{"id":2582,"date":"2016-09-06T17:11:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T00:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.library.reed.edu\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:49:13","slug":"reference-assistant-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/reference-assistant-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Assistant Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Reed College Library employs the best library staff ever (!), we also depend quite heavily on our awesome student employees. A group I am especially partial to is our Reference Assistants!<\/p>\n

Reference assistants are specially trained juniors and seniors who work on the reference desk nights and weekends helping the Reed community do anything from printing a document to finding primary sources on the Red Cross!<\/p>\n

To help you all get to know these valued employees, we\u2019ll be posting a profile of a different reference assistant every week.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s reference assistant of the week (RAoW) is:<\/p>\n

\"Drew,
Drew, friendly & helpful at the reference desk!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Name:<\/strong> Drew
\nTitle:<\/strong> Lead Reference Assistant
\nYear:<\/strong> Senior
\nMajor:<\/strong> History<\/p>\n

Thesis Topic:<\/strong> Um. It is the second week of classes. I don\u2019t know yet!<\/p>\n

Favorite Library Resource:<\/strong> Special Collections! (especially the old Quests)<\/p>\n

Favorite Place to Work in the Library:<\/strong> My Secret Spot\u2122\u00a0by the window (note from editor: Drew\u2019s secret spot is no longer there. Sorry Drew!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Reason you wanted to be a reference assistant:\u00a0<\/strong>I remember a ref assistant helping me with a research project my freshman year and I wanted to be that for someone else.<\/p>\n

Hardest thing about research:<\/strong> Coming up with a narrow enough topic to write, while still being broad enough to find enough sources.<\/p>\n

Favorite thing about Reed:\u00a0<\/strong>Very hard to answer. Maybe that there\u2019s a dance based around watching Stop Making Sense<\/a> twice every year.<\/p>\n

Cool thing you did this summer:<\/strong> I worked for [redacted] , the best boss ever (note from editor: Drew spent the summer working with us in the library on a number of projects\u2026One of which is code named VIRGIL. Watch this space! We will be sharing more information soon!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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