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July 6, 2017
The Tiny House Festival at Lawrence Public Library
Last fall, some colleagues of mine at the Madison Public Library put together a housing resource fair to extend on themes discussed in Matthew Desmond’s book, Evicted, which was the Go Big Read book for the UW-Madison and wider Madison community. One of the coolest things they highlighted during the resource fair was a Tiny House that parked outside of the library for tours and Q&A, so when I saw the announcement about a whole festival dedicated to Tiny Houses at the Lawrence Public Library,...
July 5, 2017
Book to Boogie: “So Many Feet”
Book to Boogie is a monthly series that pairs picture books with dance and movement activities for preschool story time. The series is curated by Kerry Aradhya of Picture Books & Pirouettes and written by a different guest writer each month. We hope that children’s librarians, as well as classroom teachers and dance educators, will find these activities useful and fun!
by Jill Randall
The recently published board book So Many Feet by Nichole Mara and Alexander Vidal is a joyful new addition...
June 29, 2017
Featuring: LA Made at Los Angeles Public Library
We are super thrilled to share LA Made on the Library as Incubator Project blog today! This large-scale series of cultural programming leverages the wealth of interesting and diverse local talent in the Los Angeles area. Thanks to Wendy Westgate from the Exploration & Creativity Department, Engagement & Learning Division, Los Angeles Public Library, for answering our questions, and to the LAPL for the use of images. Enjoy! ~Laura
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): What is the elevator speec...
June 28, 2017
Featuring: Peter Erskine
Today I’m happy to introduce Peter Erskine, an American installation artist who specializes in creating Solar Spectrum Environmental Artworks made from pure sunlight. Several of Peter’s works are installed at libraries in California and Oregon. Beyond his projects for libraries, and across the US, Erskine has installed artworks in the ancient Roman Forum, the Rome and Milan railway stations, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt museum in Berlin and sites in the UK and Spain.
See more of Peter’s wor...
June 15, 2017
Creative leadership, building a future: Interview with Vicki McDonald, CEO State Library of Queensland
This year we have the distinct pleasure of hosting updates from Dr. Matt Finch, with whom we’ve worked on a number of LAIP features, as he serves as Creative in Residence at the State Library of Queensland, Australia. Today’s post is an interview with the State Librarian of Queensland (Australia), Vicki McDonald. She and Matt talk future-facing libraries, creativity, and highlight some fun projects featured at SLQ.
by Matt Finch
Over the past year’s columns here at Library as Incubator, I’ve...
June 8, 2017
Listen Local Live at Johnson County Library
by Bryan Voell
In January, 2015, the Johnson County Library launched our Listen Local project. Updated weekly, Listen Local is a blog that focuses on original songwriters and composers living in Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) and Johnson County, Kansas. This project began as a way to bring locally-produced music in digital form to our patrons. (For a more comprehensive history of Listen Local, click here.)
Since its inception more than two years ago, Listen Local has grown to include nearl...
June 7, 2017
Book to Boogie: “Otto the Book Bear”
Book to Boogie is a monthly series that pairs picture books with dance and movement activities for preschool story time. The series is curated by Kerry Aradhya of Picture Books & Pirouettes and written by a different guest writer each month. We hope that children’s librarians, as well as classroom teachers and dance educators, will find these activities useful and fun!
by Barb Turk
Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson is a long-standing favorite of my young yoga students who love the secret...
May 31, 2017
Join us at ALA Annual in Chicago!
We are thrilled to announce that the Library as Incubator Project will have a presence at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Chicago this June. Library friends, we’d love to see you there. Special thank you to the Programming Librarian Interest Group (PLIG) and ALA for sponsoring BOTH of these programs.
Here’s where you can find us:
Spotlight on: Artist Residencies – Saturday June 24, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Palmer House (Water Tower Room)
Libraries and arts organizations are of...
May 23, 2017
The Labs @ CLP: The Further Electrified Adventures of the CLP Music Department
The Labs program launched in 2012 with a focus on a teen audience and while teens are still the focus of The Labs we’ve been looking for opportunities to engage other age groups across the Library. While Tara’s project is not a Labs project it is certainly in keeping with the experiential and experimental nature of The Labs. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about Tara’s great work with synthesizers at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Main Library in the Music, Film & Audio Department.
Enjoy.
~Core...
May 16, 2017
Curious and Curiouser: The Challenges and Benefits of a Two-Year Exhibition
by Rebecca Hopman
Last month I wrote about the Rakow Research Library’s new exhibition, Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library. Curious will be open for 22 months, almost a year longer than past Library exhibitions. The longer length offers its own challenges and benefits.
Challenges
Many of you may be able to guess our biggest challenge: the recommended display period for most paper and photographic materials is three to six months. How, then, can you have a 22-month-...
