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<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Elke Bruton <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><a href="mailto:elke.bruton@slo.oregon.gov">elke.bruton@slo.oregon.gov</a>, 971-375-3509 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">October 10 , 2024 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Salem, Ore -</i> The State Library of Oregon supports government transparency and civic education by ensuring consistent
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<p class="MsoNormal">and coordinated permanent public access to information published by Oregon state government.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meaning members of the public can access the reports state agencies create. In addition to the stacks of paper reports
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<p class="MsoNormal">and publications, the State Library has also been building an online collection of these materials. While some are digitized
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<p class="MsoNormal">copies of historic materials, others are the born-digital version of our modern era. Recently, the State Library migrated its
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<p class="MsoNormal">digital collections to a brand-new platform. More than 160,000 Oregon state government publications are now available,
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<p class="MsoNormal">in support of our mission to cultivate, preserve, and deliver library and information services to the people of Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We invite all to explore the site by visiting <a href="https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/" target="_blank">
https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This new platform is fully text searchable, making it easier to find the people or places mentioned within state publications.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Additional improvements include linked information across collections and items and improved search options. There are
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<p class="MsoNormal">also new storytelling capabilities that will highlight Oregon’s people, places, and events, and the activities of Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the near future, more components of the State Library’s collection will be available on this new platform, including over
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<p class="MsoNormal">8,000 historic photographs and thousands of federal government publications related to Oregon and other publications
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<p class="MsoNormal">concerning the state of Oregon and its culture. Even the contents of the State Library’s card catalogue, the Oregon Index,
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<p class="MsoNormal">will be available soon. Consisting of nearly a million index cards, the Oregon Index cross-references decades of Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal">newspaper and magazine articles and information buried in books about Oregon. These citations are an invaluable research tool. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more about the digital collections at the State Library of Oregon, please visit
<a href="https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/" target="_blank">https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">or contact Elke Bruton, Program Manager for Government Services, at
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