Caught in the web: New ways of reaching our students

FYI

Hedley Roberts and Nadine Edwards are both presenting at this event.

Friday 12th September 2008, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

Web 2.0 technology has been an exciting development in the information world for a while now, but for the first time Arlis is holding a short course on the topic, offering a national overview, an insight into ways in which art and design lecturers are engaging students with the technology, and some practical sessions run by art librarians. Although aimed primarily at art and design librarians, this course has plenty to offer librarians in all subject areas, and will stimulate ideas for your own work with students.

Martin de Saulles, University of Brighton; Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield and Nick Ross, University College of the Creative Arts are amongst the speakers appearing on the day.

Fees:
ARLIS members £85 Non- ARLIS delegates £105
ARLIS Student/unwaged members £42.50 Non-ARLIS Students £65
Retired member rate £63.75

Booking: Deadline 26th August - contact Natasha Held : arlis@vam.ac.uk.
For further information - contact Judith Preece j.a.preece@uel.ac.uk or Nicola Salliss N.Salliss@kingston.ac.uk

British Printed Images Pre-1700 - Conference

BRITISH PRINTED IMAGES PRE-1700 **
Is a conference jointly organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum and
Birkbeck, University of London.
Venue: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Date: Friday 12 & Saturday 13 September 2008
10.30-17.00
Cost: £110 for 2 days, £55 for 1 day, concessions available
This conference is about the status and role of early printed images in Britain
in books and elsewhere. There is an international line up of speakers.
Printed images were widely circulated in early modern Britain and they provide
vivid and revealing evidence about many aspects of the culture of the period.
Yet only recently have historians begun to give them proper attention, and
this conference will be one of the first to draw out their significance. Themes
will include the importance of printed images for the history of the Reformation
and post-Civil War politics, the emergence of new genres like topographical
engraving and mezzotint, and the place of prints in the developing consumer
market. Speakers will include Kevin Sharpe, Anthony Griffiths, John King, Justin
Campion, Michael Hunter and Alex Walsham.
The conference is linked to, and will showcase, an innovative project in the
form of the AHRB-funded British Printed Images to 1700 project, which will
make available pre-1700 prints in the British Museum and selected material
from the V&A and other collections.
In association with Birkbeck College, University of London Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
See the V&A website at
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/courses/conferences/index.html#printed
for further details or attached for a copy of the Programme and the Birkbeck
Brochure.
You can book online via the V&A website or email bookings.office@vam.ac.uk

Archetecture Book by UEL Grads

http://www.merrykawamuraganjavian.com/

I have just received a book entitled 'Loctorio Colon' written by Key Portillo-Kawamura and Ali Ganjavian, who are Uel graduates.

See above for a link to their website.

Launch of the Royal Academy of Arts Collections Online catalogue: Historic Books, Archives, Works of Art

Royal Academy of Arts Collections Online: Historic Books, Archives, Works of Art

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new version on the online catalogue to the Royal Academy of Arts Permanent Collections: www.racollection.org.uk


The RA Collections website enables you to search and explore the RA’s collections of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, historic books, archives, historic photographs and plaster casts. There are specific search screens for searching the works of art, books or archive collections, or if you select Search all the Collections you can search across everything in the collection at once.

It is also possible to browse the collections via the Names A-Z and Academicians links. Clicking on the Academicians link brings up an alphabetical list of all past and present Royal Academicians. Clicking on a name in the list brings up a Member’s page containing biographical information about the artist or architect, including any posts they held within the RA, plus a list of all the works of art, historic books and archival documents relating to them in the Collection.

The Names A-Z section lists the names of all the people and organisations associated with objects, books and documents in the Collections. Clicking on a name will take you to the page that displays all the records in the Collection associated with that person or institution.

As well as searching and browsing the Collection, you can explore different themes within the Collections or find out what works from the Collection are currently on display in the Royal Academy via the Topics section.

Group for Learning in Art and Design Conference

The GLAD (Group for Learning in Art and Design) conference 2008 will take place at Nottingham Trent University on the 8th/ 9th September. The theme of the conference is 'The Student Experience in Art and Design Higher Education: Action for Change. The conference will draw on themes identified at the Cambridge conference in 2007and explore implications for future policy and practice in art and design education. Keynote speakers will explore what art and design can learn from student surveys, as well as the future challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
The conference will be of interest to lecturers, programme leaders, department heads and policymakers involved in the delivery of art and design higher education, for further information or to book a place visit www.ntu.ac.uk/glad or contact Julie Stravino, julie.stravino@ntu.ac.uk 0115 8486090

User Education Sessions

Please let me know asap if you would like to book any user education sessions for the coming semester.

Book Request

Please send me any book requests as soon as possible - we now have the new budget!