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  • Maintenance scheduled for EBSCO products

    Maintenance scheduled for EBSCO products

    EBSCO will be performing scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 6am to approximately 10am Pacific time. This may effect access to eBooks on the EBSCO platform. You can track progress of the maintenance here. We apologize for the inconvenience.

  • Accessibility in the library: take our survey!

    Accessibility in the library: take our survey!

    With an interest in better serving the needs of the entire Reed Community, the Library is seeking student perspectives and experiences with library spaces and resources regarding accessibility. Your feedback from this survey will help us identify areas requiring fine tuning, possible change, or potential new directions that increase the accessibility and usefulness of all…

  • Selections from a Gift of Richard Danzig ’65

    Selections from a Gift of Richard Danzig ’65

      A display of materials from a donation by  Dr. Richard Danzig ’65  are now on view. These publications relate to nineteenth and twentieth century India and contain demographic information, offer insights into constitutional reform and recount the deeds of Indian intellectuals that shaped India’s past, present, and future. This display is located on the…

  • Spring Thesis Desk Lottery

    Spring Thesis Desk Lottery

    Random numbers for the Senior thesis desk lottery will be drawn from the official 470 list.  If you are a senior, but are not yet registered for 470, and want to be included in the drawing, please come to the circulation desk and have your name added to the lottery list by Monday, February 11. …

  • Receive text messages for library notices

    Receive text messages for library notices

    You can receive text messages from the library for things like due date and hold shelf pick up notices.  Opt in here.  Standard messaging and data rates apply.

  • Library hours 1/22-1/27

    Library hours 1/22-1/27

    The library is open 8:30a-5p, 1/22-1/25.  Open 10a-5p, 1/26-1/27. Regular hours resume Monday, 1/28. IMC & PARC are open noon-5p, 1/22-1/25.  Closed 1/26-1/27.  Regular hours resume Monday, 1/28.

  • IMC feature – film recommendations

    IMC feature – film recommendations

    The Instructional Media Center (Library 32) is home to 12,000+ videos – more than Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime combined.  So what to watch?  Try some recommendations from the Reed community.  And checkout a projector and speakers for your enhanced home cinematic experience. https://library.reed.edu/services/imcfiles/imcmovierec.html

  • Library hours winter break

    Library hours winter break

    The main library is open 8:30a-5p, Monday-Friday during winter break with the following exceptions. CLOSED:  12/22-1/1, 1/21 The IMC is open noon-5p, Monday-Friday with the same closures. PARC is closed through 1/21.

  • Photoshop user survey

    Photoshop user survey

    Do you use photoshop at Reed?  If so, please take this brief survey. https://library.reed.edu/forms/cs/photoshop-survey

  • Reed College Canyon: new digital collection now available!

    Reed College Canyon: new digital collection now available!

    We are excited to announce a new RDC resource: the Reed College Canyon collection! The images in this collection were largely created by Canyon Restoration Manager Zac Perry to document the Canyon from about 1999 to the present. The Reed Canyon was declared a wildlife refuge by the state of Oregon in 1913, and restoration…