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  • Reference Assistant Spotlight: Hayfa

    Reference Assistant Spotlight: Hayfa

    Name: Hayfa Year: Junior Major: Political Science Favorite Library Resource: The New Books shelf (It has all the exciting new literature in all different fields) Favorite Place to Work in the Library: Basement Group Study Room. Reason you wanted to be a reference assistant: I enjoy doing research and digging for information and would like…

  • Trial of Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive, 1554-2007

    Trial of Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive, 1554-2007

    We are pleased to offer a trial of The Stationers’ Company Archive, an enlightening resource for understanding the workings of the early book trade, the printing and publishing community, the establishment of legal requirements for copyright provisions and the history of bookbinding. Explore extremely rare documents dating from 1554 to the 21st century in this…

  • Reference Assistant Spotlight: Azrah

    Reference Assistant Spotlight: Azrah

    Name: Azrah Year: Junior Major: Biology Favorite Library Resource: Everything in the Pollock Room Favorite Place to Work in the Library: North reference most of the time and LL1 Southeast Stacks when I could use some A/C. Reason you wanted to be a reference assistant: I want to smile at people crawling through the door.[FROM…

  • Reference Assistant Spotlight: Aaron

    Reference Assistant Spotlight: Aaron

    Name: Aaron Year: Senior Major: English Favorite Library Resource: Special Collections! Especially the old maps and the artists’ books. Favorite Place to Work in the Library: When the library is crowded, the purple chairs in the New Pit. When the library is emptier, the tables in Southeast Stacks LL1. Reason you wanted to be a…

  • Reference Assistant Spotlight: Connor

    Reference Assistant Spotlight: Connor

    Although Reed College Library employs the best library staff ever (!), we also depend quite heavily on our awesome student employees. A group I am especially partial to is our Reference Assistants, specially trained juniors and seniors who work on the reference desk nights and weekends helping the Reed community do anything from printing a…

  • Radicle: Reed Anthropology Review

    Radicle: Reed Anthropology Review

    Check out Radicle, Reed’s first open access undergraduate journal! Edited and written entirely by Reed anthropology students, the first issue spans geographically from the U.S. to Ireland, to Inner and Southeast Asia, and the topics included range from poetry, to same-sex marriage, to political propaganda, and more.

  • Reference Assistant Spotlight

    Reference Assistant Spotlight

    Although Reed College Library employs the best library staff ever (!), we also depend quite heavily on our awesome student employees. A group I am especially partial to is our Reference Assistants! Reference assistants are specially trained juniors and seniors who work on the reference desk nights and weekends helping the Reed community do anything…

  • New Library System, Intro Workshops

    New Library System, Intro Workshops

    The new library catalog is now live! Join us for an introductory workshop on best practices for navigating the new catalog. Contact a librarian (https://info.library.reed.edu/ask/) with any questions. The workshops are scheduled for: Wednesday, January 29 @ 3pm in L17 Thursday, January 30 @ 10am in L17 Friday, January 31 @ 3pm in the PARC…

  • Help Build the Digital Thesis Tower

    Help Build the Digital Thesis Tower

    Hey seniors – join your comrades in the Reed College Digital Thesis Tower! Add your thesis to the Reed Senior Theses online archive and help build the digital thesis tower. Submit your thesis after you’ve completed your orals, made last corrections, and sent your thesis for printing. The version should be identical to your final, printed…