Jenell Walton of Channel 9’s “The List” recently visited the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) and met with librarian Jennifer Krivickas to talk about the library’s snow globe collection. The snow globes will appear on “The List” sometime in July. For those who want to know more about the snow globes before the show airs, below is more information about the fun collection.
Katie Gottlieb, former design student in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, & Planning (DAAP) and one-time library student worker, was selected by Boutique Design magazine as one of their 2013 Boutique 18, its yearly roster of noteworthy, on-the-rise designers of hospitality interiors.
You can read about Katie, and the other 17 designers, in the magazine available online.
Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion
DAAP Reference GT 507.E54 2010 v.1-v.10
Published by Oxford University Press in 2010 Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion is a comprehensive ten volume set that explores dress and fashion globally and historically. Continue reading
Recently added to the DAAP Library is the three volume set, Robert Motherwell, A Catalogue Raisonne, 1941-1991. Motherwell, an American Abstract Expressionists, produced a large body of work spanning a half century. Continue reading
www.lynda.com offers you the ability to learn a new software program or to get just that one answer to a question. Lynda.com offers thousands of videos on hundreds of topics. Learn 3D animation using AutoCAD, Revit, and SketchUP. Or how about brushing up on your photography skills?
Master flash photography, create documentaries, and use Photoshop easily. Or maybe you want to learn some software that will help you design a magazine cover, Website, or portfolio? Try your hand at InDesign, Illustration, and Painter. All this can be accessed on your smartphone too! Check it out and see what you think.
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The DAAP Library now has several group studies for you to use for group or individual study, meetings, presentations, reviews, and teaching!
On the main (500) level, there are two:
The Seminar Room at the DAAP Library
The Seminar Room: This instructional room seats 25-30 and is equipped with HD projection & a sound system, a new DVD/VHS player, and PC that you can use or disconnect to connect your own Mac or PC. The Seminar Room should be booked in advance by visiting or calling the main desk in the DAAP Library (556-1335).
The Eames Room at the DAAP Library
The Eames Room: As an homage to famed designers, Charles & Ray Eames, this room is fully appointed with Eames furniture manufactured by Herman Miller and Vitra. This room seats 12 and is also equipped with projection & sound, a DVD/VHS player, and a PC that you can use or disconnect to connect your own Mac or PC. You may reserve this room by signing up on the weekly sign-up sheet hanging outside the room itself, otherwise, it’s first come, first serve.
On the upper (600) level, there are two more rooms for your use:
The DAAPThinks Tank at the DAAP Library
The DAAPThinks Tank: This room is appointed with George Nelson chairs, an Eames table, and seats 12. You may reserve this room by signing up on the weekly sign-up sheet hanging outside the room itself, otherwise, it’s first come, first serve.
The Special Collection Reading Room at the DAAP Library
The Special Collections Reading Room: Like the DAAPThinks Tank, this room is appointed with George Nelson chairs, an Eames table, and seats 12. You may reserve this room by signing up on the weekly sign-up sheet hanging outside the room itself, otherwise, it’s first come, first serve.
Want to know the latest in Library News? Read Source, the UC Libraries newsletter for faculty, students, staff, and friends. Source is available in print around the various libraries and online. Continue reading
UC Libraries are participating in Welcome Weekend festivities with fun and games (and some helpful information) planned in several of our libraries. Check us out! Continue reading
Ever dream of wearing a piece of sculpture? You can imagine it now when you visit the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) . On display through July 31 are handsculpted, original jewelry designs in precious metals from Lynne Meyers Gordon, M.F.A. The strikingly beautiful pieces include necklaces, pendents, and belts in geometric forms in all shapes and sizes and different metals. Continue reading
