Category: Announcements
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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…
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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…
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IMC Feature – Modern Comedy
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…
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Digital Loeb Classical Library now available
The Digital Loeb Classical Library is now available online for the Reed community. This important archive complements the library’s print offering of classical Greek and Latin texts. Key features include: • Single- and dual-language reading modes • Sophisticated Bookmarking and Annotation features • Tools for sharing Bookmarks and Annotations • Greek keyboard • User account…
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iPads available in the IMC
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!…
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The new Summit is here!
As of this month, all Summit libraries have completed the migration to a shared, unified library catalog. Reed completed this migration in December 2013. All libraries will begin using the shared system for Summit requests on Tuesday, January 20. The experience of finding and requesting books and other library resources has been streamlined, but the…
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Library Paideia Sessions 2015
Library staff are leading a number of informative sessions on library topics, collections, and beyond! See below for a full list of all sessions being led by library staff, or see full online Paideia schedule (Reed login required) for more offerings!
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Emilio Pucci: Fashion Impressario Reed MA ’37
January 15 – April 15, 2015 Flat Library Cases The world-renowned fashion designer, Emilio Pucci, had a special relationship with Reed College, having attended Reed in 1936/37. President Dexter Keezer traded tuition, room, and board for Pucci’s time and expertise as a ski instructor, giving Reed the first ski team and, incidentally, giving the world…
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Library hours winter break
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,…
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IMC Feature – Happy Holidays!?
This holiday season IMC feature comes with help from guest annotator Robin Tovey ’97. In addition to classics of the Christmas variety, the Reed College library has quite the collection of odds and ends, documenting the multifaceted holiday season. Some of these are musical selections, which are now housed in the PARC (the branch library…