Hello all.
I just learned about The Library as Incubator Project and its website http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/
Perhaps others know about this already, but perhaps others do not, so I am sharing.
There is going to be a free live streaming presentation (archived also for later access) tomorrow evening about the project, and the “Artist’s Library”
With branch arts-related library spaces coming under scrutiny, the artists’ maker space movement is a trend that should be part of our library conversations about the value of arts libraries.
There are some great ideas on this website.
About the project:
“We believe the library is a place to connect and create.
The Library as Incubator Project was created by Erinn Paige, Laura Damon-Moore, and Christina Jones, and was inspired by a discussion about creative advocacy for libraries in one of their courses at the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies.
The Project highlights the ways that libraries and artists can work together, and works to strengthen these partnerships. At a time in which both libraries and arts organizations are often having to do more with less, it makes sense for these two parts of our culture to support each other. The Library as Incubator Project calls attention to one of the many reasons libraries are important to our communities and our culture, and provides a dynamic online forum for sharing ideas.”
Margaret D. Ericson|Scholarly Resources and Services -- Arts Librarian|Bixler Art and Music Library|Colby College Libraries|5662 Mayflower Hill|Waterville, Maine 04901|
(207) 859-5662