Events/Exhibits in Collins Library – Spring 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by jmkyoung

FEBRUARY

  • Exhibit: February 1 – May 20, Transforming Knowledge: Altered Encyclopedias, Collins Library exhibit space.
    This exhibit features altered encyclopedias made by local artists. This exhibit provides the opportunity to reflect upon our relationship with the printed word and the future of libraries. We are grateful to the participating artists who have transformed the discarded volumes into new and vibrant works of art that reflect a rebirth of ideas. The exhibit also features photographs from local artist Sharon Styer as well as a number of books about books, knowledge, and libraries.
  • February 20: Behind the Archives Door: Regina Glenn, Archives Lecture, 4:00–5:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.

MARCH

  • Exhibit: March 12 – May 20, Sarah Bodman:  Read to Me:  A psychometric collaboration with objects, Collins Library exhibit space.
    An experiment by the artist British artist Sarah Bodman in collaboration with a psychometric reader, to transmit the emotional content of selected narratives through a series of physical objects. The artist selected 10 objects to read stories to. They were then posted to the reader who relayed the objects’ messages back to the artist to produce an artist’s book. Read To Me is touring with an exhibition of the artist’s book and a selection of the original objects which were read, until December 2019.  Produced at the London Centre for Book Arts in a risograph printed edition of 100. You can read more about the development of the project in a photo essay written for Axon: Creative Explorations, a free access online journal:  https://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-14/read-me.
  • March 26: Botanizing Hope—Mentors, methods and materials, Presentation by Seattle Artist Lou Cabeen, 4:00–5:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.
    In this informal, illustrated artist lecture Lou Cabeen will share the sources of inspiration that led to her current body of work which includes stitched artist books, letterpress printing and embroidery.  The works in this lecture include the first fruits of her research into phytoremediation, a potential site of problematic hope in the face of lives lived in the midst of toxicity. She will also discuss her earlier work with environmental themes and her desire to make work that engages the current ecological crisis without being immobilized by despair.
    Lou Cabeen is a Seattle artist who works with a range of media including maps, textiles, stitching and collage.  Making artist books allows her to fully explore the power of tactile experience in communicating her ideas. She uses cloth, paper and stitching in order to emphasize the tactile nature of private experience, and to reveal the textures of subjective thought.
    Lou’s most recent work is inspired by environmental issues, from coal mining to watershed protection.   Learn more about Lou’s creative work at:  https://www.loucabeenart.com/.
    This presentation is supported by the Puget Sound Book Artists organization.
  • March 29: Carolyn Baugh Lecture, Carolyn Baugh is the Associate Professor of History at Gannon University, the Director of the Women’s Studies Program, as well as the Director of the Refugee Oral History Program. Dr. Baugh will focus on the Voice of Erie Oral History Project in which students at Gannon University work to preserve refugees’ personal histories and experiences.
    This presentation is funded by the Council of Independent Colleges in Support of the Collins Library Finding Voice: Digital Narratives Project. 1:30–3:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.
  • March 30: Beta Theta Pi Exhibit, (March 30–April 20), Beta Theta Pi-Delta Epsilon Chapter is going to have alumni and campus event at the University of Puget Sound, to celebrate its 1000th member and 53rd anniversary.
    The Delta Epsilon Chapter was established on December 1,1961 and had operated until June 2011, when the National Fraternity closed the original chapter. However, two years later, forty-two strong had officially begun the process of re-colonization, and in the March of 2018, the Chapter was re-established.
    Beta Theta Pi- Delta Epsilon Chapter is a vital member of the campus community. The Delta Epsilon has the highest GPA of all fraternities on the UPS campus and best risk management.
    Beta Theta Pi-Delta Epsilon will host an exhibition in the Collins Memorial Library from March 30th to April 13th, 2019. The exhibition will feature the chapter’s historical artifacts, a banner with the Chapter’s notable alumni, and a giant flag featuring pictures of every member of the Delta Epsilon Chapter. Gallery Room, Collins Library.

