Meeting is now scheduled for:
Tuesday, March 16th, 5PM, GSLIS Lounge.
There will be refreshments.
Come say hello, see what we have planned for the rest of the semester, and enjoy the cookies.
(Have class, come after. Or before!)
New Meeting Date!
March 11th, 2010 by panopticonMeeting Rescheduled!
March 8th, 2010 by panopticonSo, if you have NOT already heard through the grapevine….
the Panopticon meeting scheduled for March 17th has been cancelled. Date will be rescheduled, most likely for the following week.
Of course, I’ll keep you all posted once I have the new meeting date.
You may now return to your regular scheduled programs. Enjoy spring break!
Need something to do during Spring Break?
March 1st, 2010 by panopticon(I, at least am tentatively interested, so if anyone else is, and you want to try to meet ahead of time, please email me directly. maclinsATsimmons.edu)
The Dutch Room: Absence and Desire
Thursday, March 11 at 6:30pm Buy Tickets
With Artist-in-Residence Elaine Reichek
and Curator of Contemporary Art Pieranna Cavalchini
Moderated by Alan Chong, William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection
The Gardner Museum’s Dutch Room is marked by the absence of six works of art stolen in 1990. While the Gardner theft has evoked stories and speculation, it is also experienced by many as a painful loss. In this Room Views conversation, Curator Alan Chong will frame the history of the Dutch Room; Curator Pieranna Cavalchini will discuss how several artists have responded to this absence; and Elaine Reichek, Artist-in-Residence in 2001, will share her experience of this particular room and her web project madamimadam.
Conceptual artist Elaine Reichek has worked in many different mediums. She has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, OH; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium; De Appel, Amsterdam, Holland; and The Tel Aviv Art Museum, Israel. Reichek lives and works in New York. Program followed by a wine reception around the courtyard.
The Room Views series offers new ways of understanding the Gardner Museum, not only in terms of Isabella Gardner’s intentions for her installations but also how contemporary approaches shed light on the creative process.
Tickets: $10 General Public; $5 Museum Members & Seniors; FREE Students
Tickets are available online, through the Gardner Box Office at 617 278 5156, or at the door (pending availability). Handling charges apply to tickets purchased online or by phone.
Update: Spring Meeting, ARLIS/NA Conference
March 1st, 2010 by panopticon… Wow, it’s been some time since I’ve updated this thing. I mean, here it is, nearly Spring Break, and I last wrote … what? Before the beginning of the semester.
So, in other words, it’s taken us some time to get back into the swing of things. But we ARE back, and we have a great semester planned.
First up…
Our first spring meeting! It’ll be March 17th, 530-630 in the GSLIS student lounge. So, be sure to come, and help us spread the word! We’ll be discussing upcoming events, ideas, as well as general interests. Refreshments will be provided. And don’t worry if you have class at 6 – just come for what time you can. Say hi, grab a snack, and let us know you’re around. And be sure to sign up for our mailing list – if you have not done so already.
Also, this April, is the ARLIS/NA conference. And the exciting thing, is this year, it will be in Boston!
Registration, tour descriptions and preliminary program listings can all be found at the ARLIS/NA website. And remember, LISSA does offer reimbursement funds for registration and fees.
More information will be provided at the meeting.
Of course, we are still planning the trip to the Music Library, as well as a few other fun tours. So, come to the meeting, where all will be revealed.
In theme with the holidays and books…
November 23rd, 2009 by panopticon(Hey, we’re librarians, or will be librarians. Aren’t we supposed to be providing books where we can? Even if that library is unconventional…)
Jim Hines, author of The Stepsister Scheme and The Mermaid’s Madness, is collecting books for a local domestic homeless shelter. (Now granted, local is Michigan, but still.) He asks if anyone would be willing to donate “unsigned, new books… In previous years I’ve also taken used books, but I’m told we’ve filled the bookshelves at both local shelters to the bursting point (which is pretty dang cool–thank you!). So for the moment I’m only asking for new books.”
All books will be given to domestic violence victims and their children. He’s also asking for signed new books, specifically from author friends, but if you happen to have a signed, first edition (new) book lying around you’d like to donate, somehow I doubt he’ll turn it away.
More information can be found at his livejournal, including contact information if anyone wanted to participate.
Conact Jim Hines.
Again, Happy Thanksgiving!
… link soup!
November 22nd, 2009 by panopticonBeen a while, hasn’t it? Hope everyone is having much luck in writing their papers. Thought you might like some diversions, and I do have 1000+ unread items currently in my Google Reader, so here we go!
1) This might be old news already, but… Gov. Deval Patrick is considering closing the State Library of Massachusetts, in order to save the state money. “Cost-saving method” are, in fact, his exact words. There is a petition here, and also a FB page here. Option to fan/friend the page is available, although not necessary to read the page.
2) The Library of Congress’ Print and Photograph Department recently acquired new photos – “Photochroms give us Holland’s Nice, bright colors”. Collection is of 100+ photos showcasing the Netherlands 100 years ago. Link is here.
3) Artist recreates Masterpieces with coffee. She “noticed how similar the java looked to some of the shades she was using and thought that if coffee can stain your clothes, why not try painting with it.” She also apparently loved how it smelled.
Current paintings include works by Da Vinci and Vermeer. I think my favorite is “The Thinker”, which one is yours?
4) Alternately, if you do happen to have any old card catalogue cards just lying around, here’s one idea to put them to good use…
5) The Extraordinary World of Ex Libris Art – tagline? Sometimes the ex libris is more valuable than the book containing it. Artwork here
6) Also? I want this. I mean, doesn’t anyone else?
7) If anyone wants to move to Ireland, might be a job available, as Ireland library opens 20,000 books, but no staff.
And finally a few local items:
Boston’s Athenaeum, due to its declining membership, is starting to market itself to a younger generation. Among other marketing techniques, they’ve been advertising in Boston Magazine and Improper Bostonian, and created a fan page on Facebook. Full article in the Boston Globe here.
9) And last:
Boston Public Library is featuring an International Bookbinding Exhibit now through December 13th. Features 117 bindings. According to the exhibit blurb, the ”
This exhibition features 117 extraordinary bindings from the Designer Bookbinders’ first International Competition. The bindings on display show remarkable ingenuity, technical skill, and sophistication. With its impressive range of cultural and geographical differences in the contemporary art of bookbinding, this exhibition offers a fascinating and beautiful overview of the work of 21st-century designer binders.” Exhibit is FREE.
(Thinking of maybe going once the semester is over. Anyone else interested?)
So… there we have it. Link soup! Meantime, good luck on whatever papers and assignments you are currently working on, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!