SCAD Visual Resources Center

The VRC has recently completed a project of scanning a wide selection of fashion images from the 1888 edition of Le Costume Historique from the Jen Library special collections. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting the Fashion category and entering “Le Costume Historique″ in the Book Source field.

Costumes of Constantinople. 19th C.

India – Dancing Women and Musicians. c.19th C.

Venetian Costumes. c.1550-1600

European Womenswear. c.16th-17th C.

The Jen Library is hosting an Open House next Wednesday May 5th from 3pm to 7pm. We are highlighting areas of our collection specifically for Animation, Sequential Art and Illustration majors. We will have a Special Collections display of Don Bluth works, limited edition graphic , artists books and more. We will also be giving away flip books, buttons and videos that were part of the Bluth donation. The Visual Resource Center will host digital image database demonstrations and the Reference department will be asking both students and faculty for collection suggestions. Learn how the Writers Studio can help you improve writing and communication skills and meet tutors at the Learning Resource Hive. Please join us for our Open House at Jen Library May 5th.

The VRC has recently swapped offices with the Technical Services department. Our office is now located at the top of the stairs on the third floor of the Jen Library, immediately on your left.

image: A Family on the Road in the Midwest, 1935. Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration (http://www.ssa.gov/history/depression.html)