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September 22, 2015
Capital City Records Update: The first few months of EPL’s local music project
More today from Rabble, the killer new startupthat is working with libraries to create a software-as-service model for local music collections. Follow the whole series on this exciting development with the Rabble tag. ~Erinn
by Alex Carruthers
On August 5th, 2015, Edmonton Public Library (EPL) launched Capital City Records– and you can go check it out, online, right now! Even if you don’t live in Edmonton, you can stream 46 great Edmonton-made albums online, and you can begin to explore the h...
Capital City Records Update: The first two months of EPL’s local music project
More today from Rabble, the killer new startupthat is working with libraries to create a software-as-service model for local music collections. Follow the whole series on this exciting development with the Rabble tag. ~Erinn
by Alex Carruthers
On August 5th, 2015, Edmonton Public Library (EPL) launched Capital City Records– and you can go check it out, online, right now! Even if you don’t live in Edmonton, you can stream 46 great Edmonton-made albums online, and you can begin to explore the h...
September 17, 2015
Hatchery Highlights: Lanark Sculpture
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
Reposted from The Hatchery at GSA Library:
As part of the Book Week Scotland 2012, the Scottish Book Trust devised a rather special treasu...
September 16, 2015
Art in the Library: We’re not an Art gallery, we’re a Library…and that’s a good thing
This article originally appeared in September 2013.
We were delighted when Laura Doggett got in touch recently– not only is she pioneering a series of arts programs at her home library in England, she’s also writing a dissertation about the phenomenon! She will be sharing her experience at Woodley Library on the LAIP site as she conducts more in-depth research for the next few months; if you’re a UK librarian with experience in arts programming, please consider getting in touch with Laura to...
September 15, 2015
Featuring: Tieshka Smith
This feature was originally published in September 2013.
Today we bring you some stories of library incubation from Philadelphia photographer Tieshka Smith. In these examples from Tieshka, many of her creative projects would not have been possible – or as interesting, anyway – without the library. ~ Laura
Tieshka’s show invitation, featuring Queen Akilah.
by Tieshka Smith
Over the course of documenting Germantown (and Philadelphia) life over the past 2 1/2 years, I have posted up at my loc...
September 10, 2015
Launch Pad Makerspace at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Today we’re pleased to welcome staff from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, who tell us about their new community resource: the Launch Pad Makerspace located at their Central Library branch. Thanks to Joy Testa Cinquino for coordinating this article! ~Laura
Credit: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): What was the impetus for incorporating the Launch Pad Maker Space into the library’s physical space and program offerings?
Buffalo & Erie County Pub...
September 9, 2015
Singing Stories: Minnesota Opera and Northfield Public Library
Today we hear from the Northfield Public Library, who partnered with the Minnesota Opera to bring music and art education to families in Northfield, MN this summer. Thanks to Leesa Wisdorf, Reference and Youth Services Manager at Northfield Public Library, for putting this together for us! ~Laura
by Leesa Wisdorf
The Northfield Public Library’s children’s librarian, Kathy Ness, was contacted this summer by Alisa Magallón, a new Teaching Artist for the Minnesota Opera, to see if we would be in...
September 8, 2015
Poetry Path at Worthington Libraries
Today we hear from Lisa Fuller, director of community engagement at Worthington Libraries in Worthington, Ohio, about a wonderful public art project she developed– a poetry path! Combining green space, libraries, and the arts, it hits all my favorite things. Enjoy! ~Erinn
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Tell us a little bit about the Poetry Path. How did this idea get started?
Lisa Fuller (LF):The Worthington Libraries’ Poetry Path is an outdoor learning environment featuring the work...
September 4, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | August 28 – September 3
So… how’s it going? Most of ushave returned once again tothe school year, the heat is sayingits last hurrah in the US, and our attention sometimes strays elsewhere. Hopefully these great links will provide the best kind of distraction for you!
New features:
Any book involving monkeys in story time is a guaranteed winner, including Count theMonkeys by Mac Barnett. Check out how to incorporate movement in this month’s Book to Boogie! Ferndale Area District Library hosted a fabulous event celeb...September 3, 2015
Beatles Forever at Ferndale Library
Today we have a really cool program to share with you courtesy of Jeff Milo at Ferndale Area District Library in Michigan–a multimedia concert that, with its Beatles theme, attracted an intergenerational audience. Enjoy! ~Laura
by Jeff Milo
This was the first time we got a standing ovation at the Ferndale Area District Library. Leave it to the Beatles to bring the house down. But then, there was something else in the air on this otherwise normal weekday evening at the library. Mr. M.L. Lieble...
