This week on the internet: Librarians reveal Readbox
Found in a college library new this week – “Readbox”: fresh content for your borrowing pleasure.
Wearable Technology Workshop with Ayliffe Brown
10 Lucky students will will get to participate in a Wearable Technology Workshop led by Ayliffe Brown on Friday 4/3 from 1-6 pm in the Airport Lounge. The workshop will introduce using different sensors in designing simple wearable tech prototypes and open-source software.
Writer, Producer from Amazon’s “Transparent” coming to Hampshire
Hampshire College will host filmmaker and artist Rhys Ernst (second from right) and writer and musician Faith Soloway on Monday, April 6. Ernst and Soloway are part of the creative team for Amazon’s groundbreaking series Transparent, winner of 2015 Golden Globes for best comedy series and best actor (Jeffrey Tambor).
Mass Moca opening tomorrow: Bibliothecaphilia
Bibliothecaphilia is opening at Mass Moca with a reception tomorrow evening. The exhibit explores definitions of libraries in the age of e-books, apps, and digital media.
Learning Commons on the Road, part 2: Occidental College
Spring Break 2015 continued with a trip to the Academic Commons in the Occidental College Library. The Commons is a nexus of …
Library Learning Commons Spring Break, Part 2: Occidental College
Spring Break 2015 continued with a trip to the Academic Commons in the Occidental College Library.
Learning Commons on the road: first stop Colorado College!
It’s spring break, 2015 and a small team from Hampshire flew away from the snow and mud to visit the Colket Center …
Library Learning Commons Spring Break, Part 1: Colorado Springs
It’s spring break, 2015 and a small team from Hampshire flew away from the snow and mud to visit the Colket Center for Academic Excellence and the Tutt Library at Colorado College.
What do services LOOK like in the Learning Commons? Work-shopping the model.
With generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, planning for the Library Learning Commons is moving forward.
Review of Robert Seydel’s books by Hampshire alum
Ryan Mihaly, ’08F was one of the curators (along with Audrey Nefores) of the exhibit in the Hampshire Gallery, “I Make Me Up: The Work of Robert Seydel and his Pupils” that was up from September 12-29, 2014. That wonderful exhibit coincided with the opening of the Robert Seydel Reading Room in the Hampshire Library this past fall.
Airport Lounge Closed for Spring Break
Just a reminder, the Airport Lounge will be closed the week of Spring Break (March 15th – March 21st) and re-open normal hours on Sunday, March 22nd.
Hampshire Representation at Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
The purpose of the Art + Feminism event was to help correct a bias in Wikipedia which is disproportionately written by and about men. In just a short time, the group gathered at Mass Art created Wikipedia accounts and then learned how to create external links, when a person is considered “notable” and therefore eligible for a Wikipedia entry, and what types of sources are acceptable.
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
March 5, 2015 marks the eighth anniversary of the bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street, a literary center in Baghdad named after the 10th century poet. The bombing killed thirty people, wounded more than 100, and destroyed a center of book selling and reading. This summer, the Harold F. Johnson Library and the Hampshire College Art Gallery will host an exhibition of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project.
Papercut Workshop in the Library
Papercut and tapestry artist Tamar Shadur came to the library yesterday evening to conduct a workshop for Hampshire students interested in learning this ancient art form. About 15 students (and a couple of staff and faculty members) came to the Hill Urbina Room on the 3rd floor to learn how to make papercut work around the theme of the “Tree of Life.”
The Reader on the Magic Board
On the Magic Board this week: The Reader exhibits a sample of visual submissions to The Reader, Hampshire’s longest running literary magazine.
Curious About Movable Artist Books? Emma Rentz
Movable Book showcase featuring Emma Rentz, an artist curious about reassembling identity with a pair of scissors and a needle. Her works primarily use old photographs and threads that act as both puppet strings and heart strings to wind together a portrait of the artist as a ‘strayed’ soul.
Curious about Movable Artist Books? Sarah Jane Young
At the very center of the Movable Artist Books display is the work of Hampshire student artist Sarah Jane Young. Some of her selected works focus on different ways of unfolding that shift and innovate bookbinding norms, while others stay rooted in traditional methods.
Airport Lounge Services & Hours
The Airport Lounge is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides a quiet study space to study all hours of the day.
Curious about Movable Artist Books? Nadia Herman
The finely detailed work of Hampshire student Nadia Herman adorns the first floor glass case with lace-like impressions of the animal kingdom. Her intricate, yet calming, creature creations breathe life into the blank pages within, giving her books a glow of curious consciousness.
a drawing a day videos 2011 to present: an offering to Yusef Lateef
Catch the current exhibition on the Magic Board, a drawing a day videos 2011 to present, an offering to Dr. Yusef Lateef from kara lynch. The work is in conversation with Towards the Unknown, an exhibition of drawings by Yusef Lateef.