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Coco and Everyone--
Have you seen the article "Student Artists in the Library: An Investigation of
How They Use General Academic Libraries for Their Creative Needs" by Polly
Frank? It's in _The Journal of Academic Librarianship_, vol. 25 no. 6 (November
1999) pages 445-455. If you haven't, it should be a good source of ideas.
Edith Crowe
San Jose State University
Coco Halverson wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> This question goes out to those of you who are involved in instruction. I
> am at a visual and performing arts college and lately have been thinking a
> lot about outreach, especially to those who are not in the habit of using
> the library (a significant number of students, I believe). Students here
> don't do "research" per se, they use the library in those idiosyncratic
> ways that artists do...lots of looking for images, looking for materials
> that are required reading (e.g. reserve books), and maybe researching
> artists or movements they've heard of.
>
> I want to do a drop-in workshop this fall around the theme "Using the
> Library for Inspiration" to get to the non-library users, and I'm looking
> for ideas. Most of what I can think of is for visual artists. Pictures,
> current events/news, and artists and movements are at the top of my list.
> I am turning to ARLIS-L for the experience of other instruction librarians
> in art school settings -- what other resources do your students use for
> inspiration? In a sense, the answer could be "anything under the sun", but
> can you zero in on any particular library resources? Also, how does this
> idea, of using the library for inspiration, extend to students in the
> performing arts? Dance and Music may be a little too challenging, so I
> would settle for ideas for Theater students.
>
> If this topic excites you or if you "been there, done that", please reply
> to me off-list. Thank you in advance. We don't have any classes in
> session during the summer, and you can see that my brain is turning to mush
> from weeding the reference collection.
>
> Coco Halverson
> Reference Coordinator and Instruction Librarian
> California Institute of the Arts
> 24700 McBean Pkwy.
> Valencia, CA 91355
> (661) 291-3024 voice
> (661) 254-4561 fax
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