OLA Quarterly (ISSN 1093-7374)
OLA's quarterly journal is indexed in Library Literature & Information Science and Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts.

Next issue theme is:  Creativity Happens: President's Issue.  Proposals now being accepted!  Please contact OLA President Michele Burke for details and article submissions.

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Any questions please contact: Sara Kelso, OLA Quarterly Editor

OLA Quarterly Archive

Volume 18

• 18.4 Winter 2012 (pdf) Adventures in Library Land: Stories and Advice for Those New and Needing to Renew | Jennifer May, Steph Miller
• 18.3 Fall 2012 (pdf) Libraries, Museums, and Oregon's Cultural History | Nancy Slight-Gibney
• 18.2 Summer 2012 (pdf) The Advocacy Issue | Kim Read
• 18.1 Spring 2012 (pdf) The Opportunities  and Obstacles  of Assuming Leadership | Robert Hulshof-Schmidt

Volume 17

• 17.4 Winter 2011 (pdf) Connecting to Collections | Robyn Ward
• 17.3 Fall 2011 (pdf) | Service | Janet Tapper
• 17.2 Summer 2011 (pdf) | Vision 2020 | Anne-Marie Deitering
• 17.1 Spring 2011 (pdf) | Library Wonders and Wanderings: Travels Near and Far | Pam North

Volume 16

• 16.4 Winter 2010 (pdf) | Doing More with Less: Creative Strategies in the New Economy | Tricia Juettemeyer
• 16.3 Fall 2010 (pdf) | Open Libraries: More than Just Open Books or Open Doors | Matthew "Buzzy" Nielsen
• 16.2 Summer 2010 (pdf) | Revitalizing Reference | Connie Anderson-Cohoon
• 16.1 Spring 2010 (pdf) | Print is Dead! Long Live Print! | Judith Norton

Volume 15

• 15.4 Winter 2009 (pdf) | Across the Great Divide | Ruth Murray and Bob Schroeder
• 15.3 Fall 2009 (pdf) | Oregon's 150th: Libraries Then and Now | Lynne Mildenstein and Elizabeth Nielsen
• 15.2 Summer 2009 (pdf) | Oregon Reads: One State, Many Stories | Mary Ginnane
• 15.1 Spring 2009 (pdf) | Library Catalogs and Other Discovery Tools (complete online version) | Laura Zeigen and Janet Crum

Volume 14

• 14.4 Winter 2008 (pdf) | Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Response | Shawna Gandy, Kris Kern, Judith Norton, and Alex Toth
• 14.3 Fall 2008 (pdf) | Professional Development | Stephanie Miller and Abigail Elder
• 14.2 Summer 2008 (pdf) | President's Conference Issue | Sarah Beasley
• 14.1 Spring 2008 (pdf) | Lively Librarians Loose in the Limelight: Libraries in Popular Media | Maureen Cole

Volume 13

• 13.4 Winter 2007 (pdf) | Going Green: Libraries and Sustainability | Diane Sotak
• 13.3 Fall 2007 (pdf) | Rural Libraries: The Strength of Community | Ruth Vondracek and Valery King
• 13.2 Summer 2007 (pdf) | Finding Community: Civics, Cyberspace and Change | Aletha Bonebrake
• 13.1 Spring 2007 (pdf) | New Voices/New Views: The Next Wave of Librarians | Anne-Marie Deitering and Janet Webster

Volume 12

• 12.4 Winter 2006 (pdf) | Oregon’s Tribal Libraries | Richenda Wilkinson
• 12.3 Fall 2006 (pdf) | Burnout | Rachel Mendez
• 12.2 Summer 2006 (pdf) | Children’s Literature: The Oregon Way | Dan R. White
• 12.1 Spring 2006 (pdf) | Going Digital with Government Information | Valery King and Laura Ayling

Volume 11

• 11.4 Winter 2005 (pdf) | A Day in the Life | Jey Wann and Bill Kelm
• 11.2 & 3 Fall 2005 (pdf) | Thriving on Change...Embrace the Possibilities | Leah Griffith
• 11.1 Spring 2005 (pdf) | Humor US: Librarians and Laughter | Barbara Butler

