Tallinn

Just spent a couple days in the beautiful city of Tallinn.

http://www.tourism.tallinn.ee/

http://www.tallinn.info/flash/

Really charming city with such a mixture of architectural styles. Definitely worth a visit.

The House of Viktor & Rolf Exhibit 18 June 2008 - 21 September 2008

http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=7272

The Fashion Department have been raving about this exhibition!

Libraries of Light: Photographic Books from the V&A Collection

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/libraries_light/index.html

Display in room 38a, 24 April 2008 - 19 April 2009. Admission free

Unseen Hands - 100 Years of Structural Engineering

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/architecture/unseen_hands/index.html

Marking the centenary of the founding of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), this exhibition celebrates the importance of engineering in creating some of the most iconic buildings of the past 100 years.

Free exhibition

The Supremes Exhibit at V & A

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/exhibition_supremes/index.html

I went to this exhibit at the weekend. It is well worth a visit - not only to see the fabulous costumes but also to find out about the social context.

Iniva - Institute of International Visual Arts

http://www.iniva.org/

Ecletic mix of exhibits. Including:

Year 7 students worked with artists Jeremy Wood and Agnes Poitevin-Navarre to produce Personal Cartographies, part of Iniva's Mapping Beyond exhibition series at Rivington Place.
The students explored their personal geographies and history through a series of discussions and exercises with the artists.
They mapped their everyday activities, located family connections to national boundaries, thought about their tastes, hobbies, passions, their family roots and how the ethnicity of their friends is perceived.

And

13 Jun – 27 Jul 2008The first solo exhibition in the UK by Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz – a powerful body of work selected from the last ten years that evokes memory and loss to compelling and seductive effect.

Africa Beyond - Artist Residencies Panel Discussion June 26th

http://www.iniva.org/events/what_s_on/artist_residencies

Concluding their residencies in London, Andrew Esiebo, Goddy Leye and Mahmoud Khaled join Mia Jankowicz, Residencies Curator at Gasworks. Their discussion will explore the institutional, ethical and cultural issues raised by their various experiences and working approaches to international artist residencies

Street and Studio: An Urban History of Photography

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetandstudio/

I attend the above show on Saturday. Very impressive range of work but perhaps too large and varied to form one exhibit.

My favourite part was looking at the very old 19th century photographs and seeing faces that you would see on the streets today. It brought the exhibit to life for me.

Connections

I am in the process of emailing all lecturers so that we can have brief face to face meetingd and perhaps discuss some of your library needs for the coming semester. I am more than happy to come over to your office but free feel to say hallo, next time you are in the library. It really helps to put some faces to the staff list!

Fashion website

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/home

Polyvore lets you mix and match images from anywhere on the web, to create outfits, interior designs, or any kind of collage.

Catwalk Queen

Catwalk Queen, Shiny Media’s flagship fashion blog, provides readers with daily fashion news, reviews, catwalk reports, celebrity features and product picks, all delivered with a big dose of fun. From live coverage of the Oscars to videos of new high street bargains, the Catwalk Queen team are there to be your own personal stylist!

http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/

Graduate Fashion Week

http://www.gfw.org.uk/

I am really looking forward to attending the UEL catwalk show for Graduate Fashion Week tonight. UEL student Kelly Shaw's design has pride of place on the homepage.

Library Research Day

Just a thank you to all who attended the Library Research Day on Tuesday. It was a great success and will definitely be repeated. I will let you know when all the materials are available online.

Library Research Day Tuesday June 3rd

I know that Nadine and I have both emailed AVA staff about the Library Research Day on June 3rd but here is the information again.

http://www.uel.ac.uk/email/research/research.htm

Some of you may be interested in the Institutional Repository presentation as well as that of the East London Theatre Archive.

You don't have to book - feel free to just drop in!

Art Book Seminar

http://www.brighton.ac.uk/booksthatfly/

London Festival of Architecture 2008

http://www.lfa2008.org/index.php

Time Out - London Africa Now

Please see Time Out special celebrating Africa Day

http://www.timeout.com/london/features/4827/African_London.html

A3 Binding reminder

Just to remind you that A3 binding is only available from the Print Room, Ground Floor, East Building. The Library can only provide A4 heat binding materials.

If you want to spiral/wire bind your work, you must do so via the Print Centre. Procedure:
* Go to the Print Centre first, and collect a form to take to Cashiers'
* Pay in advance at the Cashiers' office

The Print Centre is located through the green doors by the shop halfway up the Atrium in the East Building and operating hours are 9-5 Monday to Friday.

