I recently curated an exhibit using materials from the Special Collections and Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library at The University of Michigan. It focused on the intersection between Third Wave feminism and zines. I put up a physical exhibit in the The University of Michigan’s graduate library and also created a digital exhibit using Omeka. […]
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Maya Lin’s Wave Field & Minoru Yamasaki’s McGregor Reflecting Pool
I work at The University of Michigan Library and am a student in Wayne State University’s School of Information. I wanted to share some of my favorite places and public art pieces on each of these campuses. Maya Lin’s Wave Field is located on The University of Michigan’s North Campus, tucked between some Engineering School […]
The Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory Project and Archive
I recently attended a talk at The University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities. It was part of the Institute’s year long programming on Archives & Futures. UM Professor Marie E. Cotera spoke about a digital archives project she helped spearhead in 2009, and has continued to work on, called the Chicana por mi Raza […]
Discovering art through fiction
I think it’s safe to say that here at ArLiSNAP, we all love art and we all love books. This month I ran into a couple of art/book intersections I found really fascinating. The first is a great post by Scott Indrisek on artsy where 18 artists share books that have inspired them. This is […]
A peek inside the art inventory project at the Boston Public Library
At the Boston Public Library, we’re undertaking an item-level inventory of over 320,000 original art works. That’s a lot of art: Item by item, we are developing descriptive metadata for each object in the Print Collection using content and vocabulary standards defined by the project. One of the ways we help to preserve the materials is to […]
A Bit of Holiday Reading
If you’re like me, you’re working over the holidays. Beyond my few in-office days this week, I’ve got a handful of volunteer projects to complete or plan before the new year, some conference presentations to start on (hello pie charts!), and multiple folders of PDFs to read on my desktop. I might even spend a few hours […]
Upcoming #AskAnArtLibrarian Twitter Chat!
This upcoming twitter chat looks like it will be a great event! Read more about it below, and contact shawnte.santos[at]gmail.com to learn more. San Jose State University’s iSchool SLA student group is committed to supporting the interests of our members by offering innovative programming related to special librarianship. To this end, we are pleased to […]
Books of the Heart
Pictured above are the current contents of the Crouch Fine Arts Library’s display at Baylor University Library in Waco, Texas. For the month of February 2014, a small but eclectic group of selections from the Baylor Artist Book Collection pertaining to *LOVE* in its varied manifestations engages viewers with themes as diverse as the playful […]
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Seeking Fashion Photographer(s) for the ARLIS/NA Conference!
Are you a fashion blogger or photographer, or have always wanted to give it a try? Do you have an appreciation for librarian style in particular? Will you be at the 2013 ARLIS/NA conference in Pasadena? If you answered “yes” to these, consider volunteering as an ARLIS correspondent to Librarian Wardrobe! Our own Heather Koopmans […]
What-Are-You-Reading Wednesdays
Happy middle of the week, ArLiSNAPpers! Many thanks to all of our contributors and job-hunting aficionados. I hope you new or soon-to-be graduates are taking heart from the steady flow of the amazing career opportunities that flow through here. Now, let’s get a discussion going on this blog. We’ll start with something simple. What are […]