Wireless available in the Library!

Wireless Internet access is now available in most of the public areas in the Library. You can use the Internet with your laptop by logging in with your CSULB Webmail user ID and password or your Beachboard account. Printing is available using the self-service printers. For more information, see the Library Wireless User Guide.

Artists' Books Conference

ABC LA, the Artists' Books Conference in Los Angeles will take place May 21-24, 2005. It is planned for all who create, collect, catalog, conserve, or simply appreciate those special works of art known as artists' books, including artists, librarians, archivists, collectors, dealers, and others. Four intensive days of seminars, workshops, and panels are planned--come for all or register on a daily basis. Topics will include: the history of artists' books; a look at emerging Los Angeles artists; current trends in cataloging artists' books; access and preservation issues; and facilitating the collecting of artists' books.

Each of the conference's four days will take place in a different cultural venue, including MoCA, Otis College of Art and Design, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, and the Getty Research Institute. The last day of the conference will coincide with the opening of the exhibit, The Artist Turns to the Book (May 24 - September 11, 2005) at the Getty Research Institute.

A bonus for all will be the opportunity to exchange information with artists, librarians, archivists, collectors, and others.

For information, please visit the Southern California chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America at http://www.arlis-sc.org/.

Information Literacy and the Music Department

The Music Department is the recipient of a 2004/05 Information Competence Grant awarded by the CSU. This is the first time this has been awarded to a project in music. The Department and the Library are collaborating to incorporate information literacy competencies and standards into the Department's music history curriculum. For a full description see Information Literacy and the Music Curriculum.

Other past grants awarded in the Arts are:
Art History Information Competence Project- SJSU

Library Remodel

Most of you know that the Library is going to be remodeled. Here in the library, we are extremely excited about it and hope to create a state-of-the-art library for the 21st century. To keep up on what's happening, visit our remodel webpage here.

ArtsJournal

ArtsJournal is a great source for news about the arts. It provides daily news about timely topics. The site reviews over 200 publications and posts important stories. It covers all subjects in the arts and an RSS feed is available by topic. I would really recommend subscribing to this site as it gathers in one place, current news that is important to our community.

New Blog for the College of the Arts at CSULB

Leslie Andersen, your College of the Arts librarian, has set up this blog to keep you abreast of happenings at the CSULB Library. As it comes to me, I will post new and exciting information of interest to the Arts community at CSULB.You can access this blog at http://www.csulb.edu/~landerse/csulbartsblog.html or read it through your RSS reader here: http://www.csulb.edu/~landerse/artsfeed.xml.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Contact me here.