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Making the Most of the Library This Spring

Pilots Prevent

Library

January 19, 2021

Although the library has (and will continue to) offer a wide range of online services—including ebooks, scanned and emailed book chapters, physical books mailed right to your door, and even live chat with a librarian—this spring it will be open for studying again.  

Lisa Ko in front of backdrop

University of Portland to host Lisa Ko, visiting Schoenfeldt Writer and author of ‘The Leavers,’ on February 10

Garaventa Center

Library

January 22, 2020

Author Lisa Ko’s 2017 debut novel The Leavers is the 2019-2020 selection for University of Portland’s annual ReadUP campaign and the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers series. Ko will give a lecture in Buckley Center Auditorium on Monday, February 10, at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Ko will follow the lecture with a book signing.

photo of Colum McCann

University of Portland to host Colum McCann, visiting Schoenfeldt Writer and author of ‘Let the Great World Spin’, on Feb. 20

Garaventa Center

Residence Life

Library

February 7, 2019

Author Colum McCann’s 2009 novel Let the Great World Spin is the 2018-2019 selection for University of Portland’s annual ReadUP campaign and Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers series. The lecture will take place in Buckley Auditorium on February 20, at 7 p.m. and is free, and open to the public. McCann will follow the lecture with a book signing.

Dr. James T. Covert

Clark Library gallery named in honor of late Dr. James T. Covert, UP professor emeritus in history

Development

History

College of Arts and Sciences

Library

October 17, 2018

A Clark Library gallery dedicated to showcasing the University of Portland’s past has been named the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery in honor of the late James Thayne Covert, Ph.D., professor emeritus in history.

Author Anthony Doerr

Pulitzer-winning author Anthony Doerr to speak at University of Portland on February 27

College of Arts and Sciences

Library

English

Residence Life

Garaventa Center

February 3, 2017

Acclaimed author Anthony Doerr will speak at the University of Portland about his award-winning novel, All the Light We Cannot See, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 27 in the Buckley Center Auditorium.

Xan Arch named new dean of University of Portland’s Clark Library

Library

June 10, 2016

Xan Arch joins University of Portland as dean of the Clark Library, replacing Drew Harrington who retired after 10 years at UP.

University of Portland’s Bonnie Parks receives 2016 Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award

Awards and Rankings

Library

March 8, 2016

Collections technology librarian Bonnie Parks has been named the 2016 recipient of the Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award for her distinguished contributions to serials librarianship. The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services division of the American Library Association makes the award each year to a leader in the field.