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Thomas Lamb Eliot Papers: new digital collection!
We are pleased to announce a new RDC collection: the Thomas Lamb Eliot Papers! T.L. Eliot (1841-1936) was an influential Unitarian minister in Portland, worked in education and jail reform, founded the Art Association and the Humane Society, helped develop the public library, worked for temperance and women’s suffrage, and played a large part in the formation…
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Reed College Book Collecting Contest
Announcing the REED COLLEGE BOOK COLLECTING CONTEST! $1000 – top prize $500 – second prize $250 — third prize Reception in April with refreshments for winners and participants! Exhibition of winners’ books. Open to all full-time Reed students. Winner may participate in The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. **DEADLINE**: March 21, 2017, 5pm. Download the…
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Spring 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 6th.…
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The Library at Paideia
RARE TO MEDIUM RARE BOOKS (Gay) Illuminated manuscripts and early printed books, antiquarian maps and Simeon Reed’s dinnerware. Come see treasures from behind locked doors and between the most rare and intriguing covers. Calligraphy and scrounger trading cards, fore-edge paintings and the Beat Poets. View highlights from the library’s special collections! Meet in the archives,…
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All digital collections now migrated to the new Reed Digital Collections!
With the successful migration of the last four collections, the new Reed Digital Collections is now the place to go for digital access to etheses, Artists’ Books, rare books and archival materials, and faculty teaching and research collections. The old system will remain available through January. The four final collections are: Artists’ Books, which contains images…
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Illustrated Books: Interior Pictures – Exterior Views
December 1, 2016 to February 22, 2017 Flat and wall cases in the library A selection of illustrated volumes from the library’s special collections is on display ranging from the early Book of Kells through contemporary artists’ books and from hand-colored pochoir to comics. Come see the beauty of book illustrations and enjoy their many…
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Reed Electronic Theses, Wheeler Physics lecture notes, and more available in the new Reed Digital Collections
We’re in the home stretch! Five more collections have migrated to our new Reed Digital Collections (RDC) interface: Reed College Electronic Theses Nicholas Wheeler Physics Lectures Indian Converts, developed by English professor Laura Liebman. U.S. History, developed by History professor Jackie Dirk. Ara Pacis Augustae, developed by the late Charles Rhyne (professor of Art History).…
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IMC Feature – Happy Holidays!?
This holiday season IMC feature comes with help from guest annotator Robin Tovey ’97. In addition to classics of the Christmas variety, the Reed College library has quite the collection of odds and ends, documenting the multifaceted holiday season. Some of these are musical selections, which are housed in the PARC (the branch library in…
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Open Access Week: State of Open Data
Figshare this week released the results of its global survey of 2,000 researchers. The report, “The State of Open Data,” highlights the extent of awareness around open data, the incentives around its use, and perspectives researchers have about making their own research data open. This accompanying infographic summarizes the reports key findings:
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