APRIL

  • April 1: Edible Books Festival, Gallery Room/Reading Rooms, Collins Library.
  • April 1: Family Fun Night in the Makerspace: Because Edible Books are fun to see, on April 1st we will also be offering a family fun night in the Makerspace. This will be a great opportunity to bring a child and a friend to see the space. We will have a make your own book station and an adult supervised paper marbling class. 5:00-6:30pm, Makerspace, Collins Library.
  • April 1: Opening Reception: Transforming Knowledge: Altered Encyclopedias, 5:00-6:30pm, Refreshments in Gallery Room, Collins Library.
  • April 12th, Archives & Special Collections Open House for Spring Weekend. Interested in the history of Puget Sound? Join us in the Archives & Special Collections to view documents and artifacts from Puget Sound’s past. Drop by this casual event to learn more about the history of our Lu’au, student life on campus over the years, and the physical buildings and grounds of Puget Sound, 3:00-4:00pm, Archives & Special Collections, 2nd floor, Collins Library.
  • April 17: Faculty/Staff Publication Recognition Display Event, 4:00-5:00pm,
    East Reading Room, Collins Library.
  • April 18: AHSS Awards Reception, 3:30-4:30pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.
  • April 24: London Ctr For Book Arts: Simon Goode/Ira Yonemura, 3:00-4:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.
  • April 25: Book Collecting Contest Reception, 4:30-5:30pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.
  • April 26: Music in the Library (Harps), 3:00-3:20pm, West Reading Room, Collins Library.
  • April 29:  Lecture: Diagonals and Parallels: Exploratory Intersections in Music, Archives, and Feminist Praxis, Megan Mitchell ’12 traverses the intersections of music, gender, and social justice in various capacities. As proprietor of the index of female/trans/non-binary composers of experimental music, Many Many Women, she acts as a media equity advocate. She is the audio archivist for the music producer, Randall Dunn, as well as a field recordist, vocalist, and musician. 3:00–4:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, 2nd Floor Collins Library.
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New Resources in the Public Domain 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by jmkyoung

January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day: Works from 1923 are open to all!

For the first time in over 20 years, on January 1, 2019, published works will enter the US public domain. Works from 1923 will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee. They include dramatic films such as The Ten Commandments, and comedies featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. There are literary works by Robert Frost, Aldous Huxley, and Edith Wharton, the “Charleston” song, and more. And remember, this has not happened for over 20 years. Why? Works from 1923 were set to go into the public domain in 1999, after a 75-year copyright term. But in 1998 Congress hit a two-decade pause button and extended their copyright term for 20 years, giving works published between 1923 and 1977 an expanded term of 95 years.  Read the full article here.

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out

Nearly a century ago, the publisher Alfred A. Knopf released a slim book of spiritual fables by an obscure Lebanese-American poet and painter named Kahlil Gibran.

Knopf had modest expectations, and printed around 1,500 copies. Much to his surprise, the book — titled “The Prophet” — took off. It became a huge hit, and went on to sell more than nine million copies in North America alone.

Until now, the publishing house that still bears Knopf’s name has held the North American copyright on the title. But that will change on Jan. 1, when “The Prophet” enters the public domain, along with works by thousands of other artists and writers, including Marcel Proust, Willa Cather, D. H. Lawrence, Agatha Christie, Joseph Conrad, Edith Wharton, P. G. Wodehouse, Rudyard Kipling, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens.

This coming year marks the first time in two decades that a large body of copyrighted works will lose their protected status — a shift that will have profound consequences for publishers and literary estates, which stand to lose both money and creative control.
Read the full article here.

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Happy Holidays from Collins Memorial Library

Posted on December 10, 2018 by jmkyoung

Happy Holidays from the Collins Memorial Library! Best wishes for the New Year!

This image is from The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer, published in 1877. The image is said to depict the oldest representation of a printing press.

 

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Jólabókaflóđ is happening in the Popular Reading Collection!

Posted on December 10, 2018 by jmkyoung

Jólabókaflóđ is happening in the Popular Reading Collection!

Take a book home for the holiday break!

For information see posters in the Popular Reading Collection.

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Happy Last Day of Classes!

Posted on December 5, 2018 by jpelger

Happy last day of classes, Loggers! It’s been a long semester but you made it. Here in the Archives & Special Collections, we’ve had a very busy (and exciting!) fall.

