Category: Announcements

William Dickey ’51 – Everyday Poet

March 15 – July 31, 2013
Library flat cases

William Dickey is another excellent poet to come out of Reed College. Graduating the same year as Gary Snyder and Phil Whalen who became the Beat Poets, Dickey had a very different voice, focusing on love and change and experience, both serious and humorous. Widely published and winner of poetry prizes, Dickey taught creative writing and poetry all his life, for the final thirty years at San Francisco State University. His papers are now at Reed. Shown are his published books, the progress of one title through publication, and various aspects of his life and experience.

Shen Bao Digital Archive

 

Shen Bao Digital Archive

The very first newspaper in China with a Chinese editorial staff, the full-image and full-text Shen Bao Digital Archive gives unique insight into the transition of China from the nineteenth century until Mao.

Established in 1872, Shen Bao (historically transliterated as Shun Pao or Shen-pao) was the most influential and longest lasting commercial newspaper of before the establishment of the People’s Republic. Published in Shanghai until 1949, Shen Bao was founded by Englishman Ernest Major, but, uniquely, as a newspaper for Chinese readers, written by Chinese reporters. During its existence, Shen Bao gradually shifted from a conservative to a more liberal perspective, and played a pivotal role in the formation of public opinion in the imperial period and into the tumultuous beginnings of modern China. Shen Bao’s innovations in printing technologies, specialized use of the telegraph, and dispatch of special military correspondents gave it an edge, and today that valuable insight is preserved and made available in the Shen Bao Digital Archive.

The Shen Bao Digital Archive presents the complete collection of all issues, from the newspaper’s founding in 1872 to 1949 and is an invaluable research tool. Containing more than 2 million articles, the database is 100% full-text searchable and contains the full-image of each page. Both the full-text and the full-image are retrieved in a single search, and full text may be easily copied from the full-image as well.

You must access the database from the Reed campus.  Please send any feedback to
Jim Holmes

Spring Break Hours

The Library will be on Spring Hours from Saturday, March 16 – Saturday, March 23. We will resume normal hours of operation as of Sunday, March 24.

Library
Friday, 3/15 8am – 8pm
Saturday, 3/16 10am – 8pm

IMC/Language Lab
Saturday, 3/16 & Sunday, 3/17 – CLOSED
Monday, 3/18 – Friday, 3/22 – Noon – 5pm
Saturday, 3/23 – CLOSED

Reference Desk
Monday, 3/18 – Friday, 3/22 – 10am – 5pm, on call

Russian databases – Stalin Archive & Iskusstvo Kino

The SDA is a result of collaboration between the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI) and Yale University Press (YUP) to create an electronic database of finding aids, to digitize documents and images, and to publish in different forms and media materials from the recently declassified Stalin archive in the holdings of RGASPI.  The trial is authenticated through Reed computer IP addresses.  However, you still need to register a personal account (takes 30 sec).
Iskusstvo kino, established in 1931, is the leading journal of Russian, and formerly Soviet, cinema. Iskusstvo kino includes critical reviews of both domestic and foreign film, as well as scholarly articles on cinematic theory and history as well as the Russian culture and arts scene. It was first published under title Proletarskoe kino(1931-1932), then Sovetskoe kino(1933-1935), and finally under the present name (since 1936). This full-text/full-image presentation makes the prose and visual content of this important resource available as never before.  You must access from the Reed campus.
Please send any feedback to

Jim Holmes

Christmas Mass: Victorian Illuminated Manuscript

Reed recently acquired an illuminated Christmas Mass, calligraphed and illustrated by Marie Granville and perhaps others, dated 1854.

This lovely manuscript has been digitized and is now part of the Digital Collection.

This work is illuminated with many initials in colors and burnished gold, with full borders on every page in a variety of styles based on Medieval prayer books, most with floral decoration in bright colors. Several borders contain miniatures in rondels that show great detail; one page contains views of the Great Exhibition of 1851 London including the Crystal Palace. The binding is an excellent example of the amazing leather work of Leon Gruel, a well-known French binder.

Winter Break Hours

The Library is moving to Winter Break and Intercession hours. See below for details.

Winter Break hours:

Fri. Dec. 14 8:00am – 5:00pm
Sat. – Sun., Dec. 15-16 CLOSED
Mon. – Fri., Dec. 17-21 8:30am – 5:00pm
Sat. – Tue., Dec. 22-25 CLOSED
Wed. – Fri., Dec. 26-28 8:30am – 5:00pm
Sat. – Tue., Dec. 29 – Jan. 1 CLOSED

Intercession Hours:

Mon. – Fri. 8:30am – 5:00pm
CLOSED Weekends
CLOSED Mon. Jan. 21 (MLK Jr. Day)
Sat. Jan 26 – Sun. Jan. 27 10:00am – 5:00pm

Regular Hours Resume Monday, January 28

First-year students: ask your personal librarian

Not sure how to find that book? Wondering how to access JSTOR from off-campus? Worried about that research paper that’s due soon? Your personal librarian can help. All first-year students at Reed are matched with a personal librarian. You’re welcome to contact your personal librarian at any time. He or she can help with any research involving the Reed library and its collections.

Don’t know who your personal librarian is? Find out here.

Gov Docs: Old School Treasures

November 10, 2012 — January 31, 2013

2012 marks another Reed centennial as a government documents depository.The library was designated a senatorial depository under President Foster and first librarian Maida Rossiter in 1912; it has received about 38% of governmental publications since then. A selection showing the breadth and variety of those publications is on display including topics such as the Roswell Incident, the Kennedy Assassination, early explorations in the West, and findings on marijuana in 1962.

Thesis Students: Have you talked to your librarian yet?

One of the best resources to help you with your thesis research is your librarian. The subject specialist librarian for your discipline can help you identify resources and develop strategies to make sure you are finding the best and most relevant sources for your thesis. Whether you are stuck somewhere in the process, want to make sure you are on the right track, or want to learn some additional searching tips and tricks, your librarian can help. So contact your librarian and set up a research consultation appointment!