Re: [ARLIS-L] cutting edge
spaces
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/
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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
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305-375-5048
With special guests:
Cristina Favretto, Head of Special
Collections, University of Miami Libraries and founder of the Zine
Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and
Culture at Duke University; Tasha Lopez de Victoria, artist and
zine educator, TM
Sisters; Carol Todaro, artist, educator, printmaker; Ximena
Izquierdo, artist, zinemaker, student, assistant
director, 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
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