"An Evening with Neil Gaiman" Now Available Online

If you missed last week's live streaming conversation with Neil Gaiman, it is now available online at http://atyourlibrary.org/evening-neil-gaiman.

An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger: Friends of the Library Showcase - April 21st

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
5:00 pm - Private Reception for Friends of the Library Members
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North

We are pleased to welcome author, artist, and Columbia faculty, Audrey Niffenegger to the Library as part of the Friends of the Library Signature Showcase. Audrey will talk about her experiences as both a writer and visual artist. She will be joined by Ron Falzone, filmmaker and a faculty member in the Film and Video department at Columbia College Chicago.

Current, new and renewing Friends of the Library are invited to a private reception with Ms. Niffenegger beginning at 5 pm. Individuals who join or renew their memberships to the Friends of the Library at the $100 Sustaining Friend level and above will receive a complimentary signed copy of Ms. Niffenegger’s new book, Her Fearful Symmetry.

For more information, contact Kim Hale at 312-369-7355 or khale@colum.edu

User Support in the Library

The Library is partnering with IT User Support to provide face-to-face technical help to Columbia students, faculty and staff.

An IT User Support specialist will be on hand on the 2nd floor of the Library from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

This support is for :

• email,
• network,
• wireless, and
• software issues - such as OASIS or Moodle

(This does not include not support for hardware.)

Remember, it is still possible to get answers to your technical problems by phoning User Support at 312-369-7788 or emailing User Support at UserSupport@colum.edu.


Library reference services are available on the 2nd floor of the library Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students, faculty and staff are also welcome to call, email or chat with a librarian.

3rd Annual Haiku Contest - Entries due Monday, April 26th

Currently enrolled students are invited to submit up to three entries relating to: libraries, knowledge, learning, books, literacy & reading.

Entries will be judged by a panel of library staff and English Department faculty. The winning entry will be displayed prominently in the library during Manifest Week and beyond.

Please submit entries via email to kbowen@colum.edu by Monday, April 26th @ 9am.

Alumni on 5: Alumni in the Library Exhibition Reception - April 16

Greater than 16x20; Less than 4x5

Save the date for Alumni Exhibiton Opening Reception!
Friday, April 16th from 5 PM ­- 7 PM
RSVP here

In this inaugural exhibition, alumni working in various mediums explore their ideas about making art smaller than 4”x5” and larger than 16”x20”, and how the smaller or larger scale of the piece is an integral part of the work.

Featured alumni artists include:
Hyunjung Bae
Ali Beyer (M.F.A. '08)
Sarah Bonk (B.A. '07)
Valerie Burke (B.A. '76)
Jon Cancelino (M.F.A. '08)
Kevin Cuasey (M.F.A. '05)
Jessica Covey (B.F.A. '09)
Erin Cramer (M.F.A. '09)
Brandon Graham (M.F.A. '08)
Danyelle Jones-Skinner (M.A.T. '05)
Joseph Lappie (M.F.A. '08)
Lily Mayfield (M.F.A. '07)
Rachel Muich (B.A. '07)
Jacy Neises (B.F.A. '08)
Carolyn Otto Pavelkis (M.F.A. '01)
Cynthia Peters (B.A. '02)
Jamie Rey (M.A. '07)
Kevin Riordan (B.A. '96)
Jen Thomas (M.F.A. '05)
Renee Zbylut (B.F.A. '09)

Show organized and curated by:

Jodi Adams (B.A. '08) and Stephen DeSantis (M.F.A. '08)

Neil Gaiman on Libraries and Censorship for National Library Week - April 12

Calling all library lovers and Neil Gaiman fans!

WHO: Neil Gaiman via live streaming video
WHEN: Monday April 12, 2010
WHERE: Collins Hall, Columbia College Chicago,624 S. Michigan 6th floor
TIME: 5-7 pm
For more information, contact Kim Hale at:
khale@colum.edu or 312.369.7355

This event is free and open to the public. Faculty & their classes are encouraged to attend.

