About Free JSTOR Early Content - video

Watch this video to learn the details of JSTOR Early Content

m.librarycat.risd.edu - Mobile RISD/ATH Catalog

The RISD/ATH catalog is now available in a mobile version.
Simply point your smartphone or iPod touch with wireless to m.librarycat.risd.edu

Use the mobile library catalog to search and find titles, check your library record, place holds and renew online- anywhere, any time

ARTstor Digital Library Updates

Recently added features
Filter search results by Time Period, Classification, and Geography
Choose the number of thumbnails displayed
Mouse-over to view larger images
Compatibility with Firefox 5
ARTstor Mobile for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone
Batch download to PowerPoint

Beginning August 22, users will be prompted to register to download images.

ARTstor’s Technology team is working to make the Digital Library compatible with the just-released Firefox 6. The Digital Library is still compatible with Firefox 3, 4 and 5, as well as Safari (3+) and Internet Explorer (7+). When the Digital Library is compatible with Firefox 6 we will send a follow up email and post the news on Facebook (http://facebook.com/ARTstor) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/ARTstor).

ARTstor hopes that these changes make sense and that the ongoing enhancement of the ARTstor Digital Library workspace continues to serve you and your colleagues well. If you have questions, suggestions, or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact them at userservices@artstor.org or (212) 500-2400.

New Book on Research in the Arts

Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts
The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts is a major collection of new writings on research in the creative and performing arts by leading authorities from around the world. It provides theoretical and practical approaches to identifying, structuring and resolving some of the key issues in the debate about the nature of research in the arts which have surfaced during the establishment of this subject over the last decade.

The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts addresses a wide variety of concepts and issues, including:

* the diversity of views on what constitutes arts-based research and scholarship, what it should be, and its potential contribution

* the trans-national communication difficulties arising from terminological and ontological differences in arts-based research

* traditional and non-traditional concepts of knowledge, their relationship to professional practice, and their outcomes and audiences

* a consideration of the role of written, spoken and artefact-based languages in the formation and communication of understandings.

New Database Subscription - Urban Studies Abstracts

Urban Studies Abstracts

Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 46,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Journals Indexed

Combine searching Urban Studies Abstracts with the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals for awesome architectural search results!

See > Guide to Searching Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals


RISD Library Databases Key
Includes some Full Text
Contains Images
RISD Library subscription database.
Licensed for RISD Students, Faculty & Staff. Available On + Off Campus - How to Login

Available to All. RISD Library includes these links on our website because they are authoritative sources of information of interest to library users.

Wintersession Writing Center Thesis Workshops Jan 11- Feb 3, 2011

The Wintersession Writing Center Thesis Workshops will be held in Library Classrooms 110 and 228 except for the *January 25th workshop which will meet in the Nature Lab.

Each week the same workshop will be offered twice

Tues Jan 11 4-6pm Room 228
Thurs Jan 13 4-6pm Room 110

Tues Jan 18 4-6pm Room 228
Thurs Jan 20 4-6pm Room 228

* Tues Jan 25 4-7pm Nature Lab
Thurs Jan 27 4-7pm Room 228

Tues Feb 1 4-6pm Room 228
Thurs Feb 3 4-6pm Room 228

VDM & RISD Theses revisited

RISD Library is receiving inquiries from recent RISD graduate alumni concerning the publisher VDM. For more information, see the earlier blog entry about VDM posted in April 2010.

New Hours for RISD Students visiting Brown Libraries

Message from Rockefeller Library's Circulation Department - Effective Immediately

Please share the following information about the change in access to the Rockefeller Library at Brown with your staff and library patrons.

In an effort to improve building security, the exterior doors to the Rockefeller Library will be locked weekdays at 10:00 PM -- effectively immediately. Access will be restricted to those with valid Brown cards; users will swipe their cards at the front door to gain admission.

Please note that the same card-access schedule has been in place at the Sciences Library for the last few years.

We want to emphasize that we continue to welcome your students and faculties' use of the Brown libraries and hope that the change in access to the Rock will not have a serious negative impact on their usage of our resources.

Library hours are linked here: http://library.brown.edu/libweb/hours.php . Additional information for visitors is available here http://library.brown.edu/libweb/visitors.php

New and mproved Video/DVD policy

We have been listening...

Effective June 21, 2010 our video/DVD policy will be changing:

For RISD undergrads and grads, CE faculty, RISD staff, and RISD trustees:
3 videos and/or DVDs can be checked out for 7 days (up from 3 days). The overdue fine is $2 a day per item (down from $5 a day).
Recall fines are $5 a day per item.

For RISD faculty, curators, and RISD admin staff:
5 videos and/or DVDs can be checked out for 7 days with 1 renewal. The overdue fine is $2 a day per item (down from $5 a day). Recall fines are $5 a day per item.

This applies to all video and DVDs checked out on and after June 21, 2010.

Library privileges for graduating students

At this time of year the library receives questions about library privileges for those who are graduating.
The good news is that RISD graduates have library privileges as RISD alumni. Visit the Alumni Relations Office to pick up your alumni card. Show your card to gain entry to the RISD Library. RISD alumni must present their current RISD alumni card and register for a library account at the Circulation Desk. There is no fee to receive an alumni card or to register for a RISD alumni library account.

