The Pratt Library is pleased to announce an exhibition of student work that is currently on display in the Brooklyn Campus Library. Both Robbin Silverberg and Miriam Schaer’s Tech 545: Art of the Book classes have filled the display cases with their work from the semester that includes single-page books, sewn pamphlets, accordion-fold books, concertinas, case bindings and altered book forms.
The exhibition is on display only through December 12. Please visit the library this week to see this fabulous show!
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The Pratt Institute Libraries staff wish all a very happy Thanksgiving holiday.
The Libraries will operate on the following holiday schedule:
Brooklyn library –
11/21, Wednesday — Open 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
11/22, Thursday – 11/24, Saturday — Closed
11/25, Sunday — Open regular hours 1:00 pm – 11:00 pm
PMC library –
11/21, Wednesday — 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
11/22, Thursday – 11/25, Sunday – Closed
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In honor of Halloween and our eclectic collection, a display of books, “Spirits and Spooks: the Horrors of Halloween” has been organized at the Pratt Brooklyn Library. The display is on the first floor in the new books alcove and will last through October 31st. A bibliography of titles on display can be found at the reference desk.
The display has been organized by Jessica Harris, Laena McCarthy and Alycia Sellie.
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Do you use Firefox as your web browser? If so, now you can perform a keyword search of our library catalog directly from your search box. Visit http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=pratt to download and install the plug-in. Plug-ins are also available for other research tools such as the New York Public Library catalogs, Brooklyn Public Library, and OCLC WorldCat.
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The Pratt Institute Libraries are pleased to announce a convenient new way for Pratt faculty, students, and staff to connect to library resources from off campus. Offsite access to electronic resources previously required several steps, but the new EZproxy system simply prompts users to enter their valid Pratt email username and password when they click on a link from the libraries’ list of subscription databases available at http://library.pratt.edu/databases.html. Instructions for using the new proxy system are available at http://library.pratt.edu/proxy2.html. Please feel free to call the Brooklyn campus library’s reference desk at (718)636-3704 or email a librarian at libref@pratt.edu if you have any questions.
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A display of books relating to magnetic resonance spectroscopy and art has been organized at Pratt Libraries in conjunction with the Science & Art Symposium on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. The display is on the first floor in the new books alcove at the Brooklyn campus library and will last through October 8th. A list of titles on display can be found at the reference desk.
The Science and Art Symposium at Pratt will highlight the collaborative research projects between Pratt, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York University involving the application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (similar to MRI) to study the degradation processes of artworks such as illuminated manuscripts, works on paper, fresco and traditional oil paintings. The Pratt-Met-NYU team is internationally recognized as a leader in these studies and the only group in the US conducting this type of research. A series of lectures highlighting the projects and their connection to Art History and Fine Arts will be presented in the morning section. During the afternoon, a series of workshops will take place, on the use of Mobile NMR to look at art objects, colorimetry to measure color of paintings, short workshops of the science behind illuminated manuscripts and fresco paintings.
The display has been organized and arranged at Pratt Libraries by Laena McCarthy and Alycia Sellie, in collaboration with Dr. Del Federico and the Math & Science Department, SLAS.
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A display of books relating to the typeface Helvetica has been organized at Pratt Libraries in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the typeface and the film that was shown on September 25th. The display is on the first floor outside the new books alcove and will last through October 1st. The display is intended to continue a conversation initiated by the new documentary movie, “Helvetica.” Included are books and articles on designers interviewed in the film, books on graphic design, and books that incorporate the typeface in their design. Please come and browse!
The display has been organized by Dr. Ann Schoenfeld and Laena McCarthy, and is co-sponsored by the History of Art and Design and Communication Design departments, with publicity help from the Pratt student chapter of AIGA.
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A new exhibit of materials from the Pratt Institute Libraries’ Archives is on display at the Pratt Brooklyn Library. From the press release…
In 1830 few would have guessed that the birth of a boy named Charles Pratt to a New England cabinet-maker and his wife would be of any particular consequence. Yet from his humble and unpromising beginnings, Pratt became a man of great wealth and influence, not only in business but in education and philanthropy. The Pratt Institute Archives contains letters, diaries, remembrance books, business correspondence, testimonials, articles, and ephemera that were created by or written about Charles Pratt, his wife, and his children. “The Giving Which Counts Is the Giving of Oneself”: The Life and Legacy of Charles Pratt, an exhibit in the Brooklyn campus library on display through September 9, features a large selection of items from this collection. Dating from the late 1820s through the first few decades of the twentieth century, these documents trace the life and activities of Pratt and his family, beginning with his early years as an earnest young man seeking his fortune in New York and trying to build a life for himself. Later we see Pratt marrying, starting a family, and dealing with the tragedy of his first wife’s death. Much of the exhibit consists of personal letters written by and to the various members of the Pratt family, including Charles, his second wife Mary, his eight children, and his parents, siblings, and friends. Memoranda, letters, and other documents tracing the conception, founding, and early years of Pratt Institute are displayed, as well as tributes, sermons, and testimonials written upon Pratt’s untimely death. Rounding out the exhibit are photographs and ephemera such as menus, resort brochures, steamship manifests, and materials related to the civic and philanthropic activities of various members of the Pratt family.
This exhibit was curated by Paul Schlotthauer, Assistant Professor and Archivist at Pratt Institute.
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Looking for some good summer reading? You can browse Pratt Manhattan Library’s excellent fiction collection on LibraryThing.com.
You can also browse the Pratt Manhattan Library’s fiction collection via your internet-enabled phone:
- Point your phone’s browser to http://www.librarything.com/m/.
- Enter PMCindex as the user name.
- Search for a book’s title, author, or ISBN, or enter fiction to browse the collection.
Please note that while only the Manhattan campus library holdings are browsable via LibraryThing, you can always use PrattCat, the Pratt Institute Libraries’ catalog, to search for books at either campus.
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