Posts Tagged ‘corvallis’

A Guide To Trails In The Corvallis Area

A Guide To Trails In The Corvallis Area by Phillip R. Hays is a favorite for local hiking information. Unfortunately this much loved book is no longer available in print (although there is a Reference copy at the library – REF 917.9534 HAYS READY).

Read a little bit about Corvallis

There once was a great little magazine published by a Pet store & Print shop owner (Thomas Wilson) that shared tidbits about Corvallis history.

Starting a company?

We offered a series last month at the library on finding work, with workshops on job search skills, resume writing and interview skills. Another way to find work is to create your own job, create your own company.  Do you know that our community has wonderful resources to help you with that?

Oregon is Indian Country

Whenever I see one of those “Native Oregonian” bumper stickers I remember that I will never be one. (A Native Oregonian, not a bumper sticker!) I may have been here 27 years, but I’ll always be a transplant.

Tracy Daugherty's new book in the NY Times' Sunday Book Review

Corvallis’ own Tracy Daugherty, professor in the English Department at OSU, has a new book out. It’s called Hiding Man – A Biography of Donald Barthelme, and this past weekend it was featured in the New York Times’ Sunday Book Review. You can also listen to a 15 minute podcast with Tracy Daugherty on the [...]

Senior editor of MAD Magazine, Joe Raiola, is doing a show at the library!

We’ve got an exciting event coming up on Saturday, April 4th at 7 pm. Joe Raiola, Senior Editor of MAD Magazine will present his one man show, The Joy of Censorship.

Our big library just down the street

Today I helped a patron find a book that she wanted and we discovered that The Valley Library at Oregon State University owns the book.   It was even sitting on the shelf, not checked out.