Month: November 2013

Hello,

I’m working on a research project for ProQuest and would like to ask if you have the time to participate in a short interview in the next week please? My aim is to investigate:

• Whether institutions offer a standalone fashion or textiles programme, or whether they include fashion within other programmes, and if so, which ones.
• The type of courses and disciplines studied by current Fashion students internationally.
• How fashion students conduct their research in their institutions.
• Future needs and demands in terms of resources.

The findings will be used to inform ProQuest of how students, tutors and librarians are using resources. The questions can be sent to participants by email or I can arrange a time for a short telephone call. Thanks! If it’s of interest please email me at  andreatsoi@hotmail.com.

kind regards

Andrea Morrison

A Marketing freelancer, in the UK

Please read the e-mail below and help our colleague, John Burke, with his research on makerspaces in libraries.

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From: Burke, John [mailto:burkejj@miamioh.edu]
Subject: Makerspaces in libraries survey

For a book that I am writing on makerspaces in libraries, I am curious to learn more about libraries that have a makerspace, fab lab, or hackerspace.  These spaces are areas in a library where patrons can use tools and equipment to imagine, design, build, and create all sorts of different things.

I’m trying to get a sense of what types of making are happening in various library settings.  If you have a makerspace or are planning to launch one, I would appreciate you taking a few minutes to fill out my survey at http://tinyurl.com/librarymakerspaces

It should take about five minutes to complete (depending on how much you’d like to share).

The results of the survey will be shared with this list soon after the survey closes, with a more involved analysis available once the book is published. I am eager to learn more about makerspace implementations, and to share that information with you.

Please complete the survey as soon as possible.  Thanks so much for your participation!

John
John J. Burke, MSLS
Director, Gardner-Harvey Library, Miami University Middletown
burkejj@miamioh.edu
513-727-3293 / http://www.users.miamioh.edu/burkejj
Text your questions to 513-273-5360

Hi Folks,

Our Fashion Marketing & Management program here at the Savannah College of Art and Design is growing. Our library does not yet have business intelligence databases such as Euromonitor or Mintel, so we are doing our best to help students with their fashion industry research (market/lifestyle/consumer demographics, etc) using our other resources. Can anyone recommend a webinar or tutorial on doing (fashion) market research?

Carla-Mae Crookendale

ccrooken@scad.edu

Exhibition – Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s

Place:  Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Dates:  10 July 2013 – 16 February 2014

Description:  “Discover the creative explosion of London fashion in the 1980s in a major exhibition at the V&A. Through more than 85 outfits, Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s showcases the bold and exciting new looks by the most experimental young designers of the decade, including Betty Jackson, Katharine Hamnett, Wendy Dagworthy and John Galliano.”

Exhibition – Isabella Blow:  Fashion Galore!    

Place:  Somerset House, London   

Dates:  20 November 2013 – 2 March 2014

Description:  “This autumn, Somerset House, in partnership with the Isabella Blow Foundation and Central Saint Martins, is proud to present Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, a major fashion exhibition celebrating the extraordinary life and wardrobe of the late British patron of fashion and art.”