Services
Research Instruction & Consultations
Contact Caleah James, Performing Arts Librarian, to request library instruction and support for courses. Instruction generally consists of workshops, videos, and/or activities aligned with the outcomes of a particular assignment, project, or course (including junior seminar and qualifying exams and the senior thesis) and can cover key research skills such as topic development, advanced database searching, primary source and archival research, source selection and evaluation, and/or citation management software options.
Caleah is also available by appointment for consultations with performing arts students and faculty around individual research needs, particularly related to the senior thesis.
Technology Instruction & Consultations
Joe Janiga is Reed's Performing Arts Instructional Technologist. He manages all of the computers, software and hardware at the PARC. Performing arts students and faculty may request performing arts-focused technology support, consultations and instruction for their courses by contacting him at joejaniga@reed.edu. Such instruction generally focuses on software or hardware that is available at the PARC and is aligned with the outcomes of a particular assignment, project, or course.
Course Reserves
Physical Materials
Required texts for theatre, dance, and music courses that are ordered through the Reed Bookstore are automatically placed on reserve at the PARC.
Find reserves request forms and procedures for adding print reserve material that students are not required to purchase. Be sure to indicate if you'd like items on reserve at the main library or the PARC.
Electronic Materials
Text (book chapters, journal articles, etc.)
Students access e-reserves via their course Moodle. Find reserves request forms and procedures We will add new e-reserve items as links to electronic resources (e.g. JSTOR) available through the library. Otherwise, staff will scan and post the reading as a PDF.
Streaming Video
Faculty may contact Jim Holmes, Director of Access Services, for information about acquiring streaming video licenses, digitizing new and/or existing library-owned videos, and embedding streaming video into their Moodle courses. For items not currently owned by the library and not available via established streaming services, note that request processing times will vary depending on item availability, shipping estimates, etc.
Streaming Audio
Faculty may contact Joe Janiga or Caleah James for assistance finding streaming audio, creating permanent links and playlists from streaming services to embed into Moodle courses, and for information about digitizing personal and/or new or existing library- or faculty-owned audio. For items not currently owned by the library or faculty member and not available via established streaming services, note that request processing times will vary depending on item availability, shipping estimates, etc.
Fair Use & Copyright
The amount of text uploaded and/or media streamed should be reasonable and appropriate for educational purposes, in accordance with fair use (Section 107 of US copyright law). Faculty should be able to make a fair use claim for all embedded copyrighted materials, using as little of the work as possible to meet their pedagogical needs and citing all content properly and in full.