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Would you like the chance to boost your portfolio, win free art supplies, AND share your work with thousands of people across multiple SCAD locations?

If the answer is YES, then enter SCAD Libraries first-ever Student Art Contest! We are asking current students from ALL departments and locations to create an original bookmark design for the Libraries. The most creative, professional and eye-catching design will be printed as the official bookmark for SCAD Libraries, AND earns the artist a $100 gift certificate to a local or online art supply retailer. Two runners up will win great prizes as well.

What’s your visual take on the Libraries? Will you design an original Library mascot, superhero or icon? How about a sketch of an outfit that was inspired by a book? What does your research to-do list look like? Or maybe you have an interesting story about doing research that you can tell in two or three comic panels. The options are endless!

For details and enter, visit the official contest webpage at http://library.scad.edu/screens/contest.html

But don’t delay! The contest closes on Sunday, March 21 at 11:59 P.M.

Questions? Ask a librarian to learn more.

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Are you attending the Interaction Design Association’s conference in Savannah this weekend? IxD 2010 is centered at the Trustees Theater with additional events, discussions, presentations and more happening around the area. If you’re on Twitter, follow @IxD10 and #IxD10 to stay up to date on the latest conference news and reports.

During the conference, stop into Jen Library to check out special IxD participant exhibits and more. PLUS we have plenty of great materials to whet your interest in interactive design! Suggested titles:

• Designing Interactions QA76.9.H85 M64 2007
• Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences HF5415 .D55 2008
• I Miss My Pencil: A Design Exploration TS171 .B664 2009
• Design Fundamentals for New Media  QA76.575 .B46 2005
• Design Research Now: Essays and Selected Projects  TA174 .D475 2007
• Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems  QA 76.9 .S88 B493 1998
• The Design of Everyday Things TS171.4 .N67 2002
• Designing Gestural Interfaces QA76.9.U83 S24 2009
• New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader P90 .N52 2006
• Second Person : Role-playing and Story in Games and Playable Media GV1469.17.S63 S43 2007
• Digital Storytelling : A Creator’s Guide to Interactive Entertainment QA76.76.I59 M55 2008
• Interactive Architecture NA2543.T43 F69 2009
• Place Advantage : Applied Psychology For Interior Architecture NA2850 .A94 2009

…  more IX, UX and related design titles are available to choose from. Click the call numbers to begin exploring, or pick a title and browse the stacks nearby to see similar items. Or ask a Librarian to give you a helping hand!

The Savannah Film Fest is GO and it’s centered right across the street from Jen Library, at the Trustees Theater. While you’re in the neighborhood enjoying movies this weekend, stop in to peruse our massive collection of screenplays, cinema studies, and performance books. You might even end up rubbing shoulders with the stars: some have been popping by the Jen to talk about what they do best.

For example:

Emmy Rossum and Zach Gilford interviewed at the Jen Library

Drop in and say hello!