AAU Library Blog

Earlier this month a major retrospective of the French photojournalist Marc Riboud was hung at the Shanghai Museum of Art. To celebrate the opening UC Berkeley also hung 22 prints of his work in North Gate Hall. They will be on display until May 1st, 2010.

The Academy of Art Library has a book and a video that include Riboud’s work. These resources are about the Magnum photographers, of which Riboud was one.

Magnum stories

Contacts

For more information about the exhibit at UC Berkeley visit the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism here.

Graduate Students:

The Academy of Art University Graduate School has greatly expanded their MFA Showcase.  The Graduate Student Showcase provides access to over 70 digitized MFA Final Thesis projects.

As always, MFA Thesis Projects can be viewed in the library during regular library hours.

MFA Theses cannot be browsed on the shelves, but you can use the Library Catalog to search for MFAs.  You can also browse the collection by major, by using this web page.

The Department Subject Guides also provide lists of excellent MFA Thesis Projects for each major.

The current book display in the library is about the Bauhaus!

The Bauhaus existed in Germany from 1919 to 1933 and has been a huge influence in the design community ever since. The Bauhaus philosophy sought to bridge the divide between craft and fine art. The wide range of studies at the Bauhaus included industrial design, furniture, architecture, graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics, theater design, painting, and sculpture.

Take a look at our Bauhaus subject guide for a list of the books included in the current AAU Library book display!

Welcome back to the Spring 2010 semester at the Academy of Art University Library. We have recently subscribed to several new online resources. All of these resources can be found on our Online Articles & Reference page, which can be found by going to the Library Homepage | Find Resources | Online Articles & Reference.

WGSN
WGSN is a fashion resource that provides access to information on current and future trends, images and videos from the fashion shows, fashion news (over 40 news stories each day), photos and info from trade shows, as well as information on interiors.

This database requires a password to access it.

For on-campus access you will be asked for the University’s username and password. For off-campus access you will be asked to enter your name and student (or faculty) id, followed by the University’s username and password.

You can email library@academyart.edu to request the University’s WGSN username and password.

When connecting to WGSN you may encounter a Security Warning, view our Connecting to WGSN page to learn more about accessing WGSN.

IMDbPro
IMDb is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel and more. IMDB is a freely accessible database. The library can provide you with access to IMDbPro, which contains additional information including showbiz contacts, films currently in production, actor and movie rankings and industry news.

You will need to email library@academyart.edu to receive a password to access IMDbPro.

Material ConneXion
Material ConneXion is an online collection of over 1,400 materials and processes. The online materials database allows you to discover the latest and most exciting materials originating from a large spectrum of industries.

You can connect directly to Material ConneXion on campus. If you are off campus you will be asked to first enter your name and student (or faculty) id.

Don’t miss this exhibit of Sebastiao Salgado’s photographs at the David Brower Center in Berkeley located at 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. The show will be up until January 31, 2010. According to the website:

“This exhibition presents a selection of images spanning a career in documentary photography by renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.”

Go here to learn more:

The David Brower Center

We have several books of Salgado’s work here in the Academy of Art Library. Follow these links or search his name from the library home page.

The children : refugees and migrants

Migrations : humanity in transition

Terra : struggle of the landless

On Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week (November 25th and 26th) Coit Tower Productions is projecting a film about the American Indians’ two year occupation of Alcatraz that began in 1969. This sounds like an interesting project and should be visible from many areas of the city. You can find more information here:

http://www.coitlive.com/

or read the article in Monday’s San Francisco Chronicle here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/23/BA9F1ALI3I.DTL

We have been working with WWD to resolve the problems we have had accessing their website.  WWD has fixed these issues.  You must use the WWD link on the library website to ensure that you have access to their website.

From the library website go to Find Resources -> Online Articles & Reference

Scroll down to WWD or click the Fashion Databases link at the top of the page.

The WWD link will take you to an intermediary page on the WWD website. Click the Step 1 button, click the Step 2 button and you will be connected.

See this page for more information.

The San Francisco Film Society is screening the 4th annual international animation festival starting today, November 11th and running through this weekend. You can find more information at:

http://www.sffs.org/screenings-and-events/fall-season/sf-intl-animation-festival.aspx

After years of conducting hundreds of interviews, collaborators Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor have put together an incredible history of Bay Area punk in one volume!

Look for it on the Library’s New Book Shelf: Call Number ML3534 .G55 2009

Can’t make it over to the Library? Check out the official Gimme Something Better Website.

Don’t miss APE, the Alternative Press Expo, taking place at The Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco this weekend, 10/17 & 10/18!

Produced by Comic-Con International, this yearly event is an awesome way to discover and meet alternative and underground comic authors, artists, and publishers.

Check out the official APE Website for a full list of exhibitors, special guests and events, and directions to the venue.

See you there!