Our new intern, Katie, enjoying the little bit of sunlight that London had to offer this summer
Welcome to our new Intern, Katie Behrens! Katie is a Masters student at the University of Wisconsin School of Library and Information Studies. This semester, she will be working on some exciting projects for us, including wrapping up each week of website features and cool stuff around the social media neighborhood with the Linkubator Roundup. Stay tuned! ~Erinn
Hi there, Incubator fans! My special focus while I’m in library school is children and young adults in the public library, but I also have a burning interest in book history, creative spaces, new media, museums, radio, theater, and anything that hails from the great nation of Britannia. I spent 3 weeks in London this summer, and yes, I do periodically check on airline ticket prices across the pond. I am so excited to work with the Incubator Project this semester, and I greatly look forward to connecting with you in this and other online spaces! Cheers!
New this week on the website:
- A teen artist wrote to share her awesome experience at a library workshop: YA Art Programs at the Acton Public Library.
- Playbods gets kids and families thinking about the library and books through art, movement, and PLAY! Playbods, an Interactive Art Program for Families
- Checked in with Maker Camp 2012 as a great example of a virtual, collaborative learning. At Summer’s End: MAKE Magazine’s Maker Camp
- Looked ahead (now behind?) at the Wisconsin Quilt Expo, and called for stories from library-using quilters and quilt-inspired librarians. Wisconsin Quilt Expo & A Call for Library-Incubated Quilters!
- Visited an incredible collection of historic musical instruments, housed at The George Sherman Dickinson Music Library. The Treasure Room: The Historical Musical Instrument Collection at Vassar College
Neat stuff from the social media neighborhood:
Twitter got excited when the Chetham Library in Manchester crowd-sourced for the identification of a mysterious manuscript they found – can you help?
We got some awesome feedback on quilters and libraries on Facebook. Stay tuned for a possible feature here!
Neat stuff we found around the web:
- The Typewriter: a graphic history of the beloved machine is a new book from the editor of UPPERCASE Magazine, Janine Vangool. Beautiful, interesting, and fun! Reviewed by the awesome grain edit blog.
- Check out the gorgeous work by Post Typography, a graphic design company. Via swissmiss.
- Brian Dettmer is an artist who carves and sculpts creations from the pages of books. His work is mind-boggling.
- A Bookmobile and an Art Studio had a baby and it’s SPARKTRUCK! Here’s hoping we see more and more mobile maker-spaces in the future.
As the first day for a new intern, I’d say I’ve never looked at more beautiful and interesting things in one day! Are you working on something cool and exciting? We want to hear about it! And we’re pretty easy to reach. That’s all for now. ~Katie
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