Architecture Studies

In this year, our 10th year in the Sogg Architecture Building, there were two extraordinary events in the library. In the fall, there was the Student Art Show; in the spring the Student Photography Exhibit.

Responsible for those events were students, students who conceived of the projects and then put in extensive thought and time to implement them. These exhibits generated fantastic visibility on campus for the School and the Architecture Studies Library. Even more, the events fostered a sense of community.

In recognition of their efforts, the Architecture Studies Library presented at the School Awards Ceremony on May 9 the first Library Engagement Awards to

*Anna Ball for the Student Art Show
and
*Robert Randall, Crystal Macaspac, and Edgar Gutierrez for the Student Photography Exhibit.

The Rebel Yell published an article today on the Architecture Studies Library exhibit of School of Architecture student art work. If you haven't seen the print version yet, here is the article online:

http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/article/2007/10/01/art-beyond-architecture/

We have two wonderful exhibits currently in the Architecture Studies Library: the School of Architecture Student Art Show and the American Institute of Architects Las Vegas chapter "Art of Architectural Photography" exhibit.

The student art show was the idea of student Anna Ball, and we thank her for pursuing this idea to its installation on the library's walls! We have received many positive comments on the work of the students. Thumbnails of the pieces can be seen at http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/events/sasfall2007/

The Art of Architectural Photography features work by AIA members.

Both shows will be up until the last week of October.

I am very pleased to pass on the announcement that the Las Vegas Architects and Buildings Database on the ASL web site http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/archdb/arch.php has been recognized by ARLIS/NA, the Art Libraries Society of North America, with the Worldwide Books Award for Electronic Resources. This is a deeply appreciated honor!

I originally conceived of the project, having collected information on Las Vegas architects and buildings since 1991. Since then the project has grown and evolved under my direction over the years, and is the work of many:
*graduate assistants Liz Fuentes, Chad Reichert, and Ernie Podaca in organizing filing systems, in collaborating on the types of information and fields we would add, and in entering data;
*Hong Zhang and Kyle Felker in setting up the database, in talking through with Ernie (GA at the time), Jason, Paulette, and myself the fields and access we anticipated needing;
*Kathy Rankin in advising on metadata;
*Kee Choi and Cory Lampert in consulting on the best way to include images; and
*[last but not least!] ASL staff Jason Aubin and Paulette Nelson and ASL student staffers Joseph WeEbb and Kelci Kenney-Yonamine for putting their all into the push to get information transferred from the old Word file to the new database.

Thanks to all who have contributed to making this project both an initial and ongoing success. This recognition from ARLIS/NA is an acknowledgement from other art and architecture librarians of the value of the project and the success of its implementation!