The Artist's Library
A Field Guide
Published on 21. April 2014
220 pages
978-1-56689-363-3 (ISBN)
Description
- Libraries are increasingly incorporating maker spaces, and this responds to that trend and offers examples drawn from libraries by librarians
- The book offers libraries a way of increasing capacity without adding cost--it's a menu of possibilities that run from dedicated gallery space to very lo-fi projects and flexible enough to be useful to libraries of widely different sizes, concentrations, and budgets
- Libraries have been on the forefront of reconsidering their role in the community and expanding that beyond simply lending--this takes their lead and engages their resources (the collection) in new ways
- Examples in the book include professional artists and library patrons both, offering ways to be of use to creative people at all skill levels
- The authors have a very visible and well-followed presence on their website, http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/, as well as its twitter account, @IArtLibraries
- The authors are heavily involved in ALA groups and are represented on panels at Annual
- The book offers creatively inclined amateurs to think of their library in a new way and should be a fun, useful resource for anyone looking for inspiration or projects
- Examples range from the crafty (pop-up books) to the community-minded (library galleries) to documentary (photo projects) to the technically complex ("listening" to libraries via Dewey decimal frequencies)
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Persons
Erinn Batykefer is a librarian, a writer, and a lifelong do-it-yourselfer. She's worked in libraries almost constantly since she was fifteen--both as a staffer and as a writer scribbling away at the back of the 811s. She earned an MFA in Writing and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her first poetry collection, Allegheny, Monongahela (Red Hen Press 2009) won the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Prize.
Laura Damon-Moore is a librarian, blogger, and avid art-maker in her spare time. Laura received her master's degree in Library & Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012 and graduated from Beloit College with a double major in Literary Studies and Theatre Arts (Acting) in 2008. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband James and her chinchilla Barnaby Jones.
Laura Damon-Moore is a librarian, blogger, and avid art-maker in her spare time. Laura received her master's degree in Library & Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012 and graduated from Beloit College with a double major in Literary Studies and Theatre Arts (Acting) in 2008. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband James and her chinchilla Barnaby Jones.
Content
Foreword by Jessica Pigza
Introduction
Exploring the Library as Subject
Finding Inspiration in Library Collections
Using the Library for Creative Project Research
Using the Library as a Space to Work
Using the Library as an Arts Venue
Creating Successful Programming Partnerships with Libraries
Using the Library to Start or Grow Your Art Organization or Business
Additional Library-based Creativity Exercises
Introduction
Exploring the Library as Subject
Finding Inspiration in Library Collections
Using the Library for Creative Project Research
Using the Library as a Space to Work
Using the Library as an Arts Venue
Creating Successful Programming Partnerships with Libraries
Using the Library to Start or Grow Your Art Organization or Business
Additional Library-based Creativity Exercises
