Category: Announcements
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Library Lobby Survey results: “The office of your personal/subject librarian?”
The library can be a maze, and that includes the staff offices. This week, we wondered if the offices of personal and subject librarians are commonly known locations. Total responses: 210 “I don’t know where their office is”: 88 responses “I know where their office is”: 23 responses “What’s a subject librarian?” 47 responses “What’s…
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Save the date: Algorithms of Oppression
Join us for Black Celebration Month: Algorithms of Oppression Thursday February 20, 2020 at 6:30pm Vollum Lecture Hall Safiya Umoja Noble is an associate professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in the departments of information studies and African American studies. She is also co-director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. Safiya…
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Library Renovation FAQ
Check out the new Library Renovation FAQ page to learn about the upcoming seismic update and remodel of the south wing of the library.
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Hidden Histories of Race & Reed
New exhibit! “Hidden Histories of Race & Reed”, developed and curated by Ashley San Miguel and Maya Arigala, opened in the second floor Eliot Hall display cases Friday December 13th. This exhibit uses items from the Reed College Archives to chart the 1968 Black Student Union (BSU) protests to install a Black Studies Center at Reed,…
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Library Lobby Survey results: “Internet Privacy…”
This week’s library lobby survey had the statement, “Internet Privacy…” with options of “concerns me”, “don’t know, don’t care”, “I don’t know enough to be scared” and a “Write in Response” option. Results are in! concerns me: 88 votes don’t know, don’t care: 12 votes I don’t know enough to be scared: 29 votes Write…
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IMC Feature – Happy Holidays!?
This holiday season IMC feature comes with help from guest annotator Robin Tovey ’97. In addition to classics of the Christmas variety, the Reed College library has quite the collection of odds and ends, documenting the multifaceted holiday season. Some of these are musical selections, which are housed in the PARC (the branch library in…
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Library Lobby Survey results: “When I use Course Reserves, I use…”
This week’s library lobby survey asked, “When I use Course Reserves, I use…” with options of “eBooks”, “Print books”, “Both (print and ebook)”, and “What’s a course reserve”. Results are in! eBooks: 13 votes Print books: 44 votes Both (print and eBook): 45 votes What’s a Course Reserve: 20 votes Total: 122 votes Library Lobby…
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Thanksgiving weekend hours
Main library: closes at midnight Wed., 11/27; closed Thur., 11/28; open 10a-5p Fri., 11/29. Regular hours resume Sat.,11/30 IMC: closed Thur., 11/28 – Sun., 12/1. Regular hours resume Mon., 12/2 PARC: closes at 5p Wed., 11/27; closed Thur 11/28 – Sun., 12/1. Regular hours resume Monday
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Library Lobby Survey results: What software or technology do you wish the library had?
We had a write in question for this week’s library lobby survey: “What software or technology do you wish the library had?” You gave us 33 total responses: A computer with the capability to download new fonts from the web 3d printer Igor Pro Ableton Dijon Mustard Some kind of dedicated theater database Electronic subscription…
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Library Lobby Survey results: I want the library to provide more…
This week’s library lobby survey asked, “I want the library to provide more…” with options of “Cultural events or lectures”, “Workshops”, “Book Discussions”, and a write-in jar for “Suggestions”. Results are in! Cultural events or lectures: 83 votes Workshops: 41 votes Book Discussions: 40 votes Total: 164 Write in suggestions included earlier opening hours, author…