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Exploring Dutch culture at the Airport Library

This post originally appeared on the LAIP in December, 2013.

You may know today’s featured librarian from her intriguing Twitter handle: @AirprtLibrarian! I’ve been a fan of the Airport Library, located in the airport in Schipol, the Netherlands, for a while now – and it’s a real pleasure to host librarian Jeanine Deckers today. Jeanine talks about her background and how the Airport Library came to be – and the vital, exciting role it plays in Dutch culture today. As I’m gearing up for a flig...

Library Takeover

A killer library-arts partnership in the UK caught our eye recently– read more about the Library Takeover, an event-production bootcamp for library staff and teens that culminated with two live events in the library space! ~Erinn

by Nina McDonagh & Alice Frecknall

6 young people, 6 library staff, 4 mentors, 2 boroughs – this is a Library Takeover.

Over the course of summer 2015, Apples and Snakes, England’s leading organisation for performance poetry in partnership with Half Moon Theatre, em...

The library-museum connection: Editing Wikipedia with teens

The Corning Museum Of Glass is a special place where librarians, curators, artists, and educators all work together to share the history and craft of glass making. Rebecca Hopman’s series on her work at the CMOG’s Rakow Research Library is anexcellent template for creating and sustaining the library-as-incubator. Enjoy! ~Erinn

The library-museum connection: Editing Wikipedia with teens

by Rebecca Hopman

What do you get when you mix teenagers with contemporary art, Wikipedia, and free pizza? W...

Hatchery Highlights: Pop-Up Again

The Glasgow School of Art Library has a wonderful website, calledThe Hatchery, where staff document the artists and artworks that have been inspired by physical and digital library resources. Once a month we’ll repost a Hatchery Highlight from the GSA website. Special thanks to Duncan Chappell at the GSA Library for working with us on this series!~Laura

Pop-Up Again Display

There are some new books in thepop-up displayon the second floor of the library!

‘Colours’ by Aino-Maija Metsola.

Includ...

Featuring: Alice Walsh and Ex Libris: Found Art From a Public Library

This post originally appeared on the LAIP in November, 2013.

We’re delighted to welcome mixed-media artist Alice Walsh to the site today– when she began to study art, her home library supported her study, and then hooked her up with materials when she began using catalog cards in her work. Read on to learn more about Alice’s art and how she’s giving back! ~Erinn

The Future Just Happened (detail)

My ideal library would be the heart of its community. ~Alice Walsh

Library as Incubator Project (L...

Friday Linkubator Roundup | November 6 – November 12

First of all, how’s your novel going? The month is nearly half over! This is not exactly my favorite time of year–but it definitely has its charms. I love a good cup of hot chocolate. Soon the feasting, gift-giving, and convivial times (even at work!) will be upon us. Meanwhile, try the links.

Mel Kolstad’s “The Detritus Project: Fond du Lac Public Library”, which was inspired by Library as Incubator Project and is now going citywide.

New features:

Melissa Kolstad, curator of the Langdon Di...

Langdon Divers Gallery at FDLPL: Fond du Lac Artists’ Association Show and Upcoming Exhibitions

Melissa Kolstad is the curator for the Langdon Divers Gallery at the Fond du Lac Public Library in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. For her quarterly series with the Library as Incubator Project, Mel talks about exhibitions and displays in the library’s gallery.

by Melissa Kolstad

Fond du Lac Artist Association’s member of the year, Roxine McQuitty, has her own wall in this exhibit! She’s a collagist and printmaker, and much of her work is fun and whimsical!

As we head into the close of the year, I ha...

Featuring: Lauren Redniss

This interview with LaurenRedniss originally appeared on the LAIP in 2012.

Today we are thrilled to present an interview with Lauren Redniss, artist, author, educator, and creator of the bookRadioactive Marie and Pierre Curie: a Tale of Love and Fallout (It Books, 2010). I had the distinct pleasure of serving on the committee that selected Lauren’s book for the Go Big Read common book program at UW-Madison for 2012-2013. I would have been smitten by this beautiful and thought-provoking work a...

Friday Linkubator Roundup | October 30 – November 5

I see you, late fall. Happy #NaNoWriMo, everybody. It may be a little too early to start thinking about the holidays. But it’s always the right time to think about links.

New features:

ARTCACHE interactive exhibit is at Columbia College Library in Chicago through November 15. Book to Boogie: This mama hen is trying to put her chicks to bed. But her chicks (who are obviously not currently in library school) prefer to preen, prance, and strut than sleep in Chicks Run Wild . Rabble in the librar...

ARTCACHE at Columbia College Library

How cool is this description: “part geocache, part hidden exhibit, part library scavenger hunt”? ARTCACHE, today’s featured program from the Columbia College Library in Chicago, presents an innovative way to explore a library and engage with art along the way. What a fascinating lens through which to view one’s library! ~Laura

Special thanks to Kristy Bowen from Columbia College Library for sharing this write-up with us!

The Aesthetics of Research, housed in the Columbia College Library, anno...