Monthly Archives: September 2012

Friday Feature: the social side of SCARC

Who says archivists are introverted? We love to get social! You have found this blog, obviously, but did you know that we have 2 other blogs that you should check out? For this Friday Feature we’re featuring something else and … Continue reading

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SCARC in ScholarsArchive@OSU

Wondering what’s online? In addition to our fabulous digital resources and fun in Flickr/Flickr Commons, we also have a rich and ever-growing collection of digitized historic materials in ScholarsArchive@OSU. ScholarsArchive@OSU is the university’s digital service for gathering, indexing, making available and … Continue reading

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Friday Feature: Ten Little Lessons on Vitamins by Eugene Christian

This charming set of booklets was recently added to our History of Science collections to complement a collection emphasis on the history of vitamins and micronutrients, and their use in nutrition and alternative approaches to health and diet. After Casimir … Continue reading

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Friday Feature: new Braceros in Oregon exhibit installation!

The sun shone most days as we put up our new exhibit to to highlight an important piece of Oregon’s Latino History in honor of Latino/a Heritage Month. And, of course, we took pictures and released a new Flickr set … Continue reading

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A New Online Home for SCARC

It is with great pleasure that we announce the official launch of our new department website!  Please find it at http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu and be sure to update your bookmarks away from the old University Archives and Special Collections sites, which will … Continue reading

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New Flickr Commons set! “People (and cows) doing stuff in fields (and orchards)”

It’s that magical time of the year when we can get lost in blueberry picking, get our hand stained from blackberries, and endlessly water our baby winter greens. Enjoy this delightful little set “People (and cows) doing stuff in fields … Continue reading

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The day we moved the yearbooks, catalogs, and finding aid notebooks!

As part of the consolidation of the SCARC reference desks, we’ve moved the Beaver yearbooks, catalogs, and finding aid notebooks off the 3rd floor shelves and into our workroom stacks. Fear not! There is still a set of yearbooks available in … Continue reading

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Friday Feature: the day we drilled a hole in the floor

Anticipating a flood of new and excited researchers this fall, all clamoring to see our new merged public service point on the 5th floor, we decided we needed to do some remodeling. Namely, we needed to turn the 2 big … Continue reading

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