Due to some shifting of display cases in the Arts Library, the microfilm/fiche reader has been relocated from its previous spot near the computer workstations to one of the study tables in the reference area.
For patrons in need of a reader/printer, you may sign out our microfilm for use in Young Research Library’s Microform & Media Services (2nd floor).
This year, the Arts Library replaced our older flatbed scanners with a new KIC model. The new scanner is located next to the two library photocopiers. It costs 16 cents per image to e-mail or save to a flash drive, and has a number of capabilities. It can create color or black and white scans, and goes up to 400 dpi in JPEG, PDF, or TIFF files. It also has the capability of cropping images, and scanning one or two pages from a book at a time.
Though used more heavily by patrons in Art and Architecture, this scanner can also be quite useful for researchers in performing arts fields. It is preservation friendly, so we often allow scans of rare film periodicals in cases where photocopying isn’t allowed. It also creates much crisper image reproductions, when a particular image photocopies poorly or needs to be created in color.
If you’d like a short tutorial on using the KIC scanner, please let me know.
We have two exhibits now in the Arts Library display cases: Science Fiction Movie Poster Art (from book reproductions in the collection, and featuring two lobby cards from Performing Arts Special Collections); and, recent acquisitions of Artists’ Books. Read more about these exhibits on the Arts Library webpage.
Sometimes, we receive titles in a book donation that cannot be added to the Arts Library collections due to poor condition or heavy duplication. However, these are still of potential interest to our patrons as use copies, particularly in the case of acting editions of plays. I started a “Free Plays” box as a trial during the Spring Quarter, which has proved very popular with actors. The box is located next to the “Selected Plays & Monologues” collection near Reference, and I will keep it around as long as I have titles available for it (which are added as I go through unprocessed boxes of material).
Given the initial success of this, I may also expand the scope of the box to include secondary works on film and theater. Stay tuned!
Do you know about the overflow shelves?
As any visitor to the Arts Library quickly learns, we have more books than physical space. In addition to titles stored at SRLF, recently returned books are often on 3rd floor shelving carts. But, we also have an “overflow” area on the 1st (bottom) floor, arranged by call number with the oversize titles on the left-hand wall shelves. These books are often in tight call number ranges where we can’t reshelve them right away. It’s a useful additional place to look when you can’t find a book on the regular shelves.
As always, if you can’t find locate materials on the shelves, ask that we put a search on the item for you. A search request can also be made online.
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