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Reference Assistant Spotlight: Ella
Name: Ella (she/her) Year: 2022 Major: Psychology Favorite library resource: Online journal articles Favorite place to study in the library: Pollock Room Reason you wanted to be a reference assistant: I wanted to learn more about library resources and help people access them. Hardest thing about research: When articles don’t have the keywords you expect, which…
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Book exhibit: Counternarratives: Critical Race Theory in Context
Counternarratives: Critical Race Theory in Context is a new book display that seeks to expand, contextualize, and nuance the conversations about theories of race and racialization in academia and contemporary debate. Unlike what liberal and conservative media would like you to believe, Critical Race Theory is NOT a catch-all term for anything written by or…
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Tales from the Archive: Divestment and the Occupation of Eliot Hall
In a recent email to the campus community, President Audrey Bilger and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Roger Perlmutter declared that Reed would “prohibit any new investments in public funds or private partnerships that are focused on the oil, gas, and coal industries, including infrastructure and field services… [and] phase out all such existing…
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Exhibit: Race, Politics, and Women’s Rights: Visions of a New United States
Many have already heard of The Liberator, the 19th-century abolitionist newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison. However, a new magazine under the same name emerged in the twentieth century. First published in the spring of 1918, the twentieth century Liberator continued the fight for equality: it focused on worker’s rights, women’s rights, and promoted socialism…
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3D Printer
There is now a Creality Endor 3 Pro in the IMC for student use. For more information, see the 3D Printer information page.
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Dancing with Reedies: Reed Balls in the Twentieth Century
Reed’s dance culture has long been an avenue for the student body to build, strengthen, and maintain community. Before Covid, and hopefully after, Reed students organized balls (dances) on campus throughout the academic year. These balls allow the student community to connect, share information, and build relationships across grade levels. Today, these dances choose a…
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Continued Resistance: A Legacy of Activism in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Diaspora
New exhibit now open in the library: Continued Resistance: A Legacy of Activism in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Diaspora. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen an influx of recent racist attacks targeting Asian Americans stigmatized by misinformation and xenophobia. 2021 was marked by slogans like “We are not the virus,” #StopAAPIHate, and racially motivated…
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Zotero on Demand
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research. Need help with citation management? Want to learn more about Zotero? We’ve got you covered! Book an appointment with a librarian to find out how Zotero can help you cite and organize your research. Just give us a bit of…
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Shelf space for seniors
Shelving units in the north reference room are available for seniors to store their books. Shelves are assigned by a program that is linked from the main circulation desk kiosks. Students will be instructed to provide an expected graduation date and a designated shelf will be assigned immediately. Questions – email library-circ@reed.edu.
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Labor Day weekend hours
The library will be closing at midnight on Sunday, 9/5. The library will be closed for Labor Day, 9/6. Regular hours resume Tuesday, 9/7.
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