44 research outputs found
Review: Mischief Making: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art, and the Seriousness of Play
No full textBook review of Mischief Making: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art, and the Seriousness of Play by Nicola Levell. University of British Columbia Press distributed by the University of Chicago Press, December 2021. ISBN 978-0-7748-6736-8 (pbk.), $32.95.
Reviewed March 2022 by Freyja T. Catton, Independent artist, author, and librarian, [email protected]
Review: Creating Connections: Self-Taught Artists in the Rosenthal Collection
No full textBook review of Creating Connections: Self-Taught Artists in the Rosenthal Collection, edited by Julie Aronson et al. D Giles Limited, June 2023. 176 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-913875-41-1 (h/c), $35.00. Reviewed September 2023 by Freyja T. Catton, Writer, Wordeater Consulting , [email protected]
Review: Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists
No full textReview of Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists by Lisa Slominski. Yale University Press, April 2022. 400 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26022-9 (h/c), $44.90. Reviewed July 2022 by Freyja T. Catton, Writer and Artist, Wordeater Consulting, [email protected]
Not Just for Libraries: The Value of the MLIS
No full textThe LIS job market is devastating, and the MLIS is no longer a guarantee of landing a library job. So, what’s the point? The MLIS is valuable because of the skills it teaches. Whether we work in a library or not, having an MLIS means that we know how to be leaders and advocates. We know how people look for information, and we can use that knowledge to help people find and evaluate information. We know how to organize information for most efficient retrieval. We know how to write grants and how to maintain relationships with stakeholders. Information is everywhere and always changing, and librarians are the ones who ensure we can keep up
Museum Digital Initiatives During the Coronavirus Pandemic
No full textMuseum digital initiatives during the Coronavirus Pandemic (https://digitalmuseums.at) is an Austrian-based research project by Dr. Chira Zuanni on the impact of COVID-19 on museums and their digital strategies. The homepage presents a map of museum digital initiatives around the world. The digital initiatives are categorized by type: contemporary collecting projects, social media initiatives, streaming content, virtual tours, online exhibitions, games, educational content, other activities, and tweets tagged #ClosedButActive
Museums Without Walls: A temporal analysis of virtual exhibitions in GLAM institutions
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to explore the possibilities of virtual exhibitions (VEs) for GLAM institutions. While VEs continue to be secondary to physical exhibitions, an effective VE uses technology to engage viewers and present opportunities for interactivity to support further learning and discovery of collection materials. Cultural heritage organizations can use VEs to make the “digital version of a cultural artefact accessible even when the physical access is restricted” and leads GLAM institutions and LIS scholars to reflect on how “users receive and interact with information in a virtual world” (Caggianese et al., 2018, p.625). With the aid of easily accessible additional information, this modern form of presentation may support a deeper level of understanding than a user can experience by viewing a traditional physical exhibition, and may enhance their overall viewing experience. Despite the excitement and opportunities afforded by VR, exhibitions remain accessible for visitors without VR equipment via browsers or web-page based exhibitions. As the “virtual exhibition is a concept that has acquired new meanings along with the evolution of modern information and communication technologies,” we look forward to seeing how GLAM institutions continue to shape the user experience (Ciurea & Filip, 2016, p.28). Cultural organizations will continue to develop and combine their partnerships, financial and staff resources, content, and visitor interests to build more VE structures that fit both their collections and their community
Exhibition Review: “The History of Belarusian Vyzhyvanka: The Protest Art of Rufina Bazlova” from the University of California Los Angeles Library
No full textA review of “The History of Belarusian Vyzhyvanka: The Protest Art of Rufina Bazlova,” a 2021 library exhibit, for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s Library Exhibitions Review Issue 1
Exhibition Review: “Orbits of Known and Unknown Objects: SFAI Histories/MATRIX 277" from the San Francisco Art Institute
No full textA review of “Orbits of Known and Unknown Objects: SFAI Histories/MATRIX 277" a 2022 library exhibit, for inclusion in ARLIS/NA’s Library Exhibitions Review Issue 1
PodcastRE
No full textReview: PodcastRE is an interface resource to preserve podcasts and collect links and metadata records. Website users can search the database, analyze the metadata using visualization tools, and stream the audio if the original feed is still available online. PodcastRE(search) is founded and directed by Dr. Jeremy Morris of University of Wisconsin Madison and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chapter 49: Bursting Into The Building
No full text"Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries" is an anthology of experiences of trans and gender diverse people involved in the library and information studies field. "Bursting Into The Building" is a first-person essay about the author's experience job hunting as a new professional who is also nonbinary trans with disabilities
