"I couldn't have done that much damage with an axe, a day off, and a mission statement." Rob Wilco, after observing Bucky chew through a wall to get at Fungo Squiggly.

...welcome to the webpages for Don Macnaughtan, Lane Community College Library.

Latest Projects...
My new book The Buffyverse Catalog: A Complete Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel in Print, Film, Television, Comics, Games and Other Media, 1992-2010 has been published by McFarland Publishing.
Winner of the 2011 Mr. Pointy Award for the Best Academic Book in Whedon Studies.
"Educating the Macnaughtan boys, 47000BC to 2946AD"...a new short story.
A new ethnographic bibliography on the rich oral literature of the Chinookan peoples of the Lower Columbia River.
A research bibliography on the five Athapaskan languages of Western Oregon.


Here at Lane I work as a reference librarian, and I also teach classes and workshops. My subject specialties are: American Indians, anthropology, art & applied design, computer & information technology, counseling & human relations, ethnic studies, geography, history, international studies, law & criminal justice, mass media (movies, tv, newspapers, web), multimedia & game design, Oregon, photography, political science, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. I act as the academic liaison to most faculty in these areas, which means I help them use the library's resources, and help build the new book & dvd collections in those fields.

I also help in the Library's evaluation of new electronic and reference resources, and work on special projects such as the Library's unique movie screenplay collection and Kindle lending project. I am responsible for the Library's publicity and outreach to LCC faculty, including editing the faculty newsletter Inklings and creating a regular fun trivia quiz for faculty and staff.

I do some writing & research - my publication history is here on OCLC WorldCat. My web presence is here. Coming from a remote land downunda, I'm intrigued with how prehistoric humans settled the planet's more isolated islands. I do some projects with music & media, and I'm especially a student of the Buffyverse, with a new book from McFarland & Co. I have also contributed to the history of the Cuarain Fada or "Long Sandal" Macnaughtans, my branch of Clann 'icNeachdainn, who settled Fortingall and Glen Lyon (photos here) during the Dark Ages.

I also specialize in American Indians of the Northwest. My main work is on the Chinookan, Siuslaw-Kuitsh and Chetco-Tututni peoples of the Oregon Coast and the Columbia River, the Indian languages of Western Oregon, and also the rare ceremonial artifacts known as coppers. I have also written in vexillology (the science of flags), and I have a WordPress media blog.

When I'm not working, I'm tooling around Eugene on my trusty 1998 Trek 720, or battling competitive trivia contests at 16 Tons. I'm often out of town travelling with my wife Marji - to Nova Scotia and St-Pierre et Miquelon; Britain, especially gardens and pubs; the wild coasts of Labrador; Vancouver Island, Ireland, Joshua Tree & the Salton Sea; to Alaska, Granville Island, and Powell River, BC. In 2012 we toured the North Island of New Zealand, from the Coromandel Peninsula to Wellington, as well as the Baltic Sea (Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Germany, and Denmark).

I always travel with a camera - my favorite shots are from nature. I also collect comedy records & books, and I'm always foraging for great music, especially Zero 7.