law Library a year ago. Learn more about Adam, how he arrived at the Law Library, and how he’s waiting for the call from “Jeopardy!” (having already landed a spot in the contestant pool) in this interview with American Association of Law Libraries.

Enjoy the summer issue of the UO Libraries' quarterly newsletter. Share our excitement about joining the Big Ten Academic Alliance and meet some librarians, curators, and visiting research fellows from across the globe doing fascinating work!