We started the semester strong by welcoming two new student employees, Sita and Mali. We also participated in the Race & Pedagogy National Conference. Adriana Flores, our Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, spoke on a panel titled “The Liberated Archive: Creating Inclusive Spaces for all Histories”, and Peer Research Specialist Julia curated an exhibit on Japanese-American incarceration and historical memory using materials from our collections.

We held two “Behind the Archives Door” events this semester – one highlighting the Claire and Don Egge Collection on China, and one on student activism in which Dennis Flannigan, Class of 1961, spoke about his work registering African-American voters during the 1964 Freedom Summer. The A&SC also collaborated with Humanities Librarian Katy Curtis to host three zine reading hours utilizing the Collins Library Zine Collection. Professors, liaison librarians, the A&SC staff came together to teach a total of 28 class sessions this semester, allowing students to examine and analyze primary sources firsthand.

Overall, it’s been a great semester here in the A&SC, and we’re excited to see what the spring semester brings. In the meantime, get studying for those finals like the students seen in these pictures! We won’t have open hours during reading period or finals week, but if you want to use archival or special collections materials for any projects or papers, you can make an appointment by emailing archives@pugetsound.edu.

By Julia Masur

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The unknown future…

Posted on December 3, 2018 by jmkyoung

A visionary investigation into the most urgent issues we face today as we move into an uncertain future. In twenty-one chapters Harari dives into ideas surrounding political, technological and existential issues and offers advice on how to prepare for the future. How do we keep our freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? What will the future work force look like and how to prepare ourselves for it?

Look for this title in the Popular Reading Collection!

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Dead Feminists Seeding the Vote Broadside

Posted on November 28, 2018 by jmkyoung

Seeding the Vote, Dead Feminists broadside

The Archives & Special Collections recently acquired the newest Dead Feminists print, titled Seeding the Vote, by local artists Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring. This is the 27th broadside in the Dead Feminists series which features quotes by historical feminists, tied in with current political and social issues. In honor of the 2018 midterm elections, Seeding the Vote features a quote by voting rights activist and civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer.

This broadside is particularly relevant to the university’s history, as Hamer visited Puget Sound in February 1969 to discuss her work in helping thousands of disenfranchised African Americans register to vote. She organized Mississippi’s Freedom Summer campaign in 1964 and worked closely with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a national organization that many Puget Sound students were involved in. There was an active SNCC chapter on campus in the mid-1960s. In addition, Hamer was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party.

The Trail, p. 1, February 21, 1969.

The February 21, 1969 issue of The Trail ran a photograph of Hamer speaking with Social Sciences 111 students including Black Student Union founder and president Lou Smith. The February 28, 1969 issue contains two articles about Hamer’s visit. The first article, titled “Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer Speaks of Legitimate Means and Black Power,” recounts Hamer’s public speech in which she “spoke from her own personal perspective, told the story of her upbringing in southern tension-ridden Mississippi and her eventual rise to a place of influence with citizenship.” Hamer discussed her own experiences in registering to vote and the physical violence she faced as a result of helping others to do the same. The article quotes her as saying, “White America, you should know by now that you can’t save yourself by teaching us to hate – you have to learn to love. We’re not fighting men, we’re fighting principalities and the devil himself.”

The second article in the February 28, 1969 issue of The Trail is titled “Hamer Speech Sparks Action.” Following Hamer’s lecture, student Lou Smith asked President Franklin Thompson about his views on black courses on campus. The article quotes Smith as saying to Thompson, “Are you moved enough now to sanction a separate, autonomous black studies course curriculum here at UPS? Are you moved enough now to sanction the hiring of more black professors? Are you willing to take the ‘raps’ off the courses we have now?” Thompson responded the following day that the restricting factor on the establishment of additional black studies courses and hiring of new faculty members was the financial situation at the university.

Visit the Archives & Special Collections to see the Dead Feminist broadside collection and learn more about Fannie Lou Hamer’s visit to Puget Sound.

The Archives & Special Collections is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.

