Category: General
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Reed-Only Library Catalog Is Not Available
The Reed-only library catalog is not available. You may search the new Reed library catalog and request items from Summit, but information about Reed library items may not be readily available. Please contact us for assistance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Free pizza – Library website usability groups
in GeneralThe Reed College Library will be holding a couple of informal usability groups to help improve the library’s website and gather input about eTheses in Reed Digital Collections. Come enjoy some free pizza and help us make the library better for you! Come for lunch, Wednesday March 31sth, noon-1pm in Library 17 Prefer dinner? Wednesday…
