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Audio/Video equipment you can check out
The Instructional Media Center, located in L32 of the library, has audio/video equipment you can check out including – laptops (mac and pc), headphones, video projectors, tripod screens, VCR/DVD players, video camcorders, portable audio recorders, computer speakers, an acoustic guitar, and more. Laptops and headphones check out for the day. All other equipment checks out…
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Alumni eTheses access up and running
Remote access to Reed’s eTheses Archive is now available for alumni. Log in with your Reed/kerberos username and password. Alumni are welcome to contribute to the Archive. If you graduated in 1992 or later, you may submit your thesis online. If you graduated prior to 1992, please email a PDF copy of your thesis to…
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Historical Oregon Newspapers
The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP) is an initiative to digitize historic Oregon newspaper content and make it freely available to the public through a keyword-searchable online database. The initial phase of the program will concentrate on newspapers published between 1860 and 1922, with a goal of approximately 150,000 pages freely available online in the…
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Trial of VAST – streaming video
in TrialsVAST is a new interdisciplinary collection of streaming videos from Alexander Street Press including – . 84 videos in Area Studies Video Online . 147 videos in Art and Architecture Video Online . 91 videos in Business and Economics Video Online . 124 videos in Politics and Current Affairs Video Online . 225 videos in…
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Trial of Jewish Studies Source
Jewish Studies Source (JSS) presents a multidisciplinary view into the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present. JSS contains the full-text of many academic journals, biographies of leading historical and contemporary Jews, and relevant coverage from major periodicals and newspapers – including the entire Jewish Telegraphic Agency database from 1922 to…
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New Student Multimedia Lab
The library now has a new multimedia computer lab for students! Located in the IMC (Lib32), the lab is equipped with software/hardware for audio/video – recording/editing, media extraction and image manipulation. Students can also checkout laptops, camcorders, projectors and more to capture and display media.
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AV equipment for checkout in the IMC
In addition to headphones, projectors, DVD players, speakers, and screens, you can now check out laptops and camcorders from the IMC. Laptops check out until the end of the day (midnight Sun-Thur, 6p Fri, 5p Sat) and are for library use only. Camcorders check out for 3 days. If you would like to ensure availability…
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Video trial, The Paley Center for Media
The Paley Center iCollection has over 15,000 full-length video programs. The collection is focused largely on the performing arts and history, covering a span of almost 100 years in 70 countries. Please send any feedback to Jim Holmes. Paley iCollection
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New exhibit: 100 YEARS AGO
Through August 2011 In the long display cases, located just past the circulation desk An exhibition of objects, photographs, and documents that chronicle Reed’s beginnings. Many of our earliest traditions, such as Campus Day (pictured) and the Tug-of-War, are illustrated.
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Help Build the Digital Thesis Tower!
Seniors, contribute your thesis to the searchable eTheses archive in Reed Digital Collections at: https://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/etheses/. Contributing to the eTheses archive is completely voluntary, and your PDF will not replace the two printed library copies, which remain mandatory. Access to the eTheses archive is currently limited to Reed students, faculty, and staff. If the collection is…
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