Category: General
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Shelf space for seniors
Shelving units in the north reference room are available for seniors to store their books. Shelves are assigned by a program that is linked from the main circulation desk kiosks. Students will be instructed to provide an expected graduation date and a designated shelf will be assigned immediately. Questions – email library-circ@reed.edu.
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Labor Day weekend hours
The library will be closing at midnight on Sunday, 9/5. The library will be closed for Labor Day, 9/6. Regular hours resume Tuesday, 9/7.
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Library holdshelf
On Sunday 8/29 the library holdshelf will move from the lobby back to the main circulation desk. To pick up your Reed, Summit, and ILL requests please bring your Reed ID to the main circulation desk. Questions? Email library-circ@reed.edu.
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Book request changes
A couple of changes to book requests and the hold shelf as we head into fall semester – Beginning Saturday 8/21 the “Ship to” option will no longer be available. If you need books shipped to you, contact library-circ@reed.edu The library lobby holdshelf will be discontinued on Sunday 8/29. Holds will be moved back to…
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Database Trial: South Asia Archive
In February and March, the library is trialing a new databases subscription to the South Asia Archive. Derived from original archive materials held by the South Asia Research Foundation, the collection includes journals, books, legislative acts, colonial and post-colonial reports, and film booklets. Note: you will not be able to save documents as PDFs during the…
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Returning and requesting materials over winter break
The library will be closed from 12/19-1/24. Current students, staff, and faculty will have swipe access to the lobby during that time. Those patrons can return library materials to the lobby bookdrop. Materials can also be mailed to the library at – Reed Library Circulation3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.Portland, OR 97202 Reed library, Summit, and ILL…
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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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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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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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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.…