Columbia College Chicago Library will be one of many libraries around the country participating in “An Evening with Neil Gaiman” sponsored by the American Library Association’ Campaign for America’s Libraries and the Jessamine County (Ky.) Public Library. Neil Gaiman is also this year’s Honorary Chair of National Library Week. He won the 2009 Newbery Medal for his work, “The Graveyard Book.”

This presentation will feature a live interview via streaming video of Mr. Gaiman discussing his life-long love of libraries and the role they play in a democratic society by supporting intellectual freedom. Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions in advance at www.surveymonkey.com/s/BQ9CZVX.

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 5:00-8:00pm | Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North

We are pleased to welcome author, artist, and Columbia faculty, Audrey Niffenegger to the Library as part of the Friends of the Library Signature Showcase. Audrey will talk about her experiences as both a writer and visual artist. She will be joined by Ron Falzone, filmmaker and a faculty member in the Film and Video department at Columbia College Chicago.

For more information, contact Kim Hale at 312-369-7355 or khale@colum.edu

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Join us - Thursday, April 8th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Spring 2010 Exhibition in 3rd floor north.

Columbia College Chicago Library, Third Floor (in the new Library wing)
624 S. Michigan Avenue. Light refreshments will be served.


Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.

The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.
Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

Story Week - March 14-19, 2010

Story Week 2010

Genre Bending: The Faces of Fiction

March 14-19, 2010

The Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department presents its 14th Annual Story Week Festival of Writers from Sunday, March 14, through Friday, March 20. Affectionately known as the “Lollapalooza of literary events,” Story Week 2010 offers a feast of free readings, conversations with authors, panels, performances, and book signings at venues across the city. Co-sponsored in part by the Chicago Public Library and Metro, this program is made possible in part by a grant from the ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL, a state agency.

Our theme for 2010, Genre Bending: The Faces of Fiction, reflects the increasingly porous boundaries between literary and genre fiction. Whether based in truth or pure fiction, this year’s featured authors use myriad fictional forms to shed light on the struggles, trials, and triumphs of the human race.

We are pleased to present literary icon Joyce Carol Oates, who has penned more than a hundred books in every genre imaginable, including Oprah Book Club selection We Were the Mulvaneys, National Book Award finalists Blonde and The Gravedigger’s Daughter, New York Times best seller The Falls, and her latest suspense thriller, A Fair Maiden. Other headliners include award-winning authors Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles; Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage; Achy Obejas, Ruins; David Morrell, The Shimmer; Maggie Estep, Alice Fantastic; Australian writer John Dale, Leaving Suzie Pye; and local crime novelist Marcus Sakey, The Amateurs. We will also present many other distinguished writers, panelists, artists, and performers throughout this jam-packed week.

Highlights. The Sunday-night kick-off is 2nd Story at Martyrs’—a high-energy show of stories and music. On Monday, we will offer two events featuring Joyce Carol Oates at the Harold Washington Library. Tuesday evening, we’ll present Genres from Afar with readings/conversations with Aleksandar Hemon, Achy Obejas, and John Dale. On Wednesday, we’ll focus on our Genre-Bending theme with an afternoon panel hosted by Joe Meno, The Great Perhaps, and evening readings by Mort Castle, On Writing Horror, Maggie Estep, and David Morrell. Two of Story Week’s most popular events take place on Thursday—a morning publishing panel hosted by Booklist Associate Editor and Chicago Public Radio Book Critic Donna Seaman at the Harold Washington Library, and in the evening, Story Week’s celebratory Literary Rock & Roll at the Metro, featuring readings by Aleksandar Hemon, Bonnie Jo Campbell, and Marcus Sakey, followed by a rousing performance from Vermont’s Bread & Puppet Theater and DJ music from Joe Shanahan and Don De Grazia, American Skin. On Friday night at Smart Bar, the Chicago Tribune’s Rick Kogan hosts a Story Showcase of Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department authors with new books.

For more information on all Story Week events, our featured guests, and sponsors, visit our sidebar links.

The Library has Books by Story Week Authors...
just click on the links below to see titles available in the Columbia College Chicago Library.

