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Do we need all those databases that librarians love?

luciesty — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:47:38 +0000

I am being asked daily if we want to renew databases that in the past it would have been unthinkable to cancel. Now, since I do most all of my own research on medieval pottery in Google et al., I tend to be discerning. For instance, what do you all think about finding auction sale prices? Can it be done in a webbed environment only? In other words, do we need to pay so many subscriptions? thanks, lucie

Posted in Academic Librarianship, ALA, ARLIS/NA, ArLiSNAP, Art Librarianship, Libraries: Academic Art & Architecture, Museum Librarianship, Suggestions for Categories, [ Libraries and Collections ] Tagged: Collection ideas

Curious Expeditions’ Compendium of Beautiful Libraries

Bryan Loar — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:14:56 +0000

Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it’s abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us here at Curious Expeditions, there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library.

To read more & see the collection of images, go to http://www.curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/a_librophiliacs_love_letter_1.html

Museum Residences – Denver, Colorado

Bryan Loar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:59:02 +0000

Architectural Record

Studio Daniel Libeskind and Davis Partnership Architects wrap a parking garage with apartments and breathe life into a cultural district.
By Beth Broome

First there was the museum gift shop, then the café. Soon, signature museum architecture became a must-have. The commodification of the institution seemed complete. But museums have taken the phenomenon a step further with apartment towers, such as Studio Daniel Libeskind and local architect Davis Partnership Architects’ Museum Residences, which sits directly across a small plaza from the Denver Art Museum’s new Frederic C. Hamilton Building. These condominiums offer the ultimate amenity: an opportunity to bring—almost literally—the museum right into your home.

For more, go to http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/multifamhousing/07_museumres/default.asp

(might be something of interest to check out in Denver – BL)

At the Airport – Libraries and Museums in Unexpected Places

Carter — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:44:19 +0000

The San Francisco airport is home to the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library & Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum. The museum and library are “dedicated to commercial aviation and San Francisco International Airport’s role as the ‘Gateway to the Pacific.’”

Over 6,000 books and periodicals have already been catalogued in the library. The museum collections include over 3,000 photographs and documents, and more than 5,400 artifacts have been accessioned. Collection objects are being professionally conserved and researched and will be available for study by digital imaging with on site and on-line access. Collections will also be utilized for Airport exhibitions programming. This facility, with its focus on commercial aviation and emphasis on the Pacific, will provide a unique repository and study center for scholars, the aviation community, and the traveling public.

More info here.

Art and Second Life: Social and Experiental Opportunities

Carter — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:19:02 +0000

Check out Nina Simon’s post, Jumping Into Art in Second Life, at Museum 2.0. The following statement sums up her point:

So much energy is put into recreating physical spaces and their real-world limitations rather than experimenting with ways that virtual worlds create opportunity to do things that are impossible in real museums. These opportunities can be social–engaging with museum content with other visitors at their computers all over the world–as well as experiential–allowing visitors to jump into, smash, and manipulate content in ways that physics and conservators forbid in real space.

She then outlines two examples of these opportunities – an experiential recreation of Van Gogh’s Starry Night and social art gallery openings.

These are initiatives that information professionals (especially art librarians!) should be involved with!

via Steven M. Cohen’s Library Stuff

Second Life, Museums, and Archaeological Modeling

Carter — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:25:34 +0000

Richard Urban blogs at Inherent Vice on his collaborative poster session, “Second Life, Museums, and Archaeological Modeling” for the Digital Humanities Conference.

The researchers have identified the trend of user-created cultural institutions, rather than institution-created cultural sites. Plus, “serious leisure” and Oldenburg’s “third spaces” – what an amazing opportunity to create new spaces for cultural creativity!

How to get rid of Snap’s obnoxious link previews

Bryan Loar — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:12:58 +0000

Just in case those previews drive you nuts…

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/01/31/how-to-get-rid-of-snaps-obnoxious-link-previews/

(btw, I think it would be amusing if Snap would give a preview to the link above)

MapLib.net

mmacken — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:52:18 +0000

“MapLib.net turns any image you uploaded as large as 6000*6000 into a custom Google Map in a really simple way. You can maintain markers for it, as well as embed it in your own web pages or blog.”

http://www.maplib.net/maps.php (Click on the Musee des Beaux Arts)

[This is another good reason to get a blog hosted on our own server--we can't embed anything in this blog!]

Suggest Categories

mmacken — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:16:09 +0000

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Add your links to the Resources Page

mmacken — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:48:11 +0000

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mmacken — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:08:59 +0000

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Temporary Name Change

Bryan Loar — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:49:54 +0000

OK, so I’m fooling around with our site’s name. I’m not very partial to what I’ve named it (i.e. SNAP), but I can’t think of a better way to incorporate both students & new professionals. Could it be because it’s 2:45am? Maybe.

SNAP = Students & New ARLIS Professionals