Off-Air recordings 10th-16th May 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below is the list of off-air recordings up to 16th May for Docklands Library

SUNDAY 11th
22.05-23.05 (1/5) BBC2 Russia: a journey with Jonathan Dimbleby (pts. 1-3 and 4-5 on each DVD)

MONDAY 12th
19.30-20.00 (1/6) BBC4 Living with modernism (All on one DVD)
20.00-21.00 C4 The truth about beauty creams (Dispatches)
22.35-23.05 BBC1 (5/6) Meet the immigrants (All on one DVD)

TUESDAY 13th
21.00-22.00 BBC2 Abortion: the choice
21.00-22.00 (4/4) BBC3 Blood, sweat and t-shirts (All on one DVD)

WEDNESDAY 14th
20.00-21.00 (1/5) C5 Megastructures (pts. 1-3 and 4-5 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (8/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (7/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture (pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)
21.00-2150 BBC4: The Battle for Jerusalem (Storyville)

THURSDAY 15th
19.30-20.00 (2/5) BBC2 Women in black (All on one DVD)
19.30-20.00 (6/6) BBC4 In search of Medieval Britain (All on one DVD)
22.00-23.00 BBC4 The challenge of the 60s (Panorama)

Off-Air recordings 3rd-9th May 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below is the list of off-air recordings up to 9th May for Docklands Library.

SUNDAY 4th
19.00-20.00 BBC2 The birth of Israel
20.05-21.05 (1/6) C4 Grand designs live (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)
21.10-22.00 (5/5) BBC4 Washes whiter (All on one DVD)

MONDAY 5th
20.30-21.00 BBC1 Prisons unlocked (Panorama)
21.00-22.00 (2/6) C4 Grand designs live (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)
22.20-22.50 BBC1 (4/6) Meet the immigrants (All on one DVD)

TUESDAY 6th
21.00-22.00 (4/4) BBC2 Age of terror (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (3/6) C4 Grand designs live (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (3/4) BBC3 Blood, sweat and t-shirts (All on one DVD)
22.00-00.10 More4 Taking liberties

WEDNESDAY 7th
21.00-22.00 (7/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (6/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture (pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (4/6) C4 Grand designs live (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)

THURSDAY 8th
19.30-20.00 (1/5) BBC2 Women in black (All on one DVD)
19.30-20.00 (5/6) BBC4 In search of Medieval Britain (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (5/6) C4 Grand designs live (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (4/4) BBC4 Inside the medieval mind (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)

FRIDAY 9th
21.00-22.00 (6/6) C4 Grand designs live (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)
00.25-01.25 (Sat) C4 Love music hate racism 08 (4Music)

FREE software training

Creative Lewisham Agency is offering you THREE MONTHS FREE training in any software of your choice, through online training website Lynda.com.
There are over 26,580 tutorials in 388 topics on Lynda.com, including Acrobat, Dreamweaver,
Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop amongst others.
You can work through the tutorials in your own time and can train yourself in as many programs as you would like.
Please contact Brigid Martin on Brigid@creativehub.org.uk if you are interested. You will need to give your full name, postal address, telephone number and email address.

EVA London 2008

The EVA London conference is a forum for communicating the uses and implications of electronic visualisation in culture and the arts. An invaluable information and exchange forum for all those interested in, using or working with the new technologies in the cultural sector, with a particular focus on visualisation. Attendance includes policy makers and managers, researchers, practitioners, audience evaluators and educators, practising artists and many others.

ArtCast

folly brings you ArtCast, an ongoing series of podcasting programmes - a platform for public access to new, innovative sound & video art. Find out more information at: http://www.folly.co.uk/ArtCast

Off-Air Recordings 26th April-2nd May 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below is the list of off-air recordings up to 2nd May for Docklands Library.

SUNDAY 27th
21.10-22.00 (4/5) BBC4 Washes whiter (All on one DVD)
22.45-23.45 (4/4) ITV1 Melvyn Bragg's travels in written Britain (All on one DVD)

MONDAY 28th
20.00-21.00 C4 The mobile phone rip-off (Dispatches)
20.30-21.00 BBC1 Mission impossible (Panorama)
22.35-23.05 BBC1 (3/6) Meet the immigrants (All on one DVD)

TUESDAY 29th
21.00-22.00 (3/4) BBC2 Age of terror (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (2/4) BBC3 Blood, sweat and t-shirts (All on one DVD)

WEDNESDAY 30th
21.00-22.00 (6/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (5/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture (pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)

THURSDAY 1st MAY
19.30-20.00 (4/6) BBC4 In search of Medieval Britain (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (3/4) BBC4 Inside the medieval mind (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)

Off-Air recordings 19th-25th April 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below is the list of off-air recordings up to 25th April for Docklands Library.

SUNDAY 20th
21.10-22.00 (3/5) BBC4 Washes whiter (All on one DVD)
22.45-23.45 (3/4) ITV1 Melvyn Bragg's travels in written Britain (All on one DVD)

MONDAY 21st
20.00-21.00 (3/3) C4 Immigration: the inconvenient truth (All on one DVD)
22.35-23.05 BBC1 (2/6) Meet the immigrants (All on one DVD)

TUESDAY 22nd
21.00-22.00 (2/4) BBC2 Age of terror (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (1/4) BBC3 Blood, sweat and t-shirts (All on one DVD)

WEDNESDAY 23rd
21.00-22.00 (5/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (4/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture (pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)

THURSDAY 24th
19.30-20.00 (3/6) BBC4 In search of Medieval Britain (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (2/4) BBC4 Inside the medieval mind (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)

