Jennifer,
I don't know if this is "cutting edge" but Duke
opened what they are calling The Link in the main
library basement two years ago, a collaborative
effort for new learning spaces between the
library, Arts and Sciences, and the Office of
Information Technology. Here is the URL:
http://link.duke.edu
One of our faculty members, our medievalist, has
taught there and loves it (this also means she
has to leave our building and go from East to
West Campus (2 miles) in order to use the Link
classroom so she is committed to it).
The rooms can be used as classrooms, meeting
rooms, lectures, group study rooms, etc. We even
held a reception in one for an exhibition opening
by one of our faculty members who created a video
installation on the 48-plasma screen "media wall"
outside the Link (there is a video of the media
wall with a break dance demo later on in the
gallery section).
The rooms are heavily used at all hours.
John
>Collective wisdom,
>
>I'd be interested in knowing what you perceive
>to be 'cutting edge' as far as art library
>spaces & technologies are concerned.
>
>We're renovating a couple of group studies and
>while the furniture is modular Knoll (which is
>staying) and the technology in one of the rooms
>works just fine (ceiling mounted projection
>w/laptop hookups; decent speakers/audio; dvd;
>vcr) it's all a bit circa 1990's. I'm thinking
>attractive, high-quality equipment/technology
>
>I'd love to hear your thoughts and/or see images
>of what you think is are most excellent spaces
>and/or technologies suitable for smaller (less
>than 20) art library group study rooms.
>
>Thanks & be well,
>Jen
>
>Jennifer Pollock
>Head of the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library
>for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
>University of Cincinnati/College of DAAP
>5480 Aronoff Center for Design and Art
>PO Box 210016
>Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0016
>513-556-1319
><http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/daap/>http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/daap/
>
>
>
>From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Denise
>Delgado
>Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:38 PM
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>Subject: [ARLIS-L] FW: This FRIDAY at Main
>Library: Zines and obsolete technologies with 4
>very special guests!
>
>MIAMI DADE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
>The Reading Room
>A Temporary Space for Artists' Books, Publications and Multiples
>Friday, June 11, Noon - 2 p.m.
>Miami-Dade Public Library System, Main Library
>Children's Room, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] /
><http://www.mdpls.org>www.mdpls.org /
>305-375-5048
>
>With special guests:
>Cristina Favretto, Head of
><http://www.library.miami.edu/specialcollections/>Special
>Collections, University of Miami Libraries and
>founder of the
><http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/zines/>Zine
>Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center for
>Women's History and Culture at Duke University;
>Tasha Lopez de Victoria, artist and zine
>educator, <http://www.tmsisters.com/>TM Sisters;
>Carol Todaro, artist, educator, printmaker;
><http://www.cargocollective.com/ximenaizquierdo>Ximena
>Izquierdo, artist, zinemaker, student, assistant
>director,
><http://www.hinchasdepoesia.com/>University of
>Wynwood
>With special feature:
>A selection of zines from 1992-1996 from the
>collection of seminal zinestress Scapula Ray
>On the second Friday of each month, a secret
>room in the Children's Room at the Main Library
>becomes The Reading Room. Visitors can stop by
>any time between 12 and 2 p.m. to get up close
>and personal with selections from the Library's
>collection of artists' books, publications and
>multiples.
>The theme of this month's Reading Room is zines
>and obsolete technologies. There are many
>definitions for zines, but they tend to be
>do-it-yourself or independently produced and
>distributed publications. Often they are fueled
>by the personal expressions or obsessions of
>their creators. Some trace zines to fanzines,
>publications created by 1930s science fiction
>fans. Zine librarian Alycia Sellie writes,
>"Others believe that the medium was more
>influenced by the punk rock movement of the
>1970's. Many refer to the legacy of zines in the
>pamphlets and broadsides published as far back
>as Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, or to the
>works of the Dada art movement." In the 90s,
>zine culture thrived among women and girls as
>part of "the riot grrrl movement's reaction to
>sexism in punk culture..and the rise of third
>wave feminism."
>Because zines are often created on Xerox
>machines, we'll also be talking about the use of
>obsolete technologies in art and elsewhere. On
>special display this week is a selection of
>rare, early-mid 1990s punk/feminist photocopy
>zines from the collection of Oneco, FL-based
>zinestress Scapula Ray including Libel,
>Pawholes, Hey 19, Action Girl, and many others.
>As always, there will be coffee and cookies. We
>may also talk about the World Cup.
>For more information about exhibitions and
>programs at the Miami-Dade Public Library
>System, visit
><http://mdpls.org/news/exhibitions/exhibitions.asp>http://mdpls.org/news/exhibitions/exhibitions.asp
>
>
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John J. Taormina
Director, Visual Media Center
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Duke University
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