RISD Alumni Library privileges include:
* check out 5 RISD books for 4 weeks plus one 4-week renewal via My Record

* On-site access to RISD Library's online subscription resources (no remote, log-in access)

* Research assistance via the Reference Department

Note: RISD Alumni borrowing does not include RISD Media, Brown or Athenaeum Library privileges

RISD Alumni Relations
20 Washington Place
3rd floor, Room 319
Hours, M-F: 8:30am-4:30pm
Phone: 401-454-6379
Fax: 401-454-6802
or email Claire Robinson in Alumni Relations

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Using Brown Library's wireless network

Q: Can RISD students use Brown's wireless network?
A: Unfortunately, no. Wireless access at Brown requires a Brown ID.

Photographing artwork

Where can I photograph my artwork on campus?

Media Resources has the following equipment available for checkout-
EQUIPMENT LIST (partial):
20" -- 5" Video Monitors (CRT)
19? & 4? LCD/DVD Panels
Slide Projectors & Slide Dissolves
Digital Projectors
Document Camera With Projector
Overhead & Opaque Projectors
16 mm Film Projectors
DVD Players and DVD Recorders
VCR Players
MiniDV Players
Portable & Other P.A. Systems
Powered Speakers
Wide Varity of Microphones
Portable Hard Drives & USB Drives
CF Audio/Field Recorders
Real Time CD Recorders
Boom Boxes With CD Players
Camcorders (MiniDV, & VHS)
Digital Cameras (9 & 10 mgpxl)
Tungsten Lighting Kits
Laptops (FOR PRESENTATIONS ONLY)

Copystand:
There is a 20" x 30" copy stand with Tungsten lights located on the first floor of RISD Library, room 111. More info

Spaces:
RISD Library's classroom 228 can be reserved one week in advance. The room has several tables that can be moved to accommodate 3-D work. Bring your own photo lights.

Off Campus access to Databases restored

The library's subscription databases are now accessible from off campus. If you have any problems with access, please contact the Reference Desk, 401 709-5902, risdlib@risd.edu

Library Website launch + Off Campus Access interruption

Fleet Library is launching its library website starting Tuesday, May 26th - Wednesday, May 27th. During this time, database and catalog access may be interrupted. Please be patient and check this blog for updates on the work's progress. Off campus access to the library's subscription databases will resume during the afternoon of Wednesday, May 27th.

Call the Reference desk, 709-5902 for further assistance or email epetrait@risd.edu with comments and questions.

Library Summer Hours, 1st floor

The 1st floor of the library is open regular hours through May 23.

We are closed May 24-25.
We are open May 26-28, 8:30-6pm, May 29, 8:30-5pm, and May 30, 10-6pm.
We are closed weekends starting May 31.

We are open June 1-19, Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30pm.

Summer Library hours are June 22-August 7:
Monday-Thursday 8:30-9pm
Friday 8:30-5pm

We are closed Friday, July 3.

We are open August 10-14, Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30pm.
We are closed August 15-30.

Our hours are also posted on the library's intranet page.

RISD Master' Theses Guidelines 2009

For answers to questions regarding the title page and required signatures for the master's thesis, please refer to the 2009 Guidelines for RISD Masters' Theses.

All graduate theses are to be turned in to the Graduate Studies Office. For additional information, please contact Amy Patenaude in the Graduate Studies Office, t: 401-454-6131 or your department's Graduate Coordinator.

Thesis bindery options

If you would prefer using a local commercial bindery to bind your thesis, the following binderies are available:

1. Hope Bindery & Box Company, 250 Esten Ave., Pawtucket, R.I. 02860 www.hopebindery.com (401 726-6688)

2. Ocean State Bookbinding, 225 Dupont Dr., Providence, R.I. www.oceanstatebookbinding.com (401 528-1172)

See also: Self publishing sources for graduate theses

RI Council for Humanities Free Workshops

Skill Share Workshops, Tips for Thriving on a Shoestring

Mayday, M’Aidez! Surviving this economic downshift requires creative solutions for pinching every penny. Join RICH for a FREE workshop series that provides practical solutions for managing your public programming on a shoestring. All workshops are lunchtime brown bags from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Beverages and cookies will be provided, but participants should bring their own lunches. For more details about presenters, directions, and other logistics, call 401-273-2250. Please call to RSVP.

Tuesday, May 12, Pawtucket Visitors Center, 175 Main Street
Planning Your Exhibition on a Shoestring: Tricks for Making Your Budget Exhibition Look Like a Million Bucks!
Learn what you should spend money on and where you can cut costs.

Wednesday, May 13: AS220, 115 Empire St., Providence
Surviving as a Freelancer
Three project directors under the age of 30 share some tips for making ends meet.

Monday, May 18: RI EDC, 315 Iron Horse Way, Providence
The Biggest Little: Easy and Free Ways to Promote Your Project in Lil’ Rhody and Beyond!
Included will be information on freeware that cultural institutions can use for communications to create websites and blogs.

For more info:
www.rihumanities.org

From Information to Story: Visual Narratives Inspired by Special Collections

WHO: Anyone interested in books, art, design, or telling stories
with pictures!
WHEN: One night only! Monday May 4, 6:00-7:30pm
WHERE: Barnard Room, 3rd Floor, Providence Public Library (Central
Library).
WHAT: Exhibition, opened with commentary, and a reception with
light refreshments.


Presenting the work of RISD graduate students in graphic design,
inspired by their explorations in special collections, and created
for professor Bethany Johns' Visual Narratives course. Twelve
stunning 3-panel poster projects and the student artists who
created them will be introduced by professor Johns and Richard
Ring, Special Collections Librarian.

Self Publishing sources for graduate theses

What are some websites where I can print and bind my own book or thesis?

Follow this link to learn 6 Ways to Publish your own Book