{"id":4156,"date":"2021-12-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:09:19","slug":"reference-assistant-spotlight-nina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/reference-assistant-spotlight-nina\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Assistant Spotlight: Nina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/files\/2021\/12\/unnamed.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4157\" width=\"228\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/files\/2021\/12\/unnamed.jpeg 461w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/files\/2021\/12\/unnamed-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/files\/2021\/12\/unnamed-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Nina (she\/her)<br><strong>Year:<\/strong> Junior<br><strong>Major:<\/strong> Sociology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite library resource:<\/strong> The many esoteric databases and <a href=\"https:\/\/library.reed.edu\/zines\/\">the zine library<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite place to study in the library:<\/strong> The cubicle desks by the L2 Center Stacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reason you wanted to be a reference assistant:<\/strong> I wanted to help make the library feel more accessible to students; the many resources are awesome but only if students feel confident utilizing them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardest thing about research:<\/strong> Definitely finding the right question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite thing about Reed:<\/strong> This year I&#8217;ve really loved being back on campus and getting to see the leaves change. Reed has such a beautiful campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cool class you\u2019ve taken at Reed:<\/strong> I&#8217;m currently in Memory, Desire and the Modern Novel with Jay Dickson and it has a great reading list. Because the books are so good it&#8217;s a really enthusiastic class which is a fun change of pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite hidden gem in Portland:<\/strong> An Xuy\u00ean Bakery on Foster, no question. Never misses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Nina (she\/her)Year: JuniorMajor: Sociology Favorite library resource: The many esoteric databases and the zine library! Favorite place to study in the library: The cubicle desks by the L2 Center Stacks. Reason you wanted to be a reference assistant: I wanted to help make the library feel more accessible to students; the many resources are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2268,"featured_media":5035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4988,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions\/4988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/library-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}