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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.…
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Library Lobby Survey results: “You can borrow laptops & ipads from the library”
We had laptops and ipads on our minds this week, and wondered about you all borrowing them. Total responses: 188 stones, 30 written responses “What!? I didn’t know”: 57 responses “I know! I borrow those”: 43 responses “I know, but I don’t borrow those [tell us why not]”:88 responses, 30 write in responses Of the…
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ProQuest scheduled maintenance this weekend
in DatabasesSome library resources will be unavailable during ProQuest scheduled maintenance this Saturday, February 8th, from 7pm-1am. Affected resources include: All databases on the ProQuest platform (search.proquest.com) and Chadwyck-Healey databases including: Proquest Central ABI/INFORM Academic Video Online Ebook Central EEBO: Early English Books Online Index Islamicus LION : Literature Online ProQuest Congressional ProQuest Dissertations and Theses…
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Thesis desk lottery
Random numbers for the Senior thesis desk lottery will be drawn from the official 470 list. If you are a senior, but are not yet registered for 470, and want to be included in the drawing, please come to the circulation desk and have your name added to the lottery list by Monday, February 10. …
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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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Library Lobby Survey results: “I started using the library regularly…”
Welcome to the Spring semester! With a new year comes new LibLob surveys. The question on our mind this week was when you started using the library regularly. We’re excited to know that you all start right away! The majority of responses indicated that you became regular library users during your first year at Reed.…
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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 Lobby Survey results: “Do you prefer print books or ebooks? If ebooks, which platform?”
in GeneralThis week’s library lobby survey asked the question, “Do you prefer print books or ebooks? If ebooks, which platform?” with options of “Proquest”, “EBSCO”, “Taylor & Francis”, and a “Write in Response” option. Results are in! Proquest: 32 votes EBSCO: 15 votes Taylor & Francis: 6 votes Write in Response: 14 votes Write in responses…
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