DESIGNlife News

Sharon Silcox of the Design Library received an honorable mention in the 2010 Hexapod Haiku Contest from the NC State University Insect Museum.
Judges gave her high marks for “the best combination of science and art” and “every syllable, punctuation, meaning, imagery, etc. is purposeful.”

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Board members of the American Institute of Architects of South Carolina visited the NCSU Libraries as a model repository for architectural special collections. Read more about their visit at: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?p=9000&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

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Graduate students in Georgia Bizios’ and Paul Tesar’s  studio visited artist Clyde Jones this semester for their Advanced Architectural Design course. During the visit, the students received two alligator critters that Jones made with the help of the students. The critters were then donated to the Design Library located in Brooks Hall and are on [...]

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College of Design Librarian Valerie Pierce has been named to the Diversity Scholars Program at North Carolina Central Universities’s School of Library and Information Science. Pierce is in progress of earning her Master’s degree in Library Science. To find out more about the program visit: http://www.nccuslis.org/imls/faq.htm

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An article about Art + Design student Miles Holst was posted on the NCSU Libraries web site:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?p=8790&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 featuring some of the libraries best and brightest student employees.

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The Alumni Association’s blog lists interesting news about a new online publication of NCSU Libraries, Special Collections.
Adjunct professor of architecture and author Catherine Bishir is the project coordinator for the N.C. Architects & Builders site. This biographical dictionary highlights architects and builders who have produced North Carolina’s architecture for more than 300 years. A brief [...]

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The Special Collections Research Center joins other archives and libraries across the state in celebrating North Carolina Archives Week, October 20-26, 2008. As part of the celebration, the Learning Commons
and Special Collections have teamed up to provide a simulated classic gaming experience.
Play classic Atari games like Asteroids, Pong, Centipede, Missile Command and Combat on the [...]

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Special Collections in DH Hill Library has received a copy of “Leavings,” an artist book by noted fine press publisher Julie Chen of Flying Fish Press to enhance its holdings that support art and design research on campus.

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College of Design Library staff members Stephanie Statham and Hayley Kyle will have an exhibit at Country Club Homes at 2600 Oberlin Road, B-2 on September 10 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Paintings, collages and prints will be on display.

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The Harrye B. Lyons Design Library has added a newsblog to its newly redesigned Web site. The blog will have monthly lists of new books received by the Design Library, and other news items of interest to Design students and faculty. The Web site redesign was part of the redesign of the entire NCSU Libraries’ [...]

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