By Laura Edgar, Assistant Archivist

 

 

 

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Collins Library Links: What’s new in the Makerspace

Posted on November 27, 2018 by jmkyoung

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What’s New in the Makerspace
Contact Information:  It’s easy – just contact makerspace@pugetsound.edu

Guest Speakers:  Earlier this semester, we welcomed John Devine from the Tacoma Public Schools who established the SAMI Makerspace and is now working at the new iDEA alternative school.  This week Darcy Anderson from Tinkertopia visited the space.  Both these speakers shared insights about the growth and development of problem solving/creative thinking and technology happening in the K-12 environment.  All the more reason to think about how the Makerspace can support our current and future students.

3D Printing:  We have added a number of new filaments, including translucent colors and glow in the dark.

3D Scanning:  Stop by and check out our Structure 3D Sensor  iPad-based handheld scanner.

Wearables:  We provide tools and support for sewing and working with fabrics.  We are looking for students or faculty to partner with us to learn more about integrating electronics into textile projects. Wearable technology is an exciting area for innovation and creativity, with interest in it growing from both consumers and tech companies.

Electronics:  Don’t forget there are Arduinos, Raspberry Pi and Makey-Makey (think mini- computer) devices to use.

Paper Arts and Upcycling:  Stop by and see our incredible paper dress designed by our Maker students using recycled books.  Consider offering a workshop on journal, book or zine design.  We are just concluding our Fall Zine Workshop series coordinated by Katy Curtis, Humanities Librarian.

Orientation:  15 first year students had the opportunity to participate in a 3 day Immersion event that included the Makerspace as well as visits to local printers and book designers.

Team Building:  Consider booking the Makerspace for a Team Building workshop.  We can accommodate up to 15 people.  Inspired by Darcy and R.R. Anderson of Tinkertopia, we invite you to consider a 1.5 hour workshop that will be fun, creative and build relationships.

New Equipment:   We are anxiously awaiting delivery of a desktop laser cutter in November that will increase opportunities for making!  We now have wood burning tools, new button makers and a host of new supplies.

Take Apart Events:  Reverse engineering and take apart events are great ways to learn about design and construction.  It helps us learn how things work. Consider bringing a class in to take apart an old computer or microscope.

Ready, Set, Make:  Visit our Start Making link off the Makerspace guide for easy to follow projects.

Need Information? Don’t forget the Collins Memorial Library – Library Guides
Questions? Contact your liaison librarian
Comments: Contact Jane Carlin, library director
Remember – Your best search engine is a librarian!

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Who will get the “small fortune”?

Posted on November 26, 2018 by jmkyoung

Stanley Huang is a father, husband, ex-husband, and a man of all-inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods. A man who is newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Stanley’s family includes his son Fred, who feels that he should be making more; his daughter Kate, who is managing a fickle boss, an unfocussed husband, and two children; ex-wife Linda, who is familiar and doubtful of Stanley; and second wife Mary, giver of foot rubs and ego massages.

For years, Stanley has insisted that he’s worth a small fortune. Now, as the Huangs come to terms with Stanley’s approaching death, they are also starting to fear that Stanley’s “small fortune” may not be a fortune at all. A compelling tale of cultural expectations, career ambitions and our relationships with the people who know us best.

Find this and more in the Popular Reading Collection!

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 20, 2018 by jmkyoung

The Trail, November 26, 2018, p. 4

Well, Loggers, the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to spending time with their family and friends over a delicious meal. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on what you are grateful for in your life, and this short article from The Trail 100 years ago really puts things into perspective. World War I had ended just a few weeks earlier on November 11, 1918, after four long years of fighting. Even though the United States was only involved in combat during the last 18 months of the war, it had a significant impact on our campus community. Many faculty, staff, and students were involved in the war efforts both abroad and at home. The Trail writers wrote,

“Surely history has never recorded a Thanksgiving time when there was more to be thankful for than this year! 1918 – a memorable year; Thanksgiving – a memorable day! Why wonder that gray-haired mothers, wives, and sisters crowded the churches on November 11, kneeling to pour out their thankfulness for the cessation of hostilities? For have not all of our hearts been filled with the great Thanksgiving spirits since that memorable day! And the gripping feature of Thanksgiving, 1918, is what this time means to the whole world! ‘O let the Nations be glad and sing for joy!’”

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Archives & Special Collections is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.

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