Category: Announcements
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New Data @ Reed Website
Data @ Reed is a collaboration between the Library, CIS, and the DoJo to help students and faculty with their research data. This summer, the Data @ Reed team made major changes to the website. We updated our Stata tutorials as well as our recommendations for citing data. We also added tips for students on finding and managing data. We also added data-related historic photographs from the College…
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Small Gems: Small Books from Reed’s Collection
August 2 – November 1, 2017 Library flat cases Often good things come in small packages, and the many small books in the library’s special collections testify to the great variety and beauty possible in tiny books. From a facsimile of a 1320’s Book of Hours (at 10cm high) to a foldout artist’s book showing…
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Changes to ARTstor
This summer ARTstor is preparing a major update to its Digital Library. Below are some key points of note. The following ARTstor features have been retired. Personal notes / instructor notes Saved searches The following ARTstor features have been temporarily removed but will reappear as the update progresses. Citation generator Saved citations Date filter for search results For…
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Turning in Your Thesis
Don’t forget, the final copy of your thesis must be approved by the library before you can have it bound. To help you keep track of the process the steps are listed below: Make all corrections requested by your Orals Board. Bring a PRINT copy of your thesis to the library (L17) during the hours…
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Senior books due Thur, May 11.
Graduating seniors must turn in all Reed, Summit, and ILL books by Thursday, May 11 (earlier would be much appreciated). Lockers must be cleared out by 5p, May 12. Click on “My Library Accounts” on the library home page to check your Reed Library and ILL accounts for materials currently on loan. Questions? Email library-circ@reed.edu…
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Great Ideas: The Inventivity of Books
April 4 – June 23, 2017 Flat cases and wall case by the Reference Desk Surprisingly, the book format has long experienced creative developments. Though outliers to the normal codex format, the items shown in this exhibit confirm that bookmakers are ingenious in their invention. From the physical—like The Invisible Book made out of clear…
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Receive text notices
The library has an SMS messaging service that allows you to receive texts for courtesy, due date, overdue, cancel and hold notices. You can opt-in here. Questions? Email email library-circ@reed.edu.
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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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Reed College Book Collecting Contest
Announcing the REED COLLEGE BOOK COLLECTING CONTEST! $1000 – top prize $500 – second prize $250 — third prize Reception in April with refreshments for winners and participants! Exhibition of winners’ books. Open to all full-time Reed students. Winner may participate in The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. **DEADLINE**: March 21, 2017, 5pm. Download the…
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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 6th.…