Volume 10

• 10.4 Winter 2004 (pdf) | The Best of OLAQ | Pam North
• 10.2 & 3 Fall 2004 (pdf) | Knowledge Sharing and the Reference Experience | Kimberly Willson-St.Clair

Volume 9

• 9.4/10.1 Spring 2004 (pdf) | Revisiting the Vision | Pam Horan
• 9.3 Fall 2003 (pdf) | Energizing Young Adult Services | Anne Guevara
• 9.2 Summer 2003 (pdf) | Diversity Matters | Faye Chadwell
• 9.1 Spring 2003 (pdf) extra content (html) | Industrializing the Work Flow: New Trends in Technical Services | Joy Wanden

Volume 8

• 8.4 Winter 2002 (pdf) | Librarians in the Crisis: 9/11 One Year Later | Anna Grzeszkiewicz
• 8.3 Fall 2002 (pdf) | Children's Cognitive Development | Dan R. White
• 8.2 Summer 2002 (pdf) | Research You Can Use | Victoria S. Mitchell
• 8.1 Spring 2002 (pdf) | The Enduring Value of Libraries | Connie J. Bennett

Volume 7

• 7.4 Winter 2001 (pdf) | Trends in Geneaology for Librarians | Fred Reenstjerna
• 7.3 Fall 2001 (pdf) | Vision 2010 | Deborah Carver
• 7.2 Summer 2001 (pdf) | Information Literacy | Janet Webster
• 7.1 Spring 2001 (pdf) | International Librarianship, Part 2 | Kris Kern and Faye Powell

Volume 6

• 6.4 Winter 2000 (pdf) | International Librarianship, Part 1 | Faye Powell and Kris Kern
• 6.3 Fall 2000 (pdf) | Strategic Planning and Libraries | Deborah A. Carver
• 6.1 & 2 Summer 2000 (pdf) | Grants | Sue Jenkins

Volume 5

• 5.4 Winter 2000 (pdf) | A Focus on Staff Development | Anne Van Sickle
• 5.3 Fall 1999 (pdf) | The Heart of a Librarian | Juanita Benedicto
• 5.2 Summer 1999 (pdf) | Writing Oregon | Lori Robare
• 5.1 Spring 1999 (pdf) | Resources for the Underserved | Kristen Kern and Wendy Stewart

Volume 4

• 4.4 Winter 1999 (pdf) | Oregon Library Partnerships | Lynn Chmelir | Note: pdf incorrectly indicates this is issue 5.1.
• 4.3 Fall 1998 (pdf) | Reference Services: Change and Constancy | Loretta Rielly and Arden Shelton
• 4.2 Summer 1998 (pdf) | Government Information: Past, Present and Future | Ted. D. Smith and Arlene Weible
• 4.1 Spring 1998 (pdf) | Public Involvement Means Public Support | Sara Charlton

Volume 3

• 3.4 Winter 1997 (pdf) | Sex in the Library: Internet Access Issues in Oregon | Carolyn Peake
• 3.3 Fall 1997 (pdf) | Library and Continuing Education Opportunities in Oregon | Gary Jensen and Kim Wolfe
• 3.2 Summer 1997 (pdf) | Preservation and Special Collections | Jey Wann and Bernie McTigue
• 3.1 Spring 1997 (pdf) | Library Support Staff | Katherine Stevens and Maresa L. Kirk

Volume 2

• 2.4 Winter 1997 (pdf) | Political Action | Janet Webster
• 2.3 Fall 1996 (pdf) | The Inner Workings of the Association | Anne Billeter and Carolyn Peake
• 2.2 Summer 1996 (pdf) | The Internet | Tim Klassen and Teresa Montgomery
• 2.1 Spring 1996 (pdf) | Library Buildings | Anne Billeter

Volume 1

• 1.4 Winter 1996 (pdf) | Intellectual Freedom | Carole Dickerson and Larry R. Oberg
• 1.3 Fall 1995 (pdf) | Youth | Ellen Fader and Curtis Kiefer
• 1.2 Summer 1995 (pdf) | Academia | Teresa Montgomery and Susan Barnes Whyte
• 1.1 Spring 1995 (pdf) | Technology | Denise Thompson and Michael Gaston