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Call for participation! Library focus groups on thesis desks
The majority of existing library thesis desks are in parts of the library that will be inaccessible during the 2020-2021 library seismic renovation. Come help us determine how to handle this! The Library User Experience Group will hold focus groups to get your feedback on potential solutions. Students from all years are welcome! Food will…
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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, September 16. …
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Search everything! (in Reed Digital Collections)
We’re excited to share a new feature in Reed Digital Collections: the ability to search across collections! Want to see all items relating to the traditional game of tug of war between Reed first years and sophomores? You’ll now be able to easily search both the digitized photos from archives and the Quest newspaper collection!…
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Add your thesis to the electronic archive
Help build the digital thesis tower! As an alum you’ll be able to access your theses online anytime, anywhere. But you have to upload it first! As soon as you’ve completed your first thesis check and are ready for printing, you can upload your thesis to the archive. Save final version of your thesis as a…
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Mueller Report Now Available
A redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released online to the public April 18th. There are now two print copies available in the Library: one is on the New Book Shelf in the Periodical Reading Room and the other is shelved…
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Library hours end of semester
The library will close at midnight on Thursday, May 16. Open 8a-5p Friday, May 17. Open 10a-4p Saturday, May 18. Closed Sunday, May 19. Summer hours begin Monday, May 20. The library will be closed from 11a-2p that day for Commencement.
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Thesis checking
Thesis checking in Library room L17 as follows: May 8th – 10th / 1:00pm – 5:00 pm May 13th – 16th / 9:00am – 7:00 pm May 17th / 8:00am – 12:00pm Questions? Email Sarah Bavier
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Library Lobby Survey results: how do you access databases?
For this week’s Library Lobby survey, we wanted to know how you access the library’s databases. Results are in! Of 134 responses, 72 say they search the catalog, 34 use the A-Z Databases list, and 28 access library databases via Research Guides.
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Ebook Access Disruption Saturday April 20th
Some Ebooks may be unavailable as ProQuest Ebook Central will be down for maintenance. The scheduled downtime is Saturday April 20 from 9:00am-11:00am, but may go longer. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Library Lobby Survey results: How do you refer to these rooms?
We wanted to know what you called a couple of the rooms in the library, and the results are fascinating! For the Periodical Reading Room (pictured on the bowl on the left), we got 62 total responses, including: 8 “Old pit” 7 “reading room” (includes 1 “reading room (?)”) 3 “New pit” 2 “The pit”…
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