Academic libraries can apply for competitive grants under Oregon's state LSTA program.  Grant guidelines are released in mid-January and are posted on the web on the "Oregon's LSTA Competitive Grants" page at: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/LSTAcomp.shtml.

The Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC) collects reports on formally challenged materials from all types of Oregon libraries (school, academic, and public).  OIFC uses challenge reports as a resource to help libraries deal with challenges.

Oregon's LSTA program subsidizes academic library access to a suite of statewide databases.  The Statewide Database Licensing Advisory Committee (SDLAC) has several academic members that participate in the database licensing process.

The State library hosts the Libs-Or list which is used for many major announcements and general library messages.  There is also a one-way list, AL-Directors,  which the State Library adds new director to. 

Libraries can edit their own entries, so please help by checking your library's information.

Announcements of new titles added  to the OSL's Library Science collection are posted on the libs-or list, as well as a blog at http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/.   Suggestions of titles to acquire are welcome.

NW Central is an active clearinghouse of CE opportunities in the Northwest.  Its easy to get an account and share opportunities.

OSLIS is the state's K-12 web portal providing access to quality licensed databases
within an information literacy framework.  It features an up-to-date citation maker for APA and MLA that is used by many academic institutions.

The Cooperative Library Instruction Project (CLIP) is a partnership between Chemeketa Community College, Lane Community College, Oregon State University, Western Oregon University and Willamette University whose mission is to design and develop  sharable, web-based tutorials to assist in library instruction and  information literacy.

Oregon's 24x7 online reference.  Software can also be used to support in-house reference.