FRIDAY 25th
19.30-21.00 BBC4 Swan Lake

Art and Design new books January 2008

Title / Author and Shelfmark

Black light white noise DVD 709.05 BLA

Modern menswear / Hywel Davies 746.9208 DAV

Buch #9 = Book #9 / Feldmann, Hans-Peter, 1941-, 779.092 FEL

Ellsworth Kelly 709.2 KEL/ELL Artists Collection

Impressionists by the sea / John House ; with an essay 759.409 HOU

Shibboleth / Doris Salcedo ; contributions by Mieke Bal 730.92 SAL

Carsten Ho¨ller / text by Caroline Corbetta 709.2 HOL/COR Artists Collection

Port city : on mobility and exchange/ 709.05 POR

Matthew Barney: Drawing restraint 709.2 BAR

The world as a stage / edited by Jessica Morgan & Catherine Wood 709.0507 WOR

Works / Roman Signer 709.2 SIG/SIG Artists Collection

Joana Vasconcelos 709.2 VAS/JOA Artists Collection

An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar / Simon, Taryn, 1975- 779 SIM

Designs on e-Learning Conference September 8th, 9th, 10th 2008 - Call for papers

Designs on e-Learning Conference

Penn State University http://designsonelearning.psu.edu/

Call for papers
Partnering with the University of Arts London, Penn State University USA will host the 3rd International Designs on e-Learning conference the 9th and 10th of September 2008.
Please read the criteria for submission and submit an abstract for presentation at the conference. http://designsonelearning.psu.edu/p1_p4.html

Off-Air recordings 12th-18th April 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 18th April for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 12th
19.30-20.30 BBC2 The lost world of Tibet
03.30-04.55 (Sun) BBC2 Naqoyqatsi

SUNDAY 13th
21.10-22.00 (2/5) BBC4 Washes whiter (All on one DVD)
22.45-23.45 (2/4) ITV1 Melvyn Bragg's travels in written Britain (All on one DVD)

MONDAY 14th
20.00-21.00 (2/3) C4 Immigration: the inconvenient truth (All on one DVD)
20.30-21.00 BBC1 Feeling the pinch (Panorama)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Stephen Fry and the machine that made us
22.35-23.05 BBC1 (1/6) Meet the immigrants (All on one DVD)

TUESDAY 15th
20.00-21.00 (4/4) C5 Big, bigger, biggest (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (1/4) BBC2 Age of terror (All on one DVD) (

WEDNESDAY 16th
21.00-22.00 (4/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (3/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture
(pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)
22.00-23.20 BBC4 Kenneth Williams: fantabulosa!
23.20-23.50 BBC4 Kenneth Williams in his own words

THURSDAY 17th
19.30-20.00 (2/6) BBC4 In search of Medieval Britain (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (1/4) BBC4 Inside the medieval mind (pts. 1-3 and pts. 4-6 on each DVD)

FRIDAY 18th
19.35-20.00 (10/10) C4 Kenya's human time bomb (Unreported world)
21.30-23.30 BBC4 Amazing journeys: the story of The Who

Marcello Mastroianni retrospective 11th- 24th April at Ciné lumière

This retrospective, organised by The Italian Cultural Institute in London and the Institut français, brings together a handful of the actor’s finest performances, including La dolce vita, La notte, La Grande bouffe and several in films rarely seen outside Italy: Il bell’Antonio (1960), Una giornata particolare (1977). It also includes the actor’s first English-language role, in John Boorman’s Leo the Last (1970), City of Women (1980), and his late performance in Sostiene Pereira, the 1996 adaptation of Antonio Tabucchi’s novel, released just a year before the actor’s death. The Season is organised in collaboration with The Italian Cultural Institute in London and Cinécittà Holdings.

Subscribe to LUX London Events Calendar and LUX Newswire

LUX London Events Calendar is a comprehensive daily listing of artists' moving image events, screenings and exhibitions in London. Find out more at: http://www.lux.org.uk/resources/events.htm. You can also subscribe to the calendar in any software that uses the ical format such as Google Calendar, Apple iCal, and Windows Calendar by entering http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/calendar%40lux.org.uk/public/basic.ics.

You can either subscribe to the LUX Newswire monthly e-newsletter giving information on International and UK shows and screening series, calls for work from festivals, open exhibitions, conferences and other events, opportunities for artists, new publications and LUX news at: http://lists.lux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/newswire or the LUX Weekly Newswire monthly LUX e-newsletter plus announcements of weekly LUX screening and events announcements in London at: http://lists.lux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/luxweekly/. This is particularly recommended for London-based subscribers.

UEL Plus Maintenance 5:00pm 11th April 2008

In response to recent unscheduled downtime there will be some configuration changes to UEL Plus at 5:00 pm on Friday 11th April 2008. This will require a restart of the system so please be aware that the UEL Plus system will be off line for approximately 30 minutes, 5:00 - 5:30 pm.
All users should try to be logged out from UEL Plus at 5:00 pm on Friday as this will expedite the system restart.
The VLE Development Team apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

GreenFILE, a bibliographic database addedd to EBSCOhost

The complimentary database ‘GreenFILE’ has been added to our EBSCO host database profile. It can be accessed by selecting EBSCO from the database list page on campus at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/lss/databases/databaselist.htm#e and is