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  • Weekend hours 1/23-1/24

    Weekend hours 1/23-1/24

    The library will be open 10a-5p this weekend, January 23-24. All branches will resume regular hours on Monday, January 25.

  • Library Paideia Sessions

    Library Paideia Sessions

    Wednesday, Jan 20 Rare to Medium Rare Books Mark Kuestner. 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Library 014 Illuminated manuscripts and early printed books, antiquarian maps and Simeon Reed’s dog’s collar. Come see behind locked doors and between the most rare and intriguing covers. Calligraphy and scrounger trading cards, fore-edge painting and the Beat Poets. View…

  • Fall thesis books due and winter break renewals

    Fall thesis books due and winter break renewals

    Spring/Fall seniors – please return all of your books by midnight 12/17.  If there are extenuating circumstances, email library-circ@reed.edu For students with books due over break, you can renew them online by logging into your library account.  Summit books are not renewable. Have a wonderful winter break!

  • Winter Break Hours

    Winter Break Hours

      Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Exceptions Library 8:30a-5p 8:30a-5p 8:30a-5p 8:30a-5p 8:30a-5p CLOSED CLOSED Closed 12/24-1/3, 1/18, Open 10a-5p 1/23-1/24 Reference 10a-5p (on call) 10a-5p (on call) 10a-5p (on call) 10a-5p (on call) 10a-5p (on call) CLOSED CLOSED Closed: 12/24-1/3, 1/18 IMC Noon – 5p Noon – 5p Noon – 5p Noon…

  • Currency:  Design for Currency Systems

    Currency: Design for Currency Systems

    November 25, 2015-February 15, 2016. Library’s flat and wall cases The current exhibit in the flat cases of the library is “Currency: Design for Currency Systems” by the students of Marc Ganzglass’ Visual Concepts Class, Studio Arts, 2015. Designs for both a paper and metal money system was the assignment for the 19 students. All…

  • The Research Question Workshop

    The Research Question Workshop

    What does it mean when you’re told to “write an essay”? How do you come up with a good question? Join us to explore methods to find and act on research questions, how to narrow a question’s focus, and develop and implement research strategies to complement your question. And there will be snacks! Wednesday, October…

  • Calculator apps on IMC iPads

    Calculator apps on IMC iPads

    Due to a growing number of requests for calculators, we put a couple of apps on the IMC iPads.  Try them out and let us know if these work for you. Jim Holmes  

  • Books and their Covers:  Bookbindings in the Reed Collections

    Books and their Covers: Bookbindings in the Reed Collections

    August 18, 2015 through November, 2015 Library’s flat and wall cases The art of bookbindings mirror in miniature the changes in style and design in the world around us. From the 16th century to the present, books in this exhibit have been selected from the Reed collections to show the breadth of these designs, from…

  • New projectors available for checkout in the IMC

    New projectors available for checkout in the IMC

    The Instructional Media Center has 10 new portable projectors – available for checkout to students, staff and faculty.  Equipment can be reserved online here.  See below for a full list of circulating AV equipment.  Only 3-day checkouts can be reserved.  Same day checkouts are first come, first serve.  Questions? Email Jim Holmes 3-day equipment Projectors…

  • Reed in the Global Sixties

    Reed in the Global Sixties

    May 1 – June 15, 2015 Library flat and wall cases This exhibit highlights how the political and social phenomena experienced across the U.S. unfolded on campus. The students of History 309, taught by Shane Dillingham this semester, explored youth culture and social movements throughout Latin America during the long ’60s, contextualized into a global…