DELIVERING INFORMATION SKILLS TO ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

Duncan Chappell & Jennifer HigginsGlasgow School of Art

Tori Drost (2011) ‘Faux natural history: bathtub moose 2', plasticine, 33 x 18.5x 14.5cm

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Library Quarterly, 66(4), pp.343-372.

Cowan, S. and Branigan, T. (2004) ‘Informing visual poetry: information needs and sources of artists’,

Art Documentation, 23(2), pp.14-20.

Frank, p. (1999) ‘Student artists in the library: an investigation of how they use general

academic libraries for their creative needs’, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 25(6), pp.445-455.

“I showed it to a group of Year 3 Fine Art students a couple of weeks ago and we went through a bit

of the multiple choice part regarding correct ways to reference. You'd be amazed at how many times

they guessed wrongly and I think they were too. They loved it though and it worked very well in a

group situation because it's fun and they enjoyed shouting out 'send her to jail!'”

Sarah Smith, Lecturer in Forum of Critical Inquiry, Glasgow School of Art

http://www2.gsa.ac.uk/library/infosmart

Duncan Chappelld.chappell@gsa.ac.uk

Jennifer Higgins

@GSALibrary

Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art Library

Glasgow School of Art Archives & Library