Architectural Lighting Resources

The 2008 Nuckolls Fund Lighting Lecture Series began this week with Jim Benya, who gave a talk about net zero and some of his lighting designs. Of course, my thoughts turned to related library resources!

Looking for books about energy conservation? Try searching CardCat for these SUBJECTS [hint—change the dropdown menu next to the search box to SUBJECTS]:

• Architecture and energy conservation
• Buildings, Energy conservation

If lighting is your interest, look for these SUBJECTS:

• Daylighting
• Exterior lighting
• Interior lighting
• Lighting, Architectural and decorative
• Light in architecture

For articles, the library has several lighting journals:

Architectural Lighting
Lighting Design + Application: LD + A - Housed in Bracken Library
Professional Lighting Design

and several journals devoted to ecology and design:

Green Source
Journal of Green Building

Search the Avery Index for articles about lighting in these journals and elsewhere. You might also try the Applied Science & Technology Index.

The BuildingGreen Suite is another good resource for articles and information about sustainability, environmental concerns, and materials.

As for the Nuckolls lecture series, the next two lectures are:

David Eijadi - February 20, 2008 at 4pm in AB100 on “Daylighting Design.”

Gary Steffy – March 19, 2008 at 4pm in AB 100 on “LEDs: Eye Candy or Life Savers.”
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Interlibrary loan the EASY way

The easiest way to submit an interlibrary loan request? Make WorldCat and the article databases do most of the work for you!

When searching WorldCat, look for the “Request via interlibrary loan” link in the record for the book or other item.
If you are searching in an article database such as the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, the FindIt@BSU links will offer you a link to interlibrary loan as well.
What’s the advantage of using the links in WorldCat and other databases? Most of the information on the interlibrary loan request form will be filled out for you. No need to re-type the author, article title, journal title, page numbers, date, and so on.

If you do want to type out the request, you may log on to the University Libraries’ interlibrary loan system directly. You may also wish to log on and check the status of a request that has already been placed.

Dual Monitors in the Library

No, you are not seeing double! The Architecture Library’s nine workstations now sport dual monitors.

These paired, 19-inch, wide-screen monitors offer users:

• Plenty of desktop space to spread out their work
  
• Lots of room to make easy comparisons between documents, images, and other files

Stop by the library and take a look, or a double take!