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OurPDX shared links for March 14th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for March 14th:

dailywireless.org » Comcast: Mobile WiMAX this Summer in Portland – I didn't know that Comcast was an investor in Clear/WiMAX – did you? Will be interested to see how this is priced…
The Portland Tribune | Historical Society [...]

03.14.2009 See the rest →

A reader’s blog – An Embarrassment of Riches

by Dieselboi

Did you know Multnomah County Library has a blog?  You probably did and I’m late to the game. I honestly don’t use my local library as much as I should.  When Neighborhood Notes hooked me up to An Embarrassment of Riches, I was overjoyed, especially since the first post I read turned me on to [...]

01.25.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Friends of the Library Sale in St. Johns this Weekend

by mediaChick

Stock your shelves with books for the winter and help your local library at the Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale.
October 11-13, in the beautiful St. Johns neighborhood, the Friends of the Library is holding it’s legendary bottom-dollar sale. So many books, CDs, DVDs, and tape will be up for grabs that it fills [...]

10.10.2008 See the rest →

Friends of Library needs Space for Fall Book Sale

by Lyza Danger Gardner

The Friends of the Multnomah County Library’s amazing Fall book sale needs a home. From an email today:
We need your help for the fall sale. We are seeking a warehouse-type site of
around 15,000 square feet in Multnomah County for about 10 days in October.
Our preferred dates are Sunday, Oct. 5, through Tuesday, Oct. 14.
We prefer [...]

07.30.2008 See the rest → 1 comment

Great News for Local Word Lovers

by Lyza Danger Gardner

I did not know until this morning that anyone with a Multnomah County Library card can access the Greatest Work of Philologic Scholarship Ever Completed*, the Oxford English Dictionary, free of charge, and right from your browser.
The online version of the dictionary provides access to continual updates as the lexicographers toil towards the Third [...]

06.26.2008 See the rest → 1 comment
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