What's New at the Library

We have recently implemented a change from the Orbis Cascade Alliance that allows for 12-week checkout of all Summit materials with one six-week renewal period. You can now keep your Summit books for a full semester! Unfamiliar with Summit borrowing? Click here and go to “Does a Summit Library Have it”. Questions – email library-circ@reed.edu.

Zine & Arts Programs

Aug 8, 2023

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Check out the zine and arts programs that lead up to the final event in 2024, the Reed Zine Fest! ANNOUNCEMENTS 📌 Masks are required for Reed Zine Fest. We are offering KN95 masks and a limited number of tests to attendees at the Zine Fest welcome desk.👉 Follow @reedzinelibrary for updates! 🎨 Reed Zine…

Summer hours – 1/2 day Fridays and closed holidays

May 12, 2023

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Starting June 16th the library will close at noon on Fridays through August 11th. The library will also be closed June 19 and July 4. For more on library hours, click here. Questions – email library-circ@reed.edu

Thesis formatting & submission

Apr 26, 2023

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Looking for information about thesis formatting? Wondering when to submit your final thesis to the library? Learn about all things thesis in the Thesis Help 2022-2023 Guide. You will submit your thesis for review twice; first to the Registrar (when you get your laurels) and then to the library after your Oral exam after making…

Climate, Environment, Justice: cultivating action & resilience on Earth Day and beyond

Apr 18, 2023

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New book display now available in the Library! Come find books centered on themes of climate justice, environmental justice, and activism. The climate crisis stems from a lineage of colonization and is intertwined with the exploitation and harm enacted on indigenous communities and communities of color, both within the boundaries of present-day United States and…

Selena, Queen of Tejano: A Student-Led Zine Exhibit

Apr 18, 2023

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Thursday April 20th 3-4:30pmReed Zine LibraryFood & Music Come explore in this student-led zine exhibit, how the Cumbia and Tejana musician Selena influenced Tejano music and the broader Chicano culture. In this exhibit, you will find zines, books, magazines, and records all pertaining to Latin identities and struggles by Latin creators! The overall mission of…

Have you ever wondered how or where you could get help with images on campus?

Apr 14, 2023

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Wonder not – just head to the Visual Resource Center (VRC). It’s located below the main floor of the Reed Library, in Room 42. Not the IMC or the Language Lab, but an inconspicuous door right next to the seminar room. There you’ll find our team working behind the scenes, scanning and scouring museum collections…

Library Party 3/23! Reopening the south wing

Mar 21, 2023

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Poetland: The Work and Art of the Beat Poets

Jan 17, 2023

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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

Dec 14, 2022