One of Reed’s three illuminated manuscripts, the Beatus vir, created around 1510 in France, has now been digitized and may be perused online at http://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/beatusvir/ as one of Reed’s newer digital collections. The Beatus vir is a psalter and prayerbook containing 40 painted miniatures, ten of them full-page. Particularly appealing are the many images showing genesis and the creation of the sun, moon, and stars, birds, insects, and fish, man, and trees and flowers.
Please join us for a lecture and reception featuring Char Booth ’01
Wed. 24 October 2012
4:30 p.m., Psychology 105
Students are invited to have dinner with Char immediately after the lecture at the Parker House. RSVP by October 22. Space is limited.
Char Booth ’01 is the Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at the Claremont Colleges Library and also serves on the faculty for the Information Literacy Immersion program, sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Her pedagogical explorations into library culture focus on the integration of instructional design, technology, and assessment. The influence of her Reed education shines through in her work as she delves deeply and reflects critically on library issues that have traditionally been given surface treatment. She also uses her personal thesis experience to inform her work with students and faculty on the undergraduate research process.
Char has authored two books and several articles, detailing her research and prescription for libraries’ progressive dissemination of information, including how librarians can connect patrons’ needs, effectively harness technology, and reflect on the collective educational exchange. She virtually propagates such philosophies at info-mational, her blog “on technology, media literacy, and librarians who t-c-b.” Perhaps her amazing productivity is due in part to organizational skills honed in her days as the Paradox manager. Rumor has it, there might be a Hamilton stashed in her thesis – the traditional gauge of post-Reed thesis interest.
Through November 3, 2012, all students, faculty, and staff may access New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts by going directly to: http://feat.alexanderstreet.com.
The collection delivers approximately 200 full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and the Global Films Initiative, along with over fifty award-winning shorts. All films were shown at major festivals, many were nominated for awards, and several have won major awards. Films include the Oscar-nominated Twilight Samurai, directed by Yôji Yamada, Oscar-nominated The Scent of Green Papaya, directed by Tran Anh Hung, Oscar-nominated Dogtooth, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, and Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner The Piano Teacher, directed by Michael Haneke.
Please send any feedback to Jim Holmes.
The Reed Library is open regular hours fall break with the exception of Friday 10/12 and Saturday 10/13 – closing at 8p.
Hours for the IMC are
10/13-10/14 closed
10/15-10/19 open noon-5p
10/20 closed
10/21 resume normal hours
Special Collections and the Visual Resource Center are open regular hours.
The IMC now has iPhone/iPad chargers available for checkout. All chargers, laptops and headphones checkout to students for the day – due at closing. Other AV equipment including projectors, camcorders, audio recorders, screens, tripods and DVD/VCRs, checkout for 3 days and can be reserved by contacting Jim Holmes in the IMC.
(503)777-7352
August 28 – November 7, 2012
Many surprises lurk in the Reed library collections: books that have unexpected contents, hidden accessories or decoration, or are just downright unreadable. The long history of cyphers and steganography (concealed writing) attests to the appeal, and sometimes the necessity, of hiding meaning in communications and texts. A broader look at books— including artists’ books—containing secret surprises of any sort is currently on display in the flat library cases just beyond the entrance.
New to Reed? Please stop by the library’s open house this Thursday afternoon, 8/23, between 1:00 and 3:00. Meet library staff and learn about all of the library’s highlights, nooks and crannies.
Welcome new Reed faculty! Please join us for the new faculty orientation on Wed., Aug. 22 at 1:30 — meet Dena in the library lobby. If you need help with library services right now, please see our “services for faculty and staff” page, http://library.reed.edu/using/faculty.html.
The most frequent question in the Instructional Media Center is “What is this place?” The second most frequent question is “Can you recommend a movie?” While we love to talk film with our patrons, sometimes it’s not practical due to the long line of customers waiting eagerly to checkout one of many fantastic media resources. To that end, we created the IMC Film Guide. You may recognize this as the online version of that 3-ring binder by the kiosk we often point to when asked for such recommendations. It’s better though because it’s online.
The Origins, Glory & Decline of the Humanist Cursive in Italy 1400-1650 is a new title written by Reed alumnus Steve Herold ’63 about the Early Writing Collection in the Reed library’s special collections. Herold has traced the history of the italic cursive popularized by Professor Lloyd Reynolds in his calligraphy classes at Reed presented from 1938 until his retirement in 1969, when Robert Palladino continued the classes until 1984. For the last 8 years, Herold has been giving various documents to Reed’s special collections to join those collected by Reynolds. Heavily illustrated with wonderful historical examples, the title also reprints a difficult-to-find article by Stanley Morison on “Early Humanist Script and the First Roman Typeface.” It is available in the Reed bookstore ($24.95).
