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March 30, 2015
The Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum Hunt : After the animals! Africa, Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Abby Wanserski
If you’ve ever been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (“The Met”) you know how impressive their collection is. What many people are not aware of is that The Met maintains several reference libraries, “study centers” and two visitor oriented libraries: the Thomas J. Watson Library and the Nolen Library. This first article in a...
March 27, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | March 20 – 26
Let’s keep the intro short this week, shall we? There’s just so much reading to be done this weekend, not to mention all that extra pesky work. We hope this has been a fantastic week for you and yours – enjoy the plethora of links that caught our eye.
Telling Tales at Downham Library. Photo by Suzi Corker, courtesy of Apples & Snakes, 2015.
New features:
We paid attention to the 10-day SPINE festival proposed forlibraries across London, England, but how did it go?? We get the full rundown fr...March 26, 2015
The Listen Local Music Project at Johnson County Library
Today’s feature comes to you from a new official member of the Library as Incubator Project team! Bryan Voell is the Local Arts Librarian for the Johnson County Library in Johnson County, Kansas, and we’re thrilled he’ll be joining us as a regular contributing writer on a variety of arts and library topics. Today he talks about one of his own projects at Johnson County Library. Enjoy! ~Laura
by Bryan Voell
Listen Local is Johnson County (KS) Library’s new blog dedicated to promoting the diver...
March 25, 2015
SPINE Festival: Libraries Out Loud #2
Today we’re pleased to welcome back Alice Frecknall from Apples & Snakes; she brings us a follow up to our first post about London’s SPINE Festival that took place earlier this month. This fabulous event brought free arts programs to 33 libraries around the city. Read on! ~Laura
by Alice Frecknall
As SPINE Festival comes to a close, we look back over a packed programme of more than 50 free arts and literature events that took place in 33 libraries across 11 London boroughs.
‘During this SPINE...
March 24, 2015
ONE WEEK to vote for our Conversation Starters at ALA Annual!
Hey, hey, readers! We know you’re all madly planning your trip to San Francisco for ALA Annual this year– and so are we! We’ve got a couple awesome Conversation Starters that are up for a public vote on the ALA website, and we’d be grateful if you showed your support for the #LibasIncubator idea with a little vote.
We’re partnering with awesome, arts-incubating librarians and events coordinators from all over the country to bring you two exciting programs–The Library-Museum Connection and Pro...
March 23, 2015
Claymation Video Project at Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library
This post was originally published in October 2013.
by Laura Damon-Moore
Last January, we featured an article from a student employee at Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library. Victoria Billings, a journalism student, worked as the communications and public programs assistant during her senior year, and had the opportunity to develop her filmmaking skills that added value to the library’s marketing and communications efforts.
This summer, Karen Lauritsen, Victoria’s supervisor during her work with Kenned...
March 20, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | March 13 – 19
This week’s Linkubator was slightly delayed, but boy oh boy, these links were worth the wait. Seriously, I’m not always this excited about the links we have for you. Just promise me you’ll check these out, OK? Promise? Good.
“Unhorizon” by Paul Otto.
New features:
Welcome to a new feature writer, Abby Wanserski, and a new series on libraries and archives in museums. The first: the Heard Museum of American Indian Art. So cool. Erico Ortiz created a fabulous collaboration between poets and art...March 19, 2015
Featuring: Margaret Withers and “Curious, USA”
Today we present an interview with and tone poem by visual artist Margaret Withers. I’mreally digging her vision of her ideal library; make sure to check it out! ~Laura
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP):Tell us a little about yourself – who are you, where are you from, and what sort of creative work do you do?
Margaret Withers (MW):I’m a visual artist and I currently live in New York City, but I grew up in Texas and also lived for a long stretch of time in Colorado. I primarily paint abstra...
March 18, 2015
Featuring: Erico Ortiz and “Making It Speak: Poets & Artists in Cahoots!”
Today we’re thrilled to present an interview with Erico Ortiz, a creative artist in Wisconsin, who tells us today about his relationship to libraries and a wonderful poetry + visual art project he produced with other poets and artists last year. Enjoy!~ Laura
Library asIncubator Project (LAIP):Introduce yourself! Who are you, and what sort of creative work do you do?
Erico Ortiz (EO):My name is Erico Ortiz. I taught Spanish in the Milwaukee Public Schools for ten years. Eventually, I moved in...
March 17, 2015
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Incubator Team!
It’s spring! And it’s St. Patrick’s Day! Here are some nerdy online collections we love to help you celebrate in true librarian style. Enjoy! ~Erinn
Let’s start with the NYPL Digital Collections, which is always good for vintage holiday ephemera– check out their collection of St. Patrick’s Day postcards, which are doubly fascinating when they have handwritten notes on the back.
Of course, there’s plenty more to discover from our friends at the National Library of Ireland– their Advent Cale...
