3/9/16 would have been the inimitable Clara Rockmore’s 105th birthday.  To celebrate, today’s Google Doodles features a virtual theremin with a lesson!  If this piques your interest, check out our IMC feature on all things theremin.

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…

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

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!

  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…

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  

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…

Contemporary comedy film is in decline.  Big budget studios are reluctant to provide major financial backing due to poor overseas performance – the “lost in translation” effect.  Some funny films have fallen out of favor due to shifts in cultural sensitivity.  Academia has long ignored the craft of cinematic comedy (an interesting thesis on the…

We have iPads available for checkout in the IMC (also available at the PARC).  You can check availability in the catalog.  IPads checkout until the end of the day.  For a complete list of IMC equipment available to students, staff, and faculty, click here.  And if you have equipment or movie suggestions, let us know!…

The library and all branches will close at 5p on Friday, 12/19.  Library hours for winter break are as follows. Winter Break, 12/19 – 1/25 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Exceptions Library 8:30 – 5 8:30 – 5 8:30 – 5 8:30 – 5 8:30 – 5 CLOSED CLOSED Closed: 12/24, 12/25,12/31, 1/1,…