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2010 SCAD bookmark contest winners. Will your design be next?

How cool would it be to have thousands of people see your art every time they crack open their library books? While you enjoy using your shiny new, FREE art supplies? Intrigued? Then submit your entries for the 2nd annual SCAD Libraries Student Art Contest!

Design a Bookmark for SCAD Libraries
Deadline: March 27

The purpose of SCAD Libraries Student Art Contest is to provide a visible and professional venue for the talents of SCAD students while simultaneously promoting SCAD Libraries. This year, students are encouraged to submit designs for a full-color library bookmark, to be distributed at various campuses. Current SCAD undergraduate and graduate students in all locations and departments may participate. A panel of faculty and staff judges will determine the top three winners. Prizes are listed below:

* 1st place: Design is published in bookmark form; winner receives $100 (U.S. Dollars) gift card to an art supply store
* 2nd place: $75 (U.S. Dollars) gift card to an art supply store
* 3rd place: $50 (U.S. Dollars) gift card to an art supply store

Entry rules and procedures are posted on our library catalog homepage at http://library.scad.edu

Questions? Call 912-525-4700, email librarycontest(at)scad(dot)edu or Ask A Librarian.

Jen Library is opening its doors again for our second-ever open house. This is your chance to get inspired by the Library’s extensive collections in a hands-on, interactive setting. Students, staff and faculty had a blast checking out all of our Sequential Arts collections last spring. This time the focus is on Building Arts and we have even more awesome stuff to show you!

Join us Wednesday, September 29, from 3 – 7 pm to view, explore and learn more about…

• Building Arts and Interior Design periodicals and related publications
• Architectural drawings of the Central GA Railway buildings
• Other historic images and publications from library Special Collections
• Digital image database demonstrations
• Award winning graduate theses

Plus, play trivia, win prizes and make suggestions to help the library’s collection grow. (BONUS: get your FYE passport stamped by the library, Writers Studio and Learning Resource Hive!) Everyone is welcome to attend this free and open event. See you there!

View/ download event flier (PDF)

DIY remakes of the hugely successful Old Spice “Questions” ad campaign are cropping up all over the Web, including a couple of library-themed ‘re-mixes’. Jen Staff have gotten a few laughs from these, but what do you think — are these worth sharing or just too silly? What well-known ad would you use to ‘sell’ library research?

(Click images to view the videos)

Do you like:

• Cool and unusual animation memorabilia giveaways?
• Fabulous stress-relief raffle prizes?
• Mass amounts of free sugary goodness?
• Looking at original books, artworks and rare materials not seen ANYWHERE else?
• Incredible images, graphic novels and library resources that ANY student can use?

If so, come to Jen Library’s Spring open house next week. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to visit us on Wednesday, May 5, from 3:00 – 7:00 PM .

This casual and open even is a great opportunity to learn more about Library collections and services, especially those for Illustration, Sequential Art and Animation Majors. Drop in anytime during the event! Expect to see:

• Highlights from the Don Bluth collection, such as original cels, background paintings and character drawings
• ANIM, SEQA and ILLU images from our digital collections, and demos on how to access and use these for your projects
• Original artists books, comics, and other unique treasures
• The best of our ever-expanding graphic novels collection
• Magazines and journals that are perfect for learning about of cool artists and news in your field
• Friendly librarians, Writers Studio, and Learning Resource Hive staff
• Candy, prizes, and giveaways galore

No RSVP needed: just drop in. See you in there!

Just a reminder that all of SCAD’s libraries will be closed on Christmas Day, December 25th and New Year’s Day, January 1st. Jen Library in Savannah will close its doors a bit early tomorrow, Christmas Eve, at 3:00.

Though it’s a balmy 50 degrees in Savannah, we’re dreaming of snow. Please enjoy these images from Flickr’s Creative Commons licensed search. And a happy and safe holiday to all, no matter where you are.

Keywords to try: snow, blizzard, glacier, snowglobe, snowman, snow day, winter, snow flakes, ice sculpture

Clockwise from top-left: images by Napanee Gal, Erica Marshall of muddyboots.org, Dead Air, and seriykotik1970

Clockwise from top-left: images by Meer, AnnieBee, Andrea_R, and TM- the crocheteer!

CC image by philip.bitnar

Happy Halloween everybody! For your spooky enjoyment, please enjoy this selection of library materials on the art of the horror film. Curl up with a book on a dark and dreary evening, or choose a VHS or DVD for late-night viewing at the library. Plus, we’re open until 1AM on Halloween night! Just don’t go down to the basement…

Stuff to read – lots more to choose from in our catalog:

• Sound Design for American Horror Films (Thesis)
  
• Making a Monster: The Creation of Screen Characters by the Great Makeup Artists
• Cult Horror Films: from Attack of the 50 foot woman to Zombies of Mora Tau
• Horror Poster Art
• Horror International (about horror films worldwide)
  
• Hollywood Horror: From Gothic to Cosmic
• Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986
• Gorehound’s Guide to Splatter Films (two books): The 1980s and the 1960s and 1970s
• The Changing Vampire of Film and Television : A Critical Study of the Growth of a Genre
• Zombie Culture: Autopsies of the Living Dead

Stuff to watch:

• Poltergeist
• Psycho
• The Exorcist
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Night of the Living Dead
• Nosferatu
• Frankenstein
• American Movie (about the making of a “no budget” horror film)

What are some of your favorite horror classics? Is there a book or film that the library should have, but doesn’t? Tell us about it by leaving a comment below!

SCAD’s fall quarter begins next Monday. Welcome to all of our students, whether you’ve just arrived in Savannah for the first time, or are coming back after summer break. Staff at the Jen Library are rooting for your success in the new school year.

In honor of this occasion, please enjoy these photos of yesteryear’s college students! The pictures come from Flickr Commons, a place where museums worldwide share some of their best images. We have posted about this great resource in the past; it’s just a superb place to look for great public domain works. Explore the Commons to see thousands of pictures from the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Public Library, and others. And now… on to the students.

Ah, the days when drawing classes were gender segregated:

What if synchronized dancing was part of the SCAD curriculum…

…or faculty were required to wear robes?

Even back then, the library was THE place to be.

And don’t forget the importance of college sports.

Whatever you do, SCAD librarians are here to help you towards a bright and happy academic future!

Update 9/14: links have been added to the pictures so you can see the collections they come from.