Joyce Carol Oates

Michael A. Black

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Mort Castle

Sean Chercover

Phyllis Eisenstein

Maggie Estep

Aleksandar Hemon

Jeff Jacobsen

Stephanie Kuehnert

Laurie Lawlor

Joe Meno

David Morrell

J. Adams Oaks

Achy Obejas

Marcus Sakey

Call for Submissions - Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

ALUMNI on 5

Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

Columbia College Chicago Office of Alumni Relations & the Columbia Library call for submissions for the new, twice yearly, alumni exhibition in the Library.

You study, you exhibit, you celebrate, you graduate, you Manifest. Now, you are looking for ways to stay involved with the virbrant arts community that is Columbia College Chicago.

The Office of Alumni Relations is partnering with the Library to offer Columbia Alumni an opportunity to exhibit their original work in a twice yearly, juried exhibition in the Library.

The first exhibition, scheduled for spring 2010, “Greater Than 16x20; Less Than 4x5”, will explore the idea of really big and really small works.

The submission deadline for this juried exhibition is March 21, 2010. Download the submission guidelines here.

Questions? Email Jodi Adams or Stephen DeSantis at submitalumni@colum.edu.

Edible Books - April 1, 2010 6-8pm

Center for Book & Paper Arts & the Library at Columbia College Chicago present:

The 11th Annual Edible Book Show & Tea
Thursday, April 1, 6–8 p.m.

6–7 PM Viewing & Voting / 7–8 PM Devouring Books
Winners will be announced by 7:30 PM

Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave, 3rd Floor – North

Want to participate?
Edible Books registration

RSVP FOR BOOKMAKERS:
Friday, March 26th 2010 at 5 pm to book&paper@colum.edu or 312-369-6630

Entries must be dropped off and set up on April 1st between 5:30–6 pm at the Columbia Library.

It can look like a book, it can act like a book, it can be a pun on a book...

The only rule: it must be edible!

Artists with a culinary streak, chefs with artistic flair, and book lovers are invited to participate by whipping up an edible book for this event which takes place on Thursday, April 1st at venues around the world.

Prize categories:

• Best in Show
  
• Most Book-like
  
• Best Visual Pun
  
• Best Presentation
  
• Most Likely to be Devoured

This Year’s Theme – Children’s Books

Children’s books are deceptively simple, yet loaded with powerful imagery and narrative: their charm and whimsy have captivated the imagination and hearts of many generations. They are uniquely poised to lend themselves to new interpretations in your kitchen – we can’t wait to see what you bring to the table.

Library Website Survey - Get $5 for participating!

THE SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED!! Thanks to everybody who participated!




The library is testing the usability of the it's homepage on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first 20 people to participate in the survey will receive $5 and a free coffee from the library coffee cart.

When: Tuesday, March 2nd & Wednesday, March 3rd: 9am - noon & 1:30 - 4:30 pm each day

Where: Library 3rd Floor

How: No reservations - just walk-in and sign up.

How long: The survey will take about 20-30 minutes.

DIY: Planning for Perpetuity: Pixels, Paint, and Physical Materials - March 10 @ 6pm

D.I.Y.: Planning for Perpetuity: Pixels, Paint, and Physical Materials
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave. 3rd Fl East


The d.i.y. panel discussion series at the Columbia College Chicago Library focuses on ‘do it yourself’ fields, in which many from the Columbia community are active.

Each session brings together three independent artists who share their work experience and discuss the evolution of and inspiration for their art, ingredients for success, and advice for up-and-coming artists.

Podcasts will be available for most sessions.


Learn how to how to protect your work so it’s there when you need it -- tomorrow or five years from tomorrow. Focusing on digital, fine art, and physical material formats, the panelists will address long-term care and will answer questions from the audience.

Panelists:

Heidi Marshall: Head of College Archives & Digital Collections at Columbia College Chicago. Her work focuses on preserving the history and activities of the College in formats ranging from century-old documents to HD video. Hired at Columbia to establish its archives in 2005, she holds a MS in Library Science and a MA in American History from Simmons College, Boston and is active in the Society of American Archivists, the Chicago Area Archivists, concentrating on electronic records and digital preservation.

