Jen Library Reference Department

The 2011 Contest Winners

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2011 SCAD Libraries Student Art Contest. More than 60 bookmark designs were submitted overall.  All three winning designs were chosen for their visual excellence and for communicating the value of SCAD Libraries in unique and appealing ways.

• Heajung Kim (senior, Savannah, Illustration) is our first place winner. Watch for her design on our printed bookmarks soon. Heajung also received a $100 gift certificate to Primary Art Supply.
• Grace Washko (freshman, Savannah, Illustration) is our second place winner. Grace received a $75 gift certificate to Primary Art Supply.
• Tatiana Dengo (senior, Savannah, Illustration) is our third place winner. Tatiana received a $50 gift certificate to Primary Art Supply.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest. Watch for it again next spring!

Vacation time! Did you know that Jen Library has reduced hours and services between the Fall and Winter quarters, November 20 – January 3? These include:

• Reduced building hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 A.M. – 7 P.M.; closed weekends
• Closed on holidays: Thanksgiving & the day after (Nov. 26 and 27); Christmas Day (Dec. 25) and New Year’s Day (Jan. 1)
• Reference Desk, IM, email, refdesk phone, Ask A Librarian: CLOSED until Jan 4. If you have a question call the Jen Library main line at 912-525-4700, or contact one of the Reference Librarians directly.
• Visual Resources & Special Collections hours:  Monday – Friday 8:30 A.M.  – 5:00 P.M
• Inter-Library Loan: requests received between Dec. 5 and Jan. 3 will be sent on January 4, start of the Winter Quarter

We’ll be back to our regular scheduled programming on January 4. Stay tuned here for additional updates and info. In the meantime, what will you do over break? Travel? Work on personal projects? Hang out with friends? Sleep in? Maybe even read a book (or two)?

Image via Library of Congress @ Flickr

If you’ve visited the Jen Library in the past two weeks, then you’ve noticed we’re currently sprucing up our building’s appearance, inside and out. Everyone involved – Library staff, SCAD Facilities, and various crew- are working closely together to keep intrusions to a minimum. We thank you all for your continued patience with these changes, and let us know if there is anything we can do to make your Library visit more comfortable.

A few requests and notices:

• Please do not lock your bike to the scaffolding outside of the library! If workers need to move the scaffolding, you may lose your ride. There are racks located at Norris Hall down the street and at various other points in the downtown area.
• Our Visual Resources department and our Technical Services Department are swapping offices (both on the 3rd floor). By the end of the week, Tech Servs will be in Room 318 and VR will be in the windowed office between the book stacks and the Mac Lab.
• Some of the books on 2nd and 3rd floor are slightly out of order while we install new carpet underneath the shelves. If you cannot find what you’re looking for – just ask a friendly staff member.

Again, thanks for your attention and patience.

James Krenov, influential master woodworker, author, and teacher has passed away. His cabinets exhibit simplicity of form, and highlight the natural and unique qualities of wood. Krenov referred to himself as a “pre-kerouac Hippie” who roamed Europe and worked in shipyards and factories before studying fine woodcraft under Carl Malmsten in Sweden. He founded and taught at the College of the Redwoods Fine Furniture Program in Fort Bragg, California, in addition to keeping a personal studio.

Many were influenced by Krenov’s philosophical approach to his art. In a Smithsonian interview, he said the main belief informing his work is “you should not be unhappy in the primary thing that occupies you”. Kranov’s books are much more than just a how-to. He speaks of the smells, colors, natural variances, and feel of woodworking materials, and of the process of transforming raw wood into unique works of art.

Anyone who enjoys the pleasures of handwork will want to take a look at Krenov’s writings. Jen library has several of his books: James Krenov, Worker in Wood; The Impractical Cabinetmaker, and The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking.

See images of James Krenov’s works here.

Hey there, SCAD readers! From time to time, the library can have a trial to a database. It allows library staff and patrons to check it out and see what is available. If the library staff and the students and faculty like them, the library considers buying them.

Right now, the library has 2 trial subscriptions you can try. Check them out before they are gone!!! And stay tuned — they might become permanent additions.

The first one is an image database. Use this to find any images you need for your work. The second one is a biography database, full of artists and architects and designers. It’s a great place to find out more about an artist’s life.

Here’s the link. And let us know what you think!