MISSION & PURPOSE
The Oregon Authors Project aims to provide access to information and resources about authors who call or have called Oregon their home. This site promotes and highlights their work, providing important snapshots into the history of Oregon and highlights authors in a variety a ways. This is also a wonderful way to support local authors.
The Oregon Authors Project aims to provide access to information and resources about authors who call or have called Oregon their home. This site promotes and highlights their work, providing important snapshots into the history of Oregon and highlights authors in a variety a ways. This is also a wonderful way to support local authors.
CONTENT & ACCESS
A large portion of the Oregon Author's Project resides in a massive database hosted by Airtable and interfaced through Weebly. Users can browse information about authors through a variety of ways: by multiple genres and audiences, but also by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.
One of our long-term goals is to recognize literature written by BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ authors. There are few resources that students, teachers, librarians, authors, researchers, and readers can turn to when looking for literature written by authors who identify with these communities. We want to be a cornerstone for the state of Oregon and beyond for this information but are in the early stages of supporting this initiative.
Our current home page features Oregon authors in blog form, from debut to veteran writers. Authors are occasionally interviewed throughout the year. We highlight the outstanding works of authors by including various awards and recognition by external organizations.
The Oregon Authors Project also features an interactive map of Oregon that lists authors by geographic location (county and city) that the Oregon author has lived in.
A large portion of the Oregon Author's Project resides in a massive database hosted by Airtable and interfaced through Weebly. Users can browse information about authors through a variety of ways: by multiple genres and audiences, but also by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.
One of our long-term goals is to recognize literature written by BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ authors. There are few resources that students, teachers, librarians, authors, researchers, and readers can turn to when looking for literature written by authors who identify with these communities. We want to be a cornerstone for the state of Oregon and beyond for this information but are in the early stages of supporting this initiative.
Our current home page features Oregon authors in blog form, from debut to veteran writers. Authors are occasionally interviewed throughout the year. We highlight the outstanding works of authors by including various awards and recognition by external organizations.
The Oregon Authors Project also features an interactive map of Oregon that lists authors by geographic location (county and city) that the Oregon author has lived in.
An author's connection to Oregon interactive map.
CRITERIA
To be considered an Oregon Author, an author must have:
* Have published at least one book
(including self-published books, comic books, Manga, or graphic novels) with an ISBN/ISSN
* Been born in Oregon, have been or is currently a resident of Oregon, or have spent a significant portion of their writing careers in Oregon.
* Have published at least one book
(including self-published books, comic books, Manga, or graphic novels) with an ISBN/ISSN
* Been born in Oregon, have been or is currently a resident of Oregon, or have spent a significant portion of their writing careers in Oregon.
CORRECTIONS & MISSING AUTHORS
If you know of any authors we should add or update, please let us know by filling out the Submit an Author form. All submitted information is reviewed before being made public.
If you know of any authors we should add or update, please let us know by filling out the Submit an Author form. All submitted information is reviewed before being made public.
HISTORY
The Oregon Authors Project has undergone several name changes, and various types of information have been included over the years. The earliest ancestor of Oregon Authors was a simple list of books printed in 1933/34 edition of the Oregon Blue Book. A recent rendition of the Oregon Author's Project took the form of a blog that was maintained by Portland State University (2017-2021).
For more about this project's history, read The Oregon authors committee: Documenting Oregon’s literary heritage. Jey Wann (2014). OLA Quarterly, 5(2), 10-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1518
This resource has been created and maintained by the hard work of volunteers, including the Oregon Authors Committee, a standing committee of the Oregon Library Association. We thank all of those, both present and past, who have worked on this incredible resource. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants.
Questions and suggestions can be directed to the Oregon Author’s Committee co-chairs, Deidra Menser and John Repplinger at [email protected].
The Oregon Authors Project has undergone several name changes, and various types of information have been included over the years. The earliest ancestor of Oregon Authors was a simple list of books printed in 1933/34 edition of the Oregon Blue Book. A recent rendition of the Oregon Author's Project took the form of a blog that was maintained by Portland State University (2017-2021).
For more about this project's history, read The Oregon authors committee: Documenting Oregon’s literary heritage. Jey Wann (2014). OLA Quarterly, 5(2), 10-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1518
This resource has been created and maintained by the hard work of volunteers, including the Oregon Authors Committee, a standing committee of the Oregon Library Association. We thank all of those, both present and past, who have worked on this incredible resource. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants.
Questions and suggestions can be directed to the Oregon Author’s Committee co-chairs, Deidra Menser and John Repplinger at [email protected].
