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Athletic Legacy Collection

Collection consists of digitized folders presenting history of Oregon Tech’s athletics from 1948 to 2022. This project is a compilation of the names of most of the athletes and coaches who represented Oregon Tech from its inception as Oregon Vocational School, OVS, in May 1947, through its change to Oregon Technical Institute, OTI, in December 1948, and then as Oregon Institute of Technology, OIT, in October 1973.

Campus History Digital Collection 
A digital collection of scanned historical photographs related to Oregon Institute of Technology, and a book by President Winston Purvine. 

Crater Lake Digital Research Collection 
A digital collection of Crater Lake Park-related materials for researchers, educators, and others. This is a collaborative project between the Oregon Institute of Technology Library and Crater Lake National Park.

Geo-Heat Digital Library 
A digital collection of documents on geothermal energy. This is a collaborative project between the Oregon Institute of Technology Library and the Geo-Heat Center.

GLO Survey Notes Mapping 
This project is comprised of General Land Office original public land survey notes manually transcribed onto the respective U.S. Geological Survey topographic 7.5' quadrangle maps. These notes contain valuable information regarding site conditions at the time of the survey, mid 1800s- early 1900s.

2020 Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2020.

2021 Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2021.

2022 Ideafest Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2022.

2023 Ideafest Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2023.

2024 Ideafest Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2024.

2025 Ideafest Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2025.

2026 Ideafest Student Project Symposium

The Ideafest or Student Project Symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase student projects. This collection houses student posters from year 2026.

IdeaFest Faculty Project Symposium

The IdeaFest faculty research symposium is an annual event held at both the Klamath Falls and Portland Metro campuses to showcase faculty research. This collection houses digital posters created by the Oregon Tech faculty.

Klamath Project Annual Histories: Oregon-California 
The annual project histories included in the Klamath Waters Digital Library are digitized versions of the histories published by the U.S. Bureau or reclamation from 1903-1964. These histories provide descriptions of the project management.

Klamath Waters Digital Library 
A digital library of information related to water issues in the Klamath watershed. 

Oral Histories 
A collection of audio recordings with transcripts of people of interest in the Klamath Basin and from Oregon Institute of Technology. 

Oregon Tech Thesis and Master Project Collection 
Masters students may complete theses or masters projects as part of their degree. This collection offers documents produced in the following programs: Civil Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Renewable Energy Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Applied Behavior Analysis.

Oregon Tech Student Capstone Projects 
Many of the programs at Oregon Tech require a student capstone project. Students must also complete a detailed report on their project. This collection provides access to some of these capstone projects dating to 2009.

Oregon Tech Open Educational Resources Archive

The Oregon Tech Library gives out grants for faculty who wish to create openly licensed materials for their courses.  The goal of the program is to promote textbook and course material affordability. This collection hosts materials created by Oregon Tech faculty who received open educational resources (OER) creation grants from the OIT library.  Faculty who have authored openly-licensed materials outside of the library grant program may also submit their materials for inclusion.

Owler 
The Owler, a student yearbook, provides a written and photographic record of campus academics and student activities. The University identity changed from Oregon Technical Institute to Oregon Institute of Technology in 1974. Yearbooks are available online from 1951 to 1983 excluding 1981 and 1982. 

Student Newspapers 
The student newspaper has undergone various name changes since 1947.The Owl (1947), The Miler (1948 - 1982), Newspaper (1984), TechTalk (1984 -1988) and then The Edge (1988 to current). Starting September 30, 1988, intermittent issues named The Ledge began, known as the "Joke Issue".