Category: Announcements

Same-site requesting now available

The Library is trying out a new service for Reed faculty, staff and students.  You can now place a request for a book or circulating DVD that is available on the shelf through either the Reed only catalog or WorldCat Local (the Summit/WorldCat catalog). We will retrieve the item  and place it on the hold shelf.  A notice will be sent to you when the item is ready.  We will try to have the items on the hold shelf within 24 hours.  DVDs will be placed on a hold shelf in the IMC and books in main circulation.   Items will be removed from the hold shelf and sent back to the regular shelves if not picked up within five days.

If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please to not hesitate to contact Jennie McKee, 503-777-7752, jennie@reed.edu

Museum of Contemporary Craft exhibit features Reed books

A new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, now in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art, will focus on artists’ books from the Reed College collection.  “Object Focus:  The Book,” running from November 18, 2010 through February 26, 2011, will consist entirely of Reed books selected by Professor Gerri Ondrizek and the staff of the Museum.

Their statement about the exhibit:  “The artist’s book is an object that extends work beyond the boundaries of a gallery setting. Through selections from the significant 20th century modern and contemporary artists’ books in Reed College’s Special Collections, this exhibition explores the book as an object which defies the categories of art, craft and design through forms ranging from the recognizable to the deconstructed.”

“Survival skills for finals” workshop

Thursday, Dec. 9, 4-5:30 pm, Eliot 103

Come learn about:

  • breaking work into smaller pieces
  • setting reasonable goals (and rewards!)
  • planning & managing time effectively
  • staying balanced with healthy choices
  • strategies for different kinds of finals

This workshop is being offered by DoJo staff members. Librarians will also be in attendance. RSVP to julie.maxfield@reed.edu encouraged.

End of semester hours & reminders

End of semester Library hours:

The library will be open continuously (24 hours a day) beginning 8:00am, Thursday, December 9 and will close at 12:00 midnight Thursday, December 16.

Friday, December 17 : 8:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday – Sunday, December 18-19 : CLOSED

Monday – Thursday, December 20-23 : 8:30am – 5:00pm

Friday, December 24 – Sunday, January 2 : CLOSED

Monday, January 3 – Friday, January 28

  • Monday – Friday : 8:30am – 5:00pm
  • CLOSED Weekends
  • CLOSED Monday, January 17 (MLK Jr. Day)

Saturday – Sunday, January 29-30 : 10:00am – 5:00pm

Regular Hours resume Monday, January 31

Reminders

Spring/Fall Seniors: Turn in theses by 12:00 noon on Friday, December 17. Return locker keys.

Clear all thesis desktops and floor areas by December 17th (5:00pm). Books checked out to Fall/Spring seniors may remain on shelves above the thesis desk.

Clear all items from non-thesis desks and tables by Friday, December 17 (5:00pm).

New seniors planning to begin theses in the the Spring should sign up for the Thesis Desk Lottery at the circulation desk by Thursday, February 9th.

Reference Universe

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Several new trials

The library is currently conducting trials of a number of new resources.  Trials give us the opportunity to try a resource out before we commit the funds to subscribing to or purchasing it.  Feedback from you – the Reed community – helps us make these decisions.  Go ahead and give these resources a try (from on campus) and let us know what you think!

Environment Complete

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center Plus

NBC Archives on Demand

If you try one of these and really like it (or if you don’t like it!), let us know.  You can mention it to your library liaison, to a librarian at the reference desk, or send feedback to Rachel Bridgewater.

IMC Nov. feature – Spanish film

Spanish films – we’ve got a lot of them.  This list is a rather random sampling of some notable ones.  For a complete list by title, click here (includes videos with dubbed Spanish language tracks).  Or if you’d prefer to browse the collection in person, come on down to the IMC and ask the circulation desk worker to let you into the media vault.  Most Spanish films are located under call# PN1995.9.S.  If you don’t see your favorite Spanish movie on the list and want to correct this horrible injustice, send an email to Jim Holmes with the film title and a brief annotation.

Spanish films list

New exhibit: Reed Faculty Publications 2005+

Reed Faculty Publications 2005+
October 12, 2010 – January 10, 2011
Library flat cases and casework displays

An amazing number of books—and one sound recording—have been produced by Reed faculty members of the last six years:  40 faculty and nearly 50 of their books are now on display in the library.  A few are new editions of standard textbooks in the field, many are academic texts that demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of a field and insightful analyses of a specific topic, and a few are novels or poetry.