Using the proxy bookmarklet to access library materials from off campus

Have you ever been browsing the web and come across and article, but because you are off campus you are unable to access the full text? The proxy bookmarklet lets you reload a web page through the U-M Library's proxy server. If the page you are visiting is one that the library has a subscription for, then you should get immediate access to the resource once you've logged in with your uniqname and Kerberos password and have been verified to have a valid library account.

See this link for a quick video tutorial on how to set up the proxy bookmarklet:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/mlibrary-labs/proxy-server-bookmarklet

ARTstor now includes even more contemporary art images

ARTstor, the digital library of more than one million images, has signed an Online Art Agreement (OLA) with Artists Rights Society (ARS) on behalf of six additional international visual arts organizations covering more than 10,000 new artists from six countries. This substantially expands the ARTstor Digital Library’s modern and contemporary artworks for subscribers.

The artists covered in the agreement include: Waino Aaltonen (Finland), Raul Anguiano (Mexico), Oscar Araripe (Brazil), Charles Blackman (Australia), Paul-Emile Borduas (Canada), Arthur Boyd (Australia), Jack Bush (Canada), Fernando and Umberto Campana (Brazil), José Chávez Morado (Mexico), Grace Cossington-Smith (Australia), Adam Cullen (Australia), Wilhelm Dachauer (Austria), Ken Done (Australia), Destiny Deacon (Australia), Max Dupain (Australia), Felipe Ehrenburg (Mexico), Valie Export (Austria), Rosalie Gascoigne (Australia), James Gleeson (Australia), Jorge González Camarena (Mexico), Oswaldo Goeldi  (Brazil), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austria), Eero Jarnefelt (Finland), Angelika Kaufmann (Austria), Manfred Kielnhofer (Austria), Awad Krayem (Austria), Emily Kngwarreye (Australia), Ozias Leduc (Canada), Elwyn Lynn (Australia), Adolfo Mexiac  (Mexico), Benito Messeguer (Mexico), Tracey Moffatt (Australia), Rodolfo Morales (Mexico), Hermann Nitsch (Austria), John Olsen (Australia), Jose Clemente Orozco (Mexico), Mike Parr (Australia), Jean-Paul Riopelle  (Canada), Georg Paul Thomann (Austria), Francisco Toledo (Mexico), Brett Whiteley (Australia), Fred Williams (Australia), Peter Paul Wiplinger (Austria), and Erwin Wurm (Austria), among thousands more.
For further information about the agreement see the ARTstor Blog at:

http://artstor.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/new-agreement-with-international-affiliates-of-the-artists-rights-society-ars/

MLibrary Open House for Graduate Students and Faculty

It's YOUR Library. Come learn about it!

MLibrary invites faculty and graduate students to the Library Open House, on Monday September 10, 2012 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on the second floor of the Graduate Library in the Clark Library. Meet many different subject librarians, learn about our amazing collections, and find out about how we can help you with your teaching and research needs.

Refreshments available as well as a raffle. See you on September 10th!

Using Google Calendar to Schedule Office Hours

Did you know you can use Google Calendar to set up appointment slots? I recently did this to set up individual meetings with the first year Graduate Students. Basically all it involves is blocking out a time on your calendar and sending your students an email with a URL so they can sign up. The complete instructions are here:

http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=190998

See me and I can help you do this.

Annette Haines
UM Art & Design Field Librarian
ahaines@umich.edu

Ctools meets Google

There are lots of new features integrating Ctools with various Google products. You can read more about them in this article from the Record:

New version of CTools integrates with Google, Box and more

Please contact me if you have questions about these new tools or would like some one-on-one assistance with setting up your Ctools site. 

Annette Haines

Art & Design Field Librarian

ahaines@umich.edu

AAEL acquires WSW archive of artists' books

The University of Michigan Art, Architecture and Engineering Library recently acquired the complete collection of books published by the Women's Studio Workshop. The Women’s Studio Workshop operates and maintains an artists’ workspace that encourages the voice and vision of individual women artists, provides professional opportunities and employment to artists at all stages of their careers, and promotes programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness and support for the visual arts.

Here is a link to WSW searchable digital archive:
http://www.wsworkshop.org/archive_search.php

The UM archive of these books is housed in AAE Library Special Collections. Please contact me if you would like to make an appointment for you or your class to see them.

Annette Haines
Art & Design Field Librarian
ahaines@umich.edu

Imageworks Newly Acquired Videos

Linked here are the new art and design videos that were acquired for the Imagworks Library.

2011

2012

For a complete list of videos in Imageworks see the The Imageworks Online Database of Visual Media


If you have suggestions for Library purchases, please contact me:

Annette Haines
Art & Design Field Librarian
ahaines@umich.edu