The Library has recently acquired two significant art & design ebook collections:
Bloomsbury Design Library provides cross-searchable access to a 125+ ebooks, biographies, reference works and image collections with coverage in a variety of design disciplines. Includes encyclopedic content such as World History of Design and Encyclopedia of Design.
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts (BAVA) incudes 170+ ebooks covering a variety of subjects within visual arts and design. Content includes texts on animation, illustration, textiles and fashion, photography, and advertising intended to supplement practice-led courses. New editions are added annually.
Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory. Titles in this collection provide scholarly overviews to a large range of subjects, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable. This resource is limited to 1 simultaneous user.
Level up your sewing, cutting and gluing skills by learning to make a simple hard cover book! If you have a special paper that you would like to use for the cover or for the interior pages, bring it with you! Paper for interiors should be cut down to letter size. Otherwise, all material is provided.
Maximum attendance is 12, first come, first served. Due to the many steps involved in this workshop, it is important to show up on time as latecomers will not be able to catch up. The workshop is open to OCAD U students and is free, including materials.
Venue & Address:
Learning Zone, 113 McCaul street, level 1. Also accessible from 122 St. Patrick Street
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 4:15pm to Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 4:15pm
The contents of this zine were created at LNAP, the Late Night Against Procrastination, on November 7th, 2019 at OCAD University.
LNAP is a late night event that provides a space for students to study and focus in a supported environment, organized by the OCAD U Writing and Learning Centre (WLC) in collaboration with various departments. Zine making was facilitated by staff from the OCAD U Library, home of the OCAD Zine Library.
Learn the basics of softcover bookbinding to give your zines and publications a handmade touch! This workshop will cover folded bindings, pamphlet stitch and Japanese stab binding. If you have a special paper that you would like to use for the cover or for the interior pages, bring it with you! Otherwise, all material is provided. Maximum attendance is 12, first come, first served. The workshop is open to OCAD U students and is free, including materials.
Venue & Address:
Learning Zone, 113 McCaul Street, Level 1 Also accessible from 122 St. Patrick Street
Join us in the OCAD U Library's Learning Zone for a basic introduction to self publishing!
Whether you’ve never made a zine or if you’re a seasoned self-publisher looking for more options, this workshop will help outline the possibilities of self-publishing, big and small. This introduction to self-publishing will share skills and suggestions in planning your publication, choosing a production method and setting a reasonable price for your work. Open to all current OCAD U students.
Venue & Address:
Learning Zone, 122 St. Patrick Street, Level 1. Also accessible from 113 McCaul Street.
Join us in the OCAD U Library's Learning Zone for a basic introduction to Adobe Photoshop!
For those who learn best in person, this simple and casual introduction will give you enough skills to start working with Photoshop (and suggest resources to develop more specialized skills down the line). This presentation is intended for current OCAD U students who are new to the software and will provide an overview to basic file types, tools and adjustments. Bring your laptop to follow along, a notebook to take notes, and any questions you have. We're not experts, but we're happy to introduce you to this useful and powerful tool of image editing!
Venue & Address:
Learning Zone, 122 St. Patrick Street, Level 1. Also accessible from 113 McCaul Street.
Join us in the OCAD U Library's Learning Zone for a basic introduction to Adobe InDesign!
For those who learn best in person, this simple and casual introduction will give you enough skills to start working with InDesign (and suggest resources to develop more specialized skills down the line). This presentation is intended for current OCAD U students who are new to the software and will provide an overview to creating files and laying out a zine or book project. Bring your laptop to follow along, a notebook to take notes, and any questions you have. We're not experts, but we're happy to introduce you to this useful and powerful publishing tool!
Venue & Address:
Learning Zone, 122 St. Patrick Street, Level 1. Also accessible from 113 McCaul Street.
Join us in the OCAD U Library's Learning Zone for a basic introduction to self publishing!
Whether you’ve never made a zine or if you’re a seasoned self-publisher looking for more options, this workshop will help outline the possibilities of self-publishing, big and small. This introduction to self-publishing will share skills and suggestions in planning your publication, choosing a production method and setting a reasonable price for your work. Open to all current OCAD U students.
Venue & Address:
Learning Zone, 122 St. Patrick Street, Level 1. Also accessible from 113 McCaul Street.