Summer quarter ends in three weeks! If you need help with last minute papers or projects, don’t hesitate to come to the library! We can help you find the resources you need. Drop by the library or email reference librarian Sally Fortin at sfortin@scad.edu to set up an appointment.
From May 2- October 31, 2009, the Atlanta Botanical Garden will display 20 of British sculptor Henry Moore’s works. According to staff at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, this exhibition was ranked by TIME magazine as one of the Top 10 Museum exhibitions in 2008. In conjunction with the exhibit, the Garden is sponsoring a photo contest of the works. To enter, visit the Moore Photo Contest link.
The Atlanta Botanical Garden also offers resources on the sculptor and the exhibition. For a “behind-the-scenes look” at the exhibition, visit the Moore In America blog. For more information on the artist, look at the resources offered by the Sheffield Botanical Library. Or, search SCAD’s library catalog for “henry moore.” You’ll find nearly 100 relevant titles. Or, come into the library and browse the stacks! You’ll find books on Moore in the stacks using call number NB497 .M6.
Enjoy the gardens and these beautiful works of art this summer!
Have you ever wished you could get research help online while working from home or on the computers in the library or labs? Now you can! Online reference is now available using the chat service you already use, including Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo!, Facebook, MySpace, and many more! Add us to your buddy list: http://meebo.com/add/scad_ref.
Or, chat with us while working on the library website: http://library.scad.edu/screens/help_index.html
Online reference help is currently available from 8am-5pm.
Visit the High Museum this summer to view four of Monet’s most famous paintings, now on loan from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. According to staff at the High Museum, “The highlight of the exhibition is a breathtaking 42-foot painting that inspires a sense of serenity, meditation, and the infinite.”
Two videos regarding the exhibition are also available on the High Museum’s website. One video documents the installation of two of the paintings in the exhibition, and the other provides background on Monet’s work, Japanese Footbridge.
To find out more about the exhibition or to purchase tickets, visit the High Museum’s website. The exhibition runs through August 23.
On July 21, 1969, the astronauts of Apollo 11 were preparing to leave the moon after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin completed the first successful moonwalk. To commemorate the occasion, NASA has released a restored version of the Apollo 11 moonwalk video. To view the video and other images from the event, point your browser to: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
The New York Times has also made their coverage of the event available without charge in their online archive. Point your browser to http://www.nytimes.com//interactive/2009/07/13/science/20090714-apollo11-interactive.html to view these articles and images.
Also, Google has announced Google Moon, a feature of Google Earth 5.0 that offers 360 degree views of the moon and spacecraft that has landed there; images of missions to the moon; and guided tours of the moon by astronauts who have been there. To watch a short, 3 minute video about Google Moon, click here. To watch a more comprehensive, 14 minute video, click here
Interested in finding more images of space and America’s space program? Check out the following sites for more amazing images from our universe:
Image Resources at NASA (This site can be slow to load, but it is worth the wait!)
National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution
National Geographic Magazine (View photos that appeared in their 1969 issue).
According to its presenters, “TypeCon2009 features more than 70 great names, including Gail Anderson, Matthew Carter, John Downer, Peter Enneson, Shelley Gruendler, Stefán Kjartansson, Akira Kobayashi, Kevin Larson, Gerry Leonidas, Mathieu Lommen, Brian Lucid, Bruno Maag, Vítor Quelhas, Hank Richardson, Stuart Sandler, Paul Shaw, Jim Sherraden, Ilene Strizver, and Gerard Unger.
“TypeCon2009 explores type for the screen, Dutch design, type in motion, advertising typography, the new life of wood type, and much more. Special events include the premiere of “Typeface,” Kartemquin Films’ new documentary on the Hamilton Museum, a keynote address by Jim Sherraden of Hatch Show Print, the Type and Design Education Forum, and an international exhibition of type and design. With dozens of workshops, presentations, panel discussions, special events, small group tours, and exhibitions in the works, TypeCon2009 promises a typographic adventure you will remember for years to come.”
The TypeCon 2009 Conference is presented by the Society of Typographic Aficionados and will run from July 14-19 at the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta.
Before you go to the conference, you will want to be up to date on the history of and new developments in typography. Check out the following must-read titles in our typography collection in the library:
New vintage type : classic fonts for the digital age / Steven Heller, Gail Anderson.
Thinking with type : a critical guide for designers, writers,editors, & students / Ellen Lupton.
An A-Z of type designers / Neil Macmillan.
Type design : radical innovations and experimentation / Teal Triggs
Stop stealing sheep & find out how type works / Erik Spiekermann
Texts on type : critical writings on typography / edited by Steven Heller and Philip B. Meggs.
For more information on the conference, visit their website at
http://www.dexigner.com/jump/news/18188.
Early bird registration ends today!
Thanks to Jennifer Clark, writing center consultant, for providing us with this information.