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Exhibits at the University of Oregon Libraries

The exhibits program of the University of Oregon Libraries is a valuable means of promoting the educational mission of the libraries and its relationship with the academic community.

The goals of the exhibit program are

• to highlight the strengths and diversity of the library's collections
• to promote library programs and campus events
• to acknowledge gifts and to encourage giving
• to celebrate library and university milestones and accomplishments
  

Current Exhibit: Knight Library

In honor of the centennial of the founding of the Oregon Marching Band, a comprehensive exhibit of the band and its precursors is on display in Knight Library at the University of Oregon. Entitled "Sing the Story Oregon: A Century of the Oregon Marching Band," the student-produced exhibit details the band's history, including uniforms, images, sheet music, biographies, and a timeline that summarizes the major events in the life of the largest student-run organization on the University of Oregon campus.

Some items of interest in the exhibit include the story behind Albert Perfect and the "Mighty Oregon" fight song, information on long-time band director John Stehn, four different uniforms from the band's history, images of the band from its inception to the present, and plasma screens displaying film clips from OMB pregame and halftime performances from 2004 and 2008. It includes a brief overview of the Oregon colony of Kappa Kappa Psi (a national honorary band society) as well as information about some of the traditions of the band, including the Oregon Marching Band Council and the Festival of the Bands.

The exhibit will run through September, 2009, in the exhibit cases on the main floor of Knight Library. The display was arranged by Cristian Boboia and curated by Leslie Bennett.

Current & Upcoming Exhibits: Main Display Cases

 

Current & Upcoming Exhibits: Flat Display Cases (by Browsing Room)

August-Sept 09	Those were the Days- A selection of works by returning alumni of the English Dept. 1965-75	Heather Briston	August-Sept
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Current Exhibit: Portland Library and Learning Commons

Images inspire and engage us. They tell stories, provoke questions, and help us to understand our place in the order of things. A picture can help recreate a lost world, or show us a universe that only exists in the mind of an artist. Like books, images are sources of both factual information and springboards for our imagination.

The University of Oregon Libraries collects, curates, and maintains rich collections of digital images. Dip into our website and find a vintage photograph of the Skidmore Building, a Japanese ritual Boddhisattva mask, a Toulouse-Lautrec poster advertising bicycle chains, or one of Eadweard Muybridge¹s iconic photographs showing a horse at full gallop.

The camera lucida is a tool that refracts the light reflected by an object onto a sheet of paper, upon which an artist can draw. The artist can simultaneously see both the actual object and the object¹s refraction on the paper, and can even trace the outline on paper. Similarly, these collections of digital images serve to inspire artistic and scholarly work at the University of Oregon. We invite you to make the UO Libraries Digital Collections your tools for research, study, and creative projects.

Fall 2009- Spring 2010	Camera Lucida: Images from the University of Oregon Libraries Digital Collection	Karen Munro	October -March
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Past Exhibits

Past Flat Case Exhibits

2009: Winter	Scientia venustior - Art of Science	Dean Walton	Jan - March
2008: Fall	Rhetoric at the University of Oregon: A Legacy of Teaching Writing and Speaking		Sept - November 10
2008: Fall Special Exhibit	Veteran's Day	Paul Frantz Exhibit Lead	November 10-14
2008: Winter	Bowerman and the men of Oregon

View web exhibits from the past in our Exhibits Archive.

Propose an Exhibit

Exhibits may be proposed at any time. The Exhibits Committee periodically announces a Request for Proposal (RFP) to plan exhibits and their support for the year ahead. Proposals must address the goals of the library exhibit program.

• Eligible Exhibitors: UO faculty, staff, and members of affiliated organizations are eligible to organize an exhibit. For more information on eligibility, see the Exhibits Policy page.
• Helpful Sites: For more information, see the Exhibit Proposal Form, Exhibit Proposal Help, What Every Exhibitor Should Know, and What Every Exhibit Liaison Should Know.

Library Exhibit Locations

Library Exhibits Liaison

• Keri Aronson
  

Advisory Group

• Leslie Bennet
  
• Lesli Larson
• Linda Long
  
• Ron Renchler
• Dean Walton
  

Maintained by: Keri Aronson, keri@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 10/07/2009

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