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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

      exhibit winter 2012

Marion Dean Ross:  The Legacy of a Scholar


This exhibit commemorates the contributions of Marion Dean Ross as a respected teacher, an original scholar, and generous benefactor.

Twenty years ago, newspapers in the region announced with surprise a major gift to the University of Oregon.  As the Register Guard reported:  "The gift comes from a man who never married, had no known family at the time of his death, and who never owned a car or home, preferring to rent an apartment within walking distance of campus."  That man was Marion Dean Ross, a professor of art history at UO from 1947 to 1978.  Ross's bequest gave the university over one million dollars for the acquisition of library material.

This exhibit honors an individual who, like many others, have helped build and sustain the University of Oregon.

 


Current & Upcoming Exhibits: Main Display Cases

Winter 2012 Marion Dean Ross: The Legacy of a Scholar
 Edward Teague
 January - March
Spring 2012 Russian and East European Arts, World Stage Heghine Hakobyan April - June
Summer 2012 Photography by Dan Powell
 Lesli Larson
 July - September
Fall 2012
 Suffrage Centennial
 Linda Long
 October - December


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

Winter 2012
Heghine Hakobyan
Winter 2012
 Dance Department: 100 Year Anniversary
mid-February- April


Current Exhibit: Portland Library and Learning Commons

Summer 2011
 Are you on the Bus? The Ken Kesey Collection Keri Aronson
 August-October



Past Exhibits

Spring 2010
 Letters, Laurels and Keys: Honors Tradition at the UO Renee Dorjahn
 March - June
Summer 2010
 Art Under Cover: Opening Up Artists' Book Cara List
 June - September
Fall 2010
 Art Under Cover: Opening Up Artists' Book Cara List
 September - December
Winter 2011
 Making Ourselves at Home: The search for rights in Oregon Phaedra Livingstone
 January - March
Spring 2011
 Peace Corps 50 Years: Local and Global Connections Barbara Jenkins
 March - July
Summer 2011
 Beyond the Books: Exploring the Digital Collections at the UO Libraries Katie Moss
 August - September
Fall 2011
 Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience
 Mark Watson
 October - December
View web exhibits from the past in our Exhibits Archive.


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Library Exhibit Locations


DISPLAY CASE LOCATION
USE
CONTACT
Vertical display cases in the two corridors leading from Knight Library lobby to the reference area UO faculty, staff, and affiliated organizations
Flat display cases outside Browsing Room
Display cases in Music Services UO faculty, staff, and affiliated organizations for music-related displays

Flat display cases outside Special Collections

Special Collections and University Archives


Library Exhibits Liaison

Advisory Group

  • Cassie Schmitt
  • Katie Moss
  • Elizabeth Peterson
Maintained by: Amanda Garcia, amandag@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 01/24/2012