The Donald Angus Collection at the University of Hawaii-Manoa
by Laura Damon-Moore Last week I took advantage of my day off to walk through the Olbrich Botanical Gardens here in Madison. I brought my little travel paint set with me and spent some time sketching the daffodils and tulips found in this “living library.” I’m really drawn to botanical charts and illustrations, especially as...
Parlor Games
This is the seventh post in a series of features on historic book bindings, written for the Library as Incubator Project by Andrea Reithmayr, Special Collections Librarian and the Rare Book Conservator at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. Unless otherwise noted, all bindings pictured are from the University of Rochester’s Dept. of Rare Books...
Featuring: The Gaus Poetry Collection at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
We welcome Caelin Ross back to the site today to share a profile on a unique poetry and literature collection in an academic library. The Gaus Collection at College Library pulls together over 2,000 volumes in a unique research setting that underscores the importance of art and art appreciation to critical thinking and interdisciplinary education....
The Power of the Press
This is the sixth post in a series of features on historic book bindings, written for the Library as Incubator Project by Andrea Reithmayr, Special Collections Librarian and the Rare Book Conservator at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. Unless otherwise noted, all bindings pictured are from the University of Rochester’s Dept. of Rare Books...
Featuring: Brooklyn Visual Heritage by Project CHART
by Laura Damon-Moore Brooklyn Visual Heritage is a new online resource developed by several cultural institutions working together to provide access to the city’s cultural history. This project is the result of three years of work funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Project CHART and is a collaborative effort of Pratt Institute’s School of...
Owen Jones: Relievo and Papier-mâché Bindings (Part 2)
This is the fifth post in a series of features on historic book bindings, written for the Library as Incubator Project by Andrea Reithmayr, Special Collections Librarian and the Rare Book Conservator at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. Unless otherwise noted, all bindings pictured are from the University of Rochester’s Dept. of Rare Books...
Out of the Archives: NYPL’s Design by the Book
This post originally appeared on February 29, 2012. This feature is written by Jessica Pigza about the New York Public Library’s “Design by the Book” film series. To learn about Jessica’s Handmade Crafternoon program at the NYPL, check out her first feature on the Library as Incubator Project. - Laura Four years ago, I was...
Featuring: St. Bride Library
It’s no secret that the team at the Library as Incubator Project are huge fans of printing and print history – which is why we’re super thrilled to feature the St. Bride Library, the UK’s largest library for print, publishing, and graphic arts located in London’s Fleet Street district. Bob Richardson from St. Bride kindly...
Learning Resources at the British Library
As you know if you’ve followed the Library as Incubator Project for some time, artists and writers use the library for any number of things that contribute to their creative work. Sometimes it’s a moment of inspiration that strikes because of the right book on the right shelf at the right time, but very frequently,...
Out of the Archives: WPA Poster Collections
This post was originally published on February 12, 2012. I love posters. I imagine my project colleagues and many of you feel the same. But I don’t actually know a ton about the history of poster design as an art form. That’s why I was so pleased to find Posters for the People, a very...
Owen Jones’ ‘Book Beautiful’ (Part I)
This is the fifth post in a series of features on historic book bindings, written for the Library as Incubator Project by Andrea Reithmayr, Special Collections Librarian and the Rare Book Conservator at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. Unless otherwise noted, all bindings pictured are from the University of Rochester’s Dept. of Rare Books...
Exploring Coverbrowser.com
Our feature articles on libraries and artists have been going positively gangbusters this winter (which I love, don’t get me wrong) so I thought it might be nice to highlight one of the many eye candy-heavy (not to mention ridiculously valuable to students and lovers of history and literature) sites that the Incubators have come across...
