April 2008
Contest!! The Fine Arts Library is participating in National Library Week by holding a quiz, ending April 21. Answer a baker’s dozen questions on the stuff, people and services at the Library to win prizes. The grand prize is a $30 gift card to Central Market. Six runners-up will receive 1Gb memory sticks.
UPDATE:8 of 52 entries won prizes!
The third annual installment of the David O. Nilsson Endowment and Lecture Series takes place April 10.
March 2008
Electoral Politics in the Arts is the subject of the Fine Arts Library's latest exhibit on the third floor.
Printing enhancements: Bevo Bucks can now be used for printing at the PCL. Laptop printing is now available to all UT libraries.
www.lib.utexas.edu/services/copyprint
February 2008
Death Metal at the Fine Arts Library:
Despite having over 40,000 compact discs, the Fine Arts Library lacks a representative selection of recordings in a few musical genres. Case in point: death metal (and related sub-genres). On learning of this lacuna last year a trio of visitors decided to remedy the situation and has been supplying us with some choice examples, including, so far, these groups: At the Gates, Bolt Thrower, Emperor, Judas Priest, Suffocation, Speckmann Project. As befits our eclectic collecting habits, these groups are from Sweden, the U.K., Norway, and the USA. Donations from individuals of CDs of otherwise under-represented genres are always welcome.
--David Hunter
January 2008
The circulation desk at the FAL is now ADA accessible.
June 2007
The new Library Catalog has become operational. You can now limit your search by format and/or location, especially when using the Advanced Search page.
May 2007
African artifacts are on display on FAL's third floor.
March 2007
Staff Picks: FAL staff members recommend their favorites. UPDATED MONTHLY
January 2007
Color Printing is now available in the Fine Arts Library.
September 12, 2006
Playwright Sam Shepard's archives, a portion of which are now on display on the third floor of the library, have been acquired by the University of Texas Libraries and will be housed at the Fine Arts Library.
www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/09/shepard13.html
August 15, 2006
An archival collection of about three thousand items, including posters, fliers, documents and ephemera from Austin's historic Paramount and State Theatres, has been acquired by the University of Texas Libraries and will be housed at the Fine Arts Library.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/about/news/paramount.html
April 2006
The
Blanton Museum of Art is now open .
March 2006
Hang Out with the Arts and meet some of the Fine Arts Library's creative staff members.
February
2006
The
renovations for the third floor are now complete. Come in and check out this
wonderful new facility including new furniture, technology, carpeting, and
window treatments. Laptops and digital cameras are now available for
checkout.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/about/news/fal_ren.html
Head Librarian Laura Schwartz interviewed on KUT about the FAL's services and collections.
