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  • Poetland: The Work and Art of the     Beat Poets

    Poetland: The Work and Art of the Beat Poets

    Tracing their roots to New York City and San Francisco a group of poets, known as the Beat Generation, were actively causing a ruckus during the mid to late 1950s. They were often thought to be a precursor to the 1960s counterculture movement and were interested in experimental drugs, the natural world, Zen Buddhism, and…

  • Seniors: Final Thesis Submission

    Seniors: Final Thesis Submission

    A reminder to seniors that your thesis is due for final submission no later than Friday, December 16th, 2022 at 12noon. Make any formatting changes requested by the library and corrections from your Orals Board. Once corrections are made, log in to the online portal and submit your final thesis PDF to the library. You will…

  • Scratching the Surface: One Reedie’s Work with Vanport and the Girl Scouts of America

    Scratching the Surface: One Reedie’s Work with Vanport and the Girl Scouts of America

    By Ronan Battistoni [Opal Weimer poses for a photo, circa 1940]1 This article draws from the Opal Weimer-Tice papers, a new addition to Reed’s Archives. Weimer was born in 1900 and grew up in the St John’s neighborhood of Portland before going on to receive her diploma from Reed College in 1922. After graduating, she…

  • Halloween Library Scavenger Hunt  – Monday 10/31
  • Thesis shelves

    Thesis shelves

    Due to the continuing library renovation, thesis desks will not be assigned for the 2022-2023 year. Library shelving is available for thesis students in the north reference room.  Choose an empty shelf in the designated area and  sign up for your thesis shelf.  Questions – email Kelly Walker.

  • Library hours orientation week

    Library hours orientation week

    Reed library branches will be open the following hours during O-week Hauser: Monday-Friday, 10a-5p • Regular hours begin Monday, 8/29 IMC: Monday-Thursday, noon-4p • Regular hours begin Monday, 8/29 PARC: Closed through 8/28. Open 8/29-9/2, 10a-5p • Regular hours begin 9/6 Please note all Reed Library services will be closed on Labor Day, 9/5 Questions?…

  • Recommendation: refresh your Zotero add-on

    Recommendation: refresh your Zotero add-on

    Over the summer, library staff have encountered some issues accessing electronic resources and discovered that the block is caused by the Zotero Connector browser add-on in both Chrome and Firefox. If you already have the Zotero Connector installed, we recommend uninstalling and reinstalling it in all the browsers you use. (In our testing, we have…

  • Problems accessing resources off-campus?

    Problems accessing resources off-campus?

    This summer, the library updated the proxy, a technical aspect of how we handle access to electronic resources from off-campus. Despite extensive testing before the proxy update, we have recently received numerous reports from people having problems reaching our resources when working off-campus – these could be ebooks, databases, journals, or articles. We know how…

  • Sage Campus Trial through 8/31

    Sage Campus Trial through 8/31

    This trial has been extended through 8/31. The library is running a trial of SAGE Campus, a module-based online learning platform. This product has full courses on Python, Data Management, statistics and research methods. If you would like to try out this product click the Register button on the site while on the Reed Campus…

  • New ILL interface (Interlibrary Loan)

    New ILL interface (Interlibrary Loan)

    The library recently upgraded our Interlibrary Loan system. The new interface has the same features with different navigation. The login is your Reed kerberos. Questions? Email interlibrary-loan@reed.edu