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The University of Oregon Libraries is an essential partner in the University’s educational, research, and public service mission. We are committed to providing the university with outstanding library resources, programs, and services. We are dedicated to creating welcoming, inclusive environments for all members of our diverse community. With five locations on the Eugene campus, and branches at UO Portland and at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, the Libraries offers many flexible and well-equipped environments for library users’ research and learning needs. 

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Mission and Vision

Informing research and learning breakthroughs for Oregon.

We will be a model for the enduring, positive impact that research libraries can have on their academic and civic communities.

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From tiny galleries to research paper awards, learn more about how UO Libraries recognizes excellent student work.

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One of the largest employers of students on campus, UO Libraries hires student employees throughout the year for each of our branches and offers several internship opportunities.

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Library Manager Michael Brown spearheaded the transformation of the former Concordia University library to the new UO Portland Library.

Community Relationships Helped in Moving Thousands of Books (external link)

Read how Library Manager Michael Brown and his team of two staff and a dozen student employees spent eight months organizing, weeding, and deciding how to handle hundreds of thousands of items from the former Concordia library. Now, the UO Libraries collections in Northeast Portland are a seamless blend of former Concordia and UO Portland items easily available for students, faculty and community members.
The new mural in the Asian Collections section on the second floor of Knight Library depicts two cranes, a red sun, and bamboo against a backdrop of mountains and sky.

Asian Collection Gets a Refresh

The recently refurbished Asian Collection in Knight Library is already drawing students and others into its serene spaces to explore materials from graphic novels to ancient folklore across many Asian cultures.
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Oregon Digital Newspaper Program Expands African American Collection

The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program recently finished digitizing the complete run of the Portland Observer, an African American newspaper published in Portland from 1970 to the present. The Portland Observer joins the growing collection of African American newspapers in Historic Oregon Newspapers as well as other African American publications available through UO Libraries.

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