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2020 Census talk with Se-ah-dom Edom of We Count Oregon
SEEDS, We Count Oregon, and the Reed Library collaborated to create a series of videos to discuss the 2020 Census with We Count Oregon, whose primary focus is to enumerate folks from hard to count communities. Check out the videos: Introduction (Se-ah-dom Edmo) (1 of 4) On Hard to Count Communities (Se-ah-dom Edmo) (2 of 4)…
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Library News for Fall 2020
(updated 8/6) Due to constraints imposed by COVID-19, the library is making several changes to fall hours, access, and services. Our goal is to make the library as safe as possible for the Reed community as well as library staff while supporting our students both on campus and off. Please contact Dena Hutto, College Librarian,…
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Streaming video through Reed Library
Reed College Library provides access to streaming video databases with content varying by platform. Please note Kanopy and Swank require apps to play on mobile devices. Academic Video Online A comprehensive streaming video database of 67,000+ titles with subject areas including social sciences, film, history, music, news, and more. Featuring content from Sony Classic Pictures,…
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EBSCO ebooks service restored
The library EBSCO ebooks service disruption has been resolved. If you continue to have trouble accessing EBSCO ebooks, please ask a librarian for help.
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Library Lobby Survey results: book lookup & candy preferences
Two Library Lobby survey questions to report this week: Last week, we asked: “Where do you start when you look up a library book?” 100 responses indicated starting at the library homepage, while 27 started in the catalog. One wrote in “What’s the difference?”. There really isn’t much difference! One starts on the library homepage,…
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Echoes of Harlem
There’s a time travel portal next to the reference desk. 1920s and 1930s Harlem NYC was a time when African American arts and culture flourished. Jazz music from Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong could be heard floating from Harlem nightclubs. Painters such as Jacob Lawrence and Archibald Motley chronicled the daily lives of African Americans.…
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Library Lobby Survey results: “You can borrow laptops & ipads from the library”
We had laptops and ipads on our minds this week, and wondered about you all borrowing them. Total responses: 188 stones, 30 written responses “What!? I didn’t know”: 57 responses “I know! I borrow those”: 43 responses “I know, but I don’t borrow those [tell us why not]”:88 responses, 30 write in responses Of the…
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ProQuest scheduled maintenance this weekend
in DatabasesSome library resources will be unavailable during ProQuest scheduled maintenance this Saturday, February 8th, from 7pm-1am. Affected resources include: All databases on the ProQuest platform (search.proquest.com) and Chadwyck-Healey databases including: Proquest Central ABI/INFORM Academic Video Online Ebook Central EEBO: Early English Books Online Index Islamicus LION : Literature Online ProQuest Congressional ProQuest Dissertations and Theses…
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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 10. …
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