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Historical resources and creative education at Glasgow School of Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Susannah Waters
Susannah Waters*
Affiliation:
The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ, UK
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Email: s.waters@gsa.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Glasgow School of Art (established 1845) has a long history of collecting publications and artefacts to support its teaching of fine art, design and architecture. The School now owns a rich resource of historical material, spread across its library, archive and museum collections and overseen by its Learning Resources department. Can this material continue to support learning and teaching in the creative disciplines in the 21st century? And what are the potential benefits for students? Over the last five years Learning Resources staff have explored these questions and developed a programme of activities to promote knowledge of this material and understanding of its potential use in fine art, design and architecture education.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , 2012 , pp. 15 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2012

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References

1. More information on creative practices in higher education can be found in Shreeve, Alison, Wareing, Shân and Drew, Linda, ‘Key aspects of teaching and learning in the visual arts,’ in Fry, Heather, Kettridge, Steve and Marshall, Stephanie, eds., A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education enhancing academic practice. 3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2009), 345–362.Google Scholar
2. Similar views were expressed in data gathered by a research project undertaken in 2006 as part of a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design (CETLD) initiative which explored how tutors and students from the Royal College of Art and the University of Brighton engaged with museum collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum in order to learn about design. See Speight, Catherine, ‘Museums and higher education: a new specialist service?’ in Cook, Beth, Reynolds, Rebecca and Speight, Catherine, eds., Museums and design education looking to learn, learning to see (Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2010), 11–28.Google Scholar