Features
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Did You Know
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Start Date
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Stop Date
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Content Written?
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Who is writing content?
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Content
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Images
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Kindle Project
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October 1
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October 30
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Yes
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Judy
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Coming soon!!! Kindles can each hold more than 1,500 books or newspapers. As soon as they're available, you'll be able to request any two new titles at checkout and help us expand our collection of Kindle books.
Here's the list of Kindle titles you can help build on. |
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Open Access Week
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October 14
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October 23
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No
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Hannah and team
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ORIGINAL VERSION
Participate in Open Access Week, October 19-23! Various events throughout the week highlight the importance of freely available scholarship and research. Learn more about these events (open to the OSU community and the general public) and how you can become involved with Open Access here (insert link: http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/851-Open-Access-Week).
EDITED VERSION
Participate in Open Access Week, October 19-23! Learn about how you can become involved with Open Access by attending events highlighting the importance of freely available scholarship and research. The OSU community and the general public are invited. |
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Computer Availability |
October 23
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November 30
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Yes
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Kim?
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You can see which computers are available in The Commons RIGHT NOW!
View Availability Map
<insert image> and link to http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/computers\\ |
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/computing/image/comp_map.png |
Mobile Catalog
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Nov 1
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Nov 30
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Yes
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Kim
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Search the Library Catalog anywhere on your mobile device: http://m.library.orst/search\\\\\\\\\\\\
The Mobile Catalog offers up-to-date availability information, floor locations and the ability to text or email call numbers and course reserves.
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Browseable Music/Media
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November 30
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December 30
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Stefanie
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The Valley Library is more than just books. We have lots of music CDs and videos, too. Browse the media cards in the newspaper room to find a title. Take the card to the circulation desk to check the item out.
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Dec. 30
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Jan 30
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Yes
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Stefanie
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Edited
Don't want to stand in line to check out your books at the library? Use one of two state of the art self-checkout machines near the checkout desk to the right of the library entrance. Swipe your OSU ID, scan barcodes and you're done. Check it out! |
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Walk-up Computer Help Desk
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Jan 30
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Feb 30?
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yes
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Margaret
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Students can get immediate assistance with computer problems by visiting the walk-up service desk located on the 2nd floor of the Valley Library. |
http://tss.oregonstate.edu/OCH/walk_in/walk_up-Nov08.jpg\\ |
Flickr Commons
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Tiah
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The Flickr Commons delivers historically significant photographs to the world, allowing the public to interact, use, and enjoy the images without any copyright restrictions! The OSU Archives offers a wide variety of images focusing on Oregon's history, natural resources, and conservation.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3946098724/in/set-72157622310733483/ |
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Special Collections |
possibly Feb. LP's birth month
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Chris Petersen
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Did you know that Linus Pauling, OSU's most prestigious graduate, was history's only recipient of two unshared Nobel Prizes? Visit Linus Pauling Online - a portal to the web's best collection of Pauling resources created by Special Collections fo find out more.
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Here's the smaller version of the LP Online logo
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/images/lponline_logo.jpg\\
The bigger one (probably too big) is here:
http://pauling.library.oregonstate.edu/images/lponline_logo.jpg |
ScholarsArchives
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End of Year
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Kim (could get input from Sue Kunda)
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Contribute your thesis or dissertation to the institutional repository....
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