Laura Moeller: a conservator at Graphic Conservation company since 2006 and Columbia alumnus with a BFA in Photography. Laura has a background in printmaking, bookbinding and letterpress arts as well as art history and is an active member of the American Institute for Conservation, Chicago Area Conservation Group and the arts scene. Laura bridges the gap between expectations of artists and the reality of future conservation needs based on chosen materials.

Dr. Michael J. Welsh: an Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Science and Mathematics Department at Columbia College Chicago. He earned a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana and a B.S. in Chemistry from Bradley University, Peoria Illinois. His research interests include new teaching methods, chemical demonstrations, and promoting student understanding of the role chemistry plays in the everyday life of the liberal arts student, and in particular the role chemistry plays in the production and conservation of art and cultural artifacts. Over the past ten years, he has developed and taught a course taught at Columbia College Chicago called Chemistry of Art and Color and is currently working on a course called Chemistry of Art Conservation.

Refreshments will be served.

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Join us - Thursday, February 18th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Winter 2010 Exhibition in 3rd floor north.

Columbia College Chicago Library, Third Floor (in the new Library wing)
624 S. Michigan Avenue. Light refreshments will be served.


Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.



The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.

Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

Media Production Center featured on Chicago Tonight - WTTW

On Monday, February 8th Chicago Tonight on WTTW featured an interview with Jeanne Gang, the architect of the new Media Production Center at Columbia College Chicago. The new building is highlighted throughout the interview and also included are scenes from recent classes held in the new space.

College Art Association visits the Library for An Evening at Columbia

Art in the Library is the final stop on An Evening at Columbia College Chicago gallery tour. This event is being held in conjunction with the College Art Association conference, February 10-13, 2010.

Thursday, February 11, 6 – 9 p.m.
An Evening at Columbia College Chicago

Various locations across South Loop campus, free

Join Columbia College Chicago for an evening of exhibitions, performances, film screenings, gallery talks and more. Over a dozen exhibitions are on view across campus, and trolleys will transport guests to and from the hotel, and to the various events on Columbia’s campus. Trolleys will begin pick-up of CAA attendees at the Hyatt at 5:45 p.m. and will continue making making trips until 9:00 p.m.

Event #12: Art in the Library
LOCATION: Columbia College Chicago Library | 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl North

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff, and alumni, Art in the Library exhibits all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and book and paper arts.

Website Downtime, Friday, Feb 5th from 6-11PM

The library website will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 6PM - 11PM.

What are you doing on the library website on a Friday night anyway? Now go out and have some fun!

3rd Floor Complete!

Come take a look at the newly completed 3rd floor of the library.

• Additional shelving - and Art books from 700-739
• New study rooms and study tables
• Computers workstations

Book shifting is still occurring on the 4th floor - Art books from 740-799. This will eliminate the overflow carts in the 770's, 780's, and 790's. Pardon our dust while this work is completed.

Call for Entries - Chicago Underground Film Festival

Columbia College Chicago Filmmakers: Chicago Underground Film Festival Call for Entries - Open Now!


Early Deadline: March 1, 2010 ($30 entry fee)
Final Deadline: March 15, 2010 ($40 entry fee)
"The Chicago Underground Film Festival exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to promote films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content from the "indie" mainstream and to present adventurous works that challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations ... if you suspect that your film is "underground", then it probably is."



More information and a downloadable entry form available at http://www.cuff.org

Remodeled 3rd Floor & Expansion of Art Book Collection

Coming next month a large section of the Art Book Collection - call numbers from 700-739 - will be moved to the 3rd Floor of the library. This move will free up space on the 4th Floor and will eliminate the overflow areas in the 770's, 780's and 790's. Please bear with us while this major shifting of materials takes place. We think the end result will be well worth the disruption!




In addition to the book shift, the 3rd Floor West has been completely remodeled and will include additional computer stations, furniture and seating and two new study rooms.



Starting on Monday, February 1st the call number ranges for each floor will be as follows:
2nd Floor: Reference Materials, Oversize Books, Magazines, Journals & Newspapers, and Career Corner Resources
3rd Floor: Circulating Collection 000-739
4th Floor: Circulating Collection 740-799
5th Floor: Circulating Collection 800-999

For more information on the collections and services located in the library see the Library Floor Directory.