Category: Announcements
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Library hours for Winter Break
Updated Dec. 18th, 2020 Winter Break The Library will be closed December 19th to January 24th for Winter Break. The library lobby remains open Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm for hold shelf pickups throughout December and January. Please note that hold requests placed December 19th-January 3rd will be processed starting January 4th.
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Seniors – get shelf space for your books
In lieu of thesis desks, Reed Library is offering shelf space to store your library books. You are welcome to use any desk in the library to study, keeping in mind proper social distancing. Please return all books to your assigned shelf space when leaving the library or take them with you. Books left on…
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Digitization requests
Need a PDF of an article or book chapter from the library? Reed students, faculty, and staff can request scans of Reed materials through InterLibrary Loan (ILL). How to make a request Go to your ILL account (Illiad), and login with your Reed username and password. If you’ve never used ILL before, you’ll be prompted…
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Library holdshelf is in the lobby
The library holdshelf is now in the lobby to facilitate no-contact pickup. When materials are requested for pickup location “Reed Library” they will be checked out to you, put in envelopes, and placed in the cubbies by the east lobby doors. You will receive and email with this information 1 hour before the items are…
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2020 Census talk with Se-ah-dom Edom of We Count Oregon
SEEDS, We Count Oregon, and the Reed Library collaborated to create a series of videos to discuss the 2020 Census with We Count Oregon, whose primary focus is to enumerate folks from hard to count communities. Check out the videos: Introduction (Se-ah-dom Edmo) (1 of 4) On Hard to Count Communities (Se-ah-dom Edmo) (2 of 4)…
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Library News for Fall 2020
(updated 8/6) Due to constraints imposed by COVID-19, the library is making several changes to fall hours, access, and services. Our goal is to make the library as safe as possible for the Reed community as well as library staff while supporting our students both on campus and off. Please contact Dena Hutto, College Librarian,…
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Streaming video through Reed Library
Reed College Library provides access to streaming video databases with content varying by platform. Please note Kanopy and Swank require apps to play on mobile devices. Academic Video Online A comprehensive streaming video database of 67,000+ titles with subject areas including social sciences, film, history, music, news, and more. Featuring content from Sony Classic Pictures,…
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EBSCO ebooks service restored
The library EBSCO ebooks service disruption has been resolved. If you continue to have trouble accessing EBSCO ebooks, please ask a librarian for help.
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Library Lobby Survey results: book lookup & candy preferences
Two Library Lobby survey questions to report this week: Last week, we asked: “Where do you start when you look up a library book?” 100 responses indicated starting at the library homepage, while 27 started in the catalog. One wrote in “What’s the difference?”. There really isn’t much difference! One starts on the library homepage,…
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Echoes of Harlem
There’s a time travel portal next to the reference desk. 1920s and 1930s Harlem NYC was a time when African American arts and culture flourished. Jazz music from Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong could be heard floating from Harlem nightclubs. Painters such as Jacob Lawrence and Archibald Motley chronicled the daily lives of African Americans.…