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Oregon Sustainable Community Digital Library Project featured
Author: Robin Paynter
Posted: March 22, 2006

PSU Library Faculty Rose Jackson and Gary Markham along with Development Officer Chuck Johnson are featured in the March 2006 issue of Easy Access for their work on the innovative Oregon Sustainable Community Digital Library  (OSCDL) project.

OSCDL Project Description (from http://oscdl.research.pdx.edu/ retrieved 03/22/2006)

The Oregon Sustainable Community Digital Library provides a central online repository for the collection, accession, and dissemination of key urban planning documents on the Portland Metropolitan area.

Literature, planning reports, digital images, maps, RLIS (Reginal Land Information System) geographical data, and more from Portland State University, Metro, TriMet, and other municipal and non-profit agencies are being collected and added to the database. The Oregon Historical Society contributed standards and specifications for the management and design of this project.

This project is funded by a Library Services and Technology grant, with Portland State University's Millar Library serving as the lead grant participant. The first-year goal is to transfer at least 200 documents/objects "born digital" to the Digital Library and to convert 5 linear feet of print material to electronic format.

Professor Carl Abbott, Portland State University, Department of Urban Studies and Planning wrote the Framing Paper, which guides in the selection of material.