Updates from the Library – RISD Academic Affairs

Whitehill Chong Essay Published

Written on May 6, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from the Library.

Laurie Whitehill Chong’s (Special Collections Librarian/Curator of Artists’ Books) essay entitled “Word Antics” was included in the exhibition catalog “Ruth Laxson: Hip Young Owl,” a retrospective of nearly 50 years...

Fleet Library Lauded as “Amazing” and “Historically Significant”

Written on January 22, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from the Library.

The RISD Fleet Library, which was established in 1878 and moved into the first two floors of the former Rhode Island Hospital Trust bank in 2006, was named one of the “most amazing university libraries in the world,” by BestMastersPrograms.org....

Fleet Library receives $50,000 IMLS Grant

Written on December 21, 2012. Posted in Updates from & for Faculty, Updates from the Library.

The Fleet Library is the recipient of a $50,000 National Forum Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) to hold a symposium titled Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries. To be held from...

Fleet Library receives $50,000 IMLS National Forum Grant

Written on December 7, 2012. Posted in Updates from the Library.

Fleet Library Awarded National Leadership Grant

Written on October 1, 2012. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from the Library.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the 52 recipients of their National Leadership Grants. The grants are intended to “advance the museum, library, and archive professions through new research and the creation and dissemination...

Summer 2012 Library Project: Material Resource Center

Written on May 4, 2012. Posted in Updates from & for Faculty, Updates from the Library.

This summer the Slide Library on the the second floor of 15 Westminster will be closed as the area will be under construction to accommodate the Material Resource Center, a project partly funded with a Champlin Foundations grant. The construction is...

The Puppets Have Arrived exhibit

Written on September 14, 2011. Posted in Updates from the Library.

“The Puppets Have Arrived!” is an extraordinary exhibit of Chinese puppets on view through September 26 at the Fleet Library at RISD. The puppets in the exhibit are part of the Ella V. Bowering Collection which was augmented by Judith...