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In My View:  Personal Reflections on Art by Today's Leading Artists Simon Grant, editor Call Number:  N 7475 .I569 2012 Review from SF City Book Review Publisher's Description:   Behind the closed door of the contemporary artist’s studio is a hidden world of images—those artworks from the distant or near past that have animated, troubled, consoled, or inspired the artists of today. This book reveals that hidden world, presenting an intimate guide to the imaginations of today’s leading practitioners through the works they love best. Artworks ranging from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries are featured, often supplemented by reproductions of work by the selecting artists. Intimate and evocative, the stories speak of the challenges, provocations, revelations, and delights that can be found when one artist looks closely at the work of another. Some artist-contributors provide unusual perspectives on familiar figures from art history—including Th...

Check out our Ethnographic Video Online Collection Alexander Street Anthropology brings together a wide range of streaming video, written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over. Essential for study in the areas of politics, economics, history, psychology, environmental studies, religion, area studies, linguistics, and geography. To access, click on "Online Video Collections" under the "Books & Media" tab on the library homepage.

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Award for children's literature The One and Only Ivan By Katherine Applegate Call Number:  PZ7 .A6483 On 2012 (IMC Collection, 3rd Floor) Publisher's Description :  Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy t...

Don't just search for what you know. Discover what you don't know. Bring your lunch to one of our University Library noon brown bags for an overview of the Library's new homepage and our new resource discovery search tool.  The event is free and no registration is required. You're welcome to BYOD (bring your own device), but we also have laptops for use if you want to follow along. Cookies will also be provided! Dates: Thursday, March 7   or Friday, March 15   (pick whichever date works with your schedule) Time: Noon - 1 p.m. Location: Room 107, University Library (LRC)