Warner Pacific College has received a $231,000 grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust to support its participation in the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a library-resource organization that shares access to 27.8 million items between 35 member institutions in Oregon and Washington, including all major public university libraries. Currently, Warner Pacific is a member of a consortium of eight private college libraries with a collective volume count of 500,000.
With the Orbis system, students and college employees will be able to request books from member institutions directly online through an automated process. The grant will specifically support the purchase of necessary software, the cost of transferring current data into the new system, and membership dues.
“Orbis Cascade Alliance was a grassroots effort that the libraries organized themselves,” said WP Library Director Sue Kopp. “Libraries in the Northwest like to help each other. Orbis is very well-organized.”
Established in 1937, Warner Pacific College is an urban Christ-centered liberal arts college located in Portland, Oregon and is dedicated to providing students of diverse backgrounds an education that prepares them for the spiritual, moral, social, vocational and technological challenges of the the 21st century. Warner Pacific offers 20 majors, 25 minors, 4 graduate programs and 4 pre-professional programs at its main campus.
The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., seeks to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to non-profit organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.
For more information, contact Katy Steding, WPC's Director of Marketing and College Relations, at 503-517-1123 or ksteding@warnerpacific.edu.
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