{"id":9687,"date":"2017-11-08T08:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=9687"},"modified":"2017-11-08T08:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:56:35","slug":"from-the-archives-special-collections-shelf-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-special-collections-shelf-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives &amp; Special Collections: Shelf-Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2017\/11\/Archives_Nov8-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9689\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2017\/11\/Archives_Nov8-blog.jpg\" alt=\"Archives_Nov8-blog\" width=\"355\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a>Greetings Loggers!<\/p>\n<p>Feel like you\u2019ve been lacking some inspiration lately? Well, you can only blame your shelf! That is why I am here to spread some shelf-awareness about the art-landish art-ifacts we have on our shelves here in the Archives &amp; Special Collections! How do you define a \u201cbook\u201d? Our artists\u2019 book collection really pushes the bound-ries of definition with the wacky, zany, creative surprises held within.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.library.si.edu\/2012\/06\/what-is-an-artists-book\/#.WgCYtGhSzcs\">Smithsonian Libraries<\/a> define an artists\u2019 book as \u201ca medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of \u2018book\u2019 as inspiration,\u201d and boy will these books make you an author you can\u2019t refuse!<\/p>\n<p>From books that look like lunch to books that can really ruffle your feathers, you\u2019ll find everything from pop-ups to poetry, peek-a-boos to boxes, even glitter and glamour, colors and cut-outs! So lettuce celebrate while you ketchup on what\u2019s inside \u201cBread and Butter\u201d by Minali Chatani, or it\u2019s sure to be a pheasant surprise if you decide to take \u201cBirds Everyday\u201d by Dorothy McCuistion under your wing!<\/p>\n<p>These artists certainly draw a crowd, so please come take a sneak peek, or take it to the next level and come see any of the other exciting materials we have here in our collections.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/collins-memorial-library\/archives\/\">Archives &amp; Special Collections<\/a> is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Monica Patterson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Loggers! Feel like you\u2019ve been lacking some inspiration lately? Well, you can only blame your shelf! That is why I am here to spread some shelf-awareness about the art-landish art-ifacts we have on our shelves here in the Archives &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-special-collections-shelf-awareness\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9691,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9687\/revisions\/9691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}