Short audio podcasts about the library

We have put together some short audio clips in mp3 format as a basic introduction to the services provided by the Library and Learning Services. We have tried to answer some of the questions which our new users ask. Some topics include borrowing, getting help and assistance and using electronic resources. More information can be found at:
http://www.uel.ac.uk/lss/audio/index.htm

E-books - win £200 worth of Amazon vouchers!

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Help shape the future provision of course texts in e-book format at http://www.uel.ac.uk/library/ebooks_survey.htm.

Enter the prize draw for £200 worth of Amazon vouchers.
The survey will close at midnight on Friday 15th February.
The survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete. It is part of the JISC funded national project http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/ investigating e-books.

Avant Garde study day at the British Library 4th February

How much do you know about the European Avant Garde? Join leading academics to explore topics including Dada, Futurism, Avant Garde publishing, Avant Garde under dictatorships and how Avant Garde ideas have fed the growth of the internet. Speakers include: Dawn Ades, Günter Berghaus, Andrew Webber, Michael Berkowitz, Frank Whitford and Charlie Leadbetter.This Study Day accompanies the current British Library exhibition Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937 and has been organised in partnership with the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies. Book online

The Art Of Spain new 3-part series on BBC Four

The BBC devotes an entire series to the history of Spanish art. Critic and art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels from southern to northern Spain to tell the story of some of Europe's most exciting and vital art, which is often overshadowed by that of Italy.

The first episode of The Art Of Spain begins on Thursday 31st January 9.00-10.00pm BBC FOUR http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/

Photostore visual database

Photostore is the Crafts Council's unique visual database. It features more than 60,000 images representing over 1,000 of the UK's top designer-makers, making Photostore an invaluable tool for commissioning and researching contemporary craft. It is a quick and user friendly resource ideal for buyers, agents, galleries, exhibition curators, architects and designers. http://www.photostore.org.uk/HOME.aspx

Photographing the changing face of the East End

A collection of images of London's East End, captured by award-winning photographer Paul Trevor, are now available to view online at VADS: http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/search.php

Academics and artists at London Metropolitan University have been working with photographer Paul Trevor to make a selection of his images of East London digitally available to artists, students and researchers. The Collection includes 500 images (chosen from a total of 120,000) of the Spitalfields area from the 1970s to the 1990s, a period of rapid social and physical change.

New Views 2: Conversations and Dialogues in Graphic Design

New Views 2 seeks to look in depth at the broader questions that graphic designers are facing today in terms of the profession and educational practices. At the same time, the symposium is meant to generate debate and to identify what new challenges might lay ahead for practitioners, academics, industry and the profession overall. http://www.newviews.co.uk/

An accompanying exhibition of posters from designers, students and academics opens in London 9th - 21st July, 2008 and then travels to RMIT, Australia. A digital exhibition will also be presented via the conference website.
Deadline for Paper Abstracts: 1 February 2008
Deadline for intention to submit posters: 1 March 2008

Frederick Parker Chair Collection launched online

A unique collection of chairs amassed by Frederick Parker & Sons, later Parker Knoll Ltd, has been fully catalogued and digitised and is now available to view online at VADS: http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/FPC.html

The chair collection demonstrates 350 years of British chair design and manufacture. They are part of the Frederick Parker Collection that also includes a collection of carvings and the Frederick Parker Company archive.

Welcome to the UEL Library School of AVA blog

It provides updates about about print and electronic resources for staff and students in the School of AVA in Fine Art, Photography, Digital Arts and Visual Communication, Fashion & Textiles and Architecture.