Author: Library
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Search everything! (in Reed Digital Collections)
We’re excited to share a new feature in Reed Digital Collections: the ability to search across collections! Want to see all items relating to the traditional game of tug of war between Reed first years and sophomores? You’ll now be able to easily search both the digitized photos from archives and the Quest newspaper collection!…
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Library Lobby Survey results: how do you access databases?
For this week’s Library Lobby survey, we wanted to know how you access the library’s databases. Results are in! Of 134 responses, 72 say they search the catalog, 34 use the A-Z Databases list, and 28 access library databases via Research Guides.
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Library Lobby Survey results: How do you refer to these rooms?
We wanted to know what you called a couple of the rooms in the library, and the results are fascinating! For the Periodical Reading Room (pictured on the bowl on the left), we got 62 total responses, including: 8 “Old pit” 7 “reading room” (includes 1 “reading room (?)”) 3 “New pit” 2 “The pit”…
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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…
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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…
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Portland Muslim History Project archives collection now available in RDC!
We’re excited to announce our most recent addition to Reed Digital Collections: selections from the Portland Muslim History Project archive, recently donated to Special Collections and Archives by Reed College professor Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. View the Portland Muslim History Project archive in Reed Digital Collections The 2004 Portland Muslim History Project narrated the history of…
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Quest newspaper digital collection now available
We’re excited to announce our most recent addition to Reed Digital Collections: digitized issues of The Quest newspaper, beginning with the first issue in 1913. The collection is open to current Reed students, faculty, and staff. Check out a sampler of Quest mastheads below to get you started!
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Thomas Lamb Eliot Papers: new digital collection!
We are pleased to announce a new RDC collection: the Thomas Lamb Eliot Papers! T.L. Eliot (1841-1936) was an influential Unitarian minister in Portland, worked in education and jail reform, founded the Art Association and the Humane Society, helped develop the public library, worked for temperance and women’s suffrage, and played a large part in the formation…
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All digital collections now migrated to the new Reed Digital Collections!
With the successful migration of the last four collections, the new Reed Digital Collections is now the place to go for digital access to etheses, Artists’ Books, rare books and archival materials, and faculty teaching and research collections. The old system will remain available through January. The four final collections are: Artists’ Books, which contains images…
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Reed Electronic Theses, Wheeler Physics lecture notes, and more available in the new Reed Digital Collections
We’re in the home stretch! Five more collections have migrated to our new Reed Digital Collections (RDC) interface: Reed College Electronic Theses Nicholas Wheeler Physics Lectures Indian Converts, developed by English professor Laura Liebman. U.S. History, developed by History professor Jackie Dirk. Ara Pacis Augustae, developed by the late Charles Rhyne (professor of Art History).…