Recently, you may have noticed some small but significant changes at the Library. Portland State Library is now hosting a broad range of academic support services including writing help, academic advising, and math tutoring. This collaboration with the Writing Center, Undergraduate Advising and Support Center (UASC), and the Skills Enhancement and Tutoring Center (SETC) is part of an effort to better support and retain students here at Portland State.

The Library already provides reference and research help 72 hours per week and is open 97 hours per week. These additional services make the Library an even richer and more supportive place for students. Collaborative efforts such as these will help us move forward in serving students better, even in tough economic times. This is just a beginning, and these services are likely to expand. If you have any suggestions for services you would like to see in the library, please let us know.

These are Winter Term hours for the following services in the Library:

• The Writing Center is here Mondays through Fridays, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Math tutoring is available Monday and Tuesday evenings from 4:30-7:00 PM
• Academic advising has hours Wednesday evenings from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Call for an appointment at (503) 725-4005
• The Library Reference Desk is open Mondays-Thursdays 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM; Fridays - 9:00 AM to 6:00PM; Saturday - 12 noon to 6:00 PM; and Sunday - 12 noon to 9:00 PM

The Skills Enhancement and Tutoring Center (SETC), in collaboration with the Portland State University Library, is now offering Math tutoring in the Library Monday and Tuesday evenings from 4:30-7:00 PM. The tutor is located on the second floor, behind the reference desk area. Thanks to SETC for providing this new service to students!

This film festival acknowledges presenters who are "living the legacy" of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Saul Landau's films and presentation are sponsored by the Portland State University Library and the PSU Multicultural Center. Saul Landau is a senior Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, an internationally-known scholar, and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues. He won an Emmy for "Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang."

Friday January 23 2009, 7pm, 5th Avenue Cinema, 5th & Hall SW
Paul Jacobs & the Nuclear Gang
This Emmy award-winning documentary follows reporter Paul Jacobs' investigation of the health effects of exposure to low-level radiation on soldiers and civilians who participated in atomic bomb tests in the Nevada desert.

Saturday January 24 2009, 7pm, 5th Avenue Cinema, 5th & Hall SW
From Protest to Resistance
This provocative documentary captures the rapid changes in the students' movement of the 1960s that brought forth the pacifist anti-war movement, the free speech movement, and the black power struggle.

Contact Kimberly Willson-St. Clair, 503.725.4552 or events@lists.pdx.edu

The Undergraduate Advising and Support Center (UASC), in collaboration with the Portland State University Library, is now offering advising in the Library, Wednesday evenings from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on the second floor. Call 503.725.4005 to schedule an appointment. Advisers will be available for drop in advising if there are any open time slots.

Oregon Reads 2009 Kick-Off at Portland State University

Lauren Kessler at 11am & 7 pm

Thursday, January 15, 2009
Smith Memorial Union Ballroom, 3rd floor

What if everyone in Oregon read the same book? In celebration of Oregon's sesquicentennial birthday, the selection for Everybody Reads 2009 is Lauren Kessler's Stubborn Twig: Three Generations of a Japanese-American Family. Hear Lauren Kessler talk about her book on January 15 at Portland State University! This is the main event for Multnomah County Libraries Everybody Reads 2009 in partnership with the Portland State University Library and the PSU Department of English.

Feeling stressed during finals? The Library and Starbucks want to make your life easier! Bring your cup to the Library on Sunday night, 12/7, at 9:30 p.m. for free coffee, tea, and cookies sponsored by Starbucks, while supplies last. Using your own mug always helps reduce waste and your coffee will stay warm longer than in a paper cup!

The Portland State University Library is hosting Out at the Library: Celebrating the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, a traveling panel exhibition gleaned from the archives of the Hormel Center at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibit will be at the Library from December 1 through December 31. It offers a rare look into the Hormel Center collection, demonstrating what archives are, and how they ensure the legacy of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Reproductions of historic photographs, documents and objects drawn from the archives offer compelling views of both remarkable and ordinary lives, attributes of character, heroic actions, explosions of genius, cautionary tales and private worlds.

Stop by the first floor of the Library to see the exhibit before December 31!

Out at the Library: Celebrating the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center is organized and circulated by the San Francisco Public Library

Thank you to everyone who participated in our "quality of service" survey! Your feedback and comments will help us improve Library services, policies and spaces to more effectively serve you. We will be able to announce the winners of the incentive prizes at the end of Fall 2008, after we receive our initial survey data from the Association of Research Libraries. To learn more about how your input helps improve the library, see our assessment Web page.

Portland State University Library celebrated the gift of the Dark Horse Comics collection on October 16. Video of the event is now available online. Mike Richardson's talk about the history of comics and graphic novels starts at minute 17:30.

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