Category: Announcements

The Reed Digital Collections in CONTENTdm will be unavailable Tuesday Jan. 20th during a planned server outage. When service is restored on Wednesday, Reed’s CONTENTdm collections will have a new look and feel:

• There will be a new viewer, which optimizes the image and features more streamlined tools/controls.
• There will be a new, enhanced “My Workspace” for creating and managing galleries and slideshows.

The period of Wednesday Jan. 21 – Friday Jan. 23 will be spent testing the new features, and troubleshooting as needed to prepare for the first week of class. If you experience any difficulties with the new interface features during this time, please email us immediately at contentdm@lists.reed.edu.

Thank you,

Digital Asset Management Team

Journals available via ScienceDirect will not be accessible on Saturday, 10 January  for approximately eight hours starting at 11:30 a.m.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

On the weekend of November 15-16, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, the ACS Publications website will be unavailable while they update their site. A flash-based demo showcasing many of the features and benefits of the new site is available at: http://pubs.acs.org/flashdemo

Looking for digital images to view or use in papers and presentations? Looking for a scanner?

Come use the new digital image workstations in the library, located upstairs in the reference room and downstairs in the IMC. These dual-screen workstations are available for students to work with images and graphics, and contain software programs such as Photoshop, PowerPoint, Keynote, and Excel. In addition to using the stations to scan images, you’ll also find links to Reed digital image collections such as Reed Digital Collections (CONTENTdm) and ARTstor.

Brought to you by the library, Visual Resources Collection, and CIS. Contact contentdm@lists.reed.edu with questions!

Most of you have heard the news that in the next six months, the Summit catalog will be upgraded and improved.  We know you probably have questions and concerns about what this will mean for you and your research.    The Orbis Cascade Alliance has prepared answers to common questions about the transition to the new Summit.  We hope this FAQ will address any questions you may have but don’t hesitate to ask us if you need additional information.  We’re committed to making this transition as seamless as possible!

Reed’s CONTENTdm Digital Collections are back online. You no longer need to log in from campus to search and browse Reed’s CONTENTdm Digital Collections. (Though advanced “My Workspace” features do require login.) For off campus access to restricted collections, please use the library’s remote access proxy (http://web.reed.edu/cis/help/proxy-overview.html). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact contentdm@lists.reed.edu

If you are just getting started organizing citations for your thesis or a paper, help is here! In this session we will look at EndNote and EndNote Web, two fabulous citation management options available for the Reed community. We will overview some of the programs’ capabilities and how well they play with others. 4 p.m., Monday, September 22, or 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 24; meet in Library 17.

—Linda Maddux and Taylor Smith