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Books, film, magazines + electronic resources about contemporary art, media + design. Artists' books Artists' books. Exhibitions + installations.

05/15/2026

Heads up! The Library will be closing at 1:30 next Tuesday (May 19th) for a university event.

04/24/2026

Looking to float away with a dreamy park read? Check out the Poetry Month selections available on our Staff Picks shelf - featuring an exciting variety of diverse poets and voices!

03/16/2026

Reflections on Climate Change in Studio Art / Foundation Ceramics
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On display in the library entrance now until March 24
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In the heart of Emily Carr University, the library serves as a strong platform for generating ideas and developing critical and analytical thinking about the urgent issues of our world.
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This collaborative exhibition between Parvin Peivandi and the ECU Library Exhibitions Committee connects the studio art practice to the library collection. By using the library’s resources and spaces, students have made art in response to climate change and climate actions.
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The students have worked with clay as an organic material and metaphor of earth to convey the effects of climate change on our bodies and other creatures. This show aims to create spce of possibilities and thinking of our responsibility to take care of our planet.

03/10/2026

Before it fleets, as it fleets
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March 9th – April 2nd, Library Mezzanine
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Curated by Tami Han featuring artwork by Tami Han, Hee-won Shin, Daisy Kim, Ashley Chung and JeCece) Choi
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Humanity has entered an era of collecting: the internet age, the act of collecting data has become both ubiquitous and unusually simple. However, the fundamental distinction exists between human and Artificial intelligence in this process. We do not merely collect ‘data,’ but rather the human involves assembling beautiful and ephemeral emotions.

03/08/2026

Happy International Women’s Day! The staff picks shelf for March features books by and about women artists, designers, theorists, poets, musicians, and writers.

02/26/2026

We celebrate Freedom to Read Week. It is an annual event that encourages readers to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. (freedomtoread.ca)

Visit our display to read our statement as well as information about a variety of previously challenged/banned books - available on our upper level, in the deep display case to the left of the stairs.

02/13/2026

🧧 Library Lai See Scavenger Hunt 🧧
Follow the clues into our collections and if you get lucky, you'll find a little tasty treat for Lunar New Year! 🍫

Your Library Lunar New Year To-Do List
🌙 Get *Spirited Away* in celebrations
🌕 Pick the fruit of the *Money Tree*
🌖 Play a *game of Go* with a friend
🌝 Look at all *One hundred aspects of the moon*
🌙 Create a *collage* in my scrapbook
🌕 Keep my eye out for an *Improbable Horse*
🌘 Try not to *Dwell* on the past (especially March 2025)
🌝 Pick out some *seeds* and plan a prosperous garden
🌙 Get fashion (and life) advice from *stylish seniors*

Hint - search the catalogue!
One envelope per student please ❤️

02/06/2026

Celebrating Black Creators
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There is a beautiful collection of books on display right now that honour the stories and creative work of Black artists, writers, and designers. The display features links to online resources like our online Black creator’s resource guide, streaming video collections, and online journals.

12/05/2025

Wrapping up our year at the ECU Library + Archives! Find top-5 leaderboard details for all categories, as well as catalogue links in the full article on our website (Link in bio). Plus, wiggly book gifs!

BTW everybody, your books are all due soon. Please return them before we close for the winter break, or renew them - which can be done online through the link in your reminder email, or by talking to us.

Happy list season!

09/23/2025

ON TRIAL: Art History ebooks + Interaction of Colour Web Edition

Trial period: now - 14 October
Try out these two databases and let us know how useful you find them!

- A&Ae Portal: art & design history eBooks across discipline areas and geographical regions, includes high resolution images too!

- Interaction of Colour Web Edition: Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color entirely digitized and interactive, with all 122 plates, text, and video commentary. Plate pieces can be moved to mimic the experience of working with the physical book.

Please send feedback to [email protected]!
Find links to more trial information in our LinkTree.

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