Glasgow School of Art Library are running Learning Technology Tea Breaks on a Thursday and Fridaythrough Semester 1 in the Library. They are short classes that focus on a specific topic each week. They happen on a Thursday evening at 5.30pm and a Friday afternoon at 3.30pm. All classes take place in the Quiet Study Space, upstairs in the Library.

Semester 1 Tea Breaks

17^th/18^th October – Using Microsoft Word for dissertations
24^th/25^th October – Referencing
31^st/1^st Oct/Nov – Library Essentials for PHD and Post Grad students
7^th/8^th November – Scanning
14^th/15^th November – Editing Images in Photoshop

28^th/29^th November – Creating a Photozine using InDesign
5^th/6^th December – Webtastic, a look at portfolio websites
12^th/13^th December – Repeat Patterns in Adobe Illustrator

The Glasgow School of Art’s Archives and Collections are delighted to announce the launch of a new online catalogue for our holdings, see: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/archives

We’ve recently migrated to a new system for our collections management activities and for our online catalogue which allows uses to search and browse our catalogue in more ways, including by collection title, image thumbnail, name, subject, place or date range. The new system will also allow Archives and Collections staff to better track additional information about the collections, such as locations and conservation information, so there’s lots of improvements going on behind the scenes too! You can find out about more new features by checking out our blog post here: https://gsaarchives.net/2019/06/announcing-a-new-online-catalogue-for-gsas-archives-and-collections/.

We really hope you enjoy using our new catalogue. If you need any help using the catalogue, or if you’re interested in finding our more about our holdings and how they can support learning, teaching and research, or if you’d like to make an appointment to view material in person, please contact us by emailing archives@gsa.ac.uk

Happy browsing!

The Library and Computer Centre will be closed on Monday the 4th of February due to a school holiday. We will re-open on Tuesday the 5th of February at 8am

Technology T-Breaks are drop in sessions being held in the library that cover various aspects of Learning Technology.

 

The sessions will cover portfolio websites, printing a photo zine in InDesign, creating patterns from scanned images in Adobe Illustrator and also preparing photoshop files for screen printing.

 

The sessions will take place at 5.30pm on a Thursday and 3.30pm on a Friday.

 

7+8 February: Webtastic: portfolio website tips

14+15 February: Photozine: make a simple booklet in InDesign

21+22 February: Tracing using Illustrator: how to vectorise scanned images

28 February + 1 March: Photoshop for Screen printing: How to prepare an image for screen printing

 

Just come along to the Jessie Wylie Newbery room on Floor Two of the Library at 5.30pm on a Thursday or 3.30pm on a Friday.

The GSA Library will be closed from Tuesday the 18th of December 2018 and will re-open on Thursday the 3rd of January 2019.

Have a wonderful holiday.

The Library will closed between 8am – 1pm on Saturday 20th October and will reopen at 1pm until 6pm.

This is to take down the scaffolding at the Library entrance, we have been advised that it is not possible to remove safely while remaining open. Staff are working hard to ensure we provide a quality service to our users. Thank you for your patience.

Interested in learning Adobe’s creative software? Join Technical Support in the Library iMac Lab on the 2nd floor of the library on Thursday lunch times, 1pm – 2pm.

Thursday 30th November: Photoshop Level 1
Layers, effects, colour correction and levels.

Thursday 7th December: Premiere Level 1
Create, edit and export a short video.

Thursday 14th December: InDesign Level 1
Create a multi-page document for print.

Email Kim McNeil for more info k.mcneil@gsa.ac.uk

Due to a technical issue Library email notifications have not been sent the issue has now been rectified.

Please disregard any notifications sent before 15.30 on Wednesday the 27th of September.

Any fines that have been paid before this date can be refunded at the front desk.

Please remember that you can check due dates on borrowed items by logging in to the library catalogue and viewing your account.

The Library Twilight Sessions explore the variety of different software that is available to use within the Glasgow School of Art, including Photoshop, AfterEffects, Illustrator and Inspiration. Come along to find out what the software is capable of and how you can use it in your creative practice.

Introductions to the library’s collections, services and facilities will 6 times daily from Monday 19th September. If your tutor has not timetabled an introduction for your programme, sign-up at the Service Desk!

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