----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > 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 > [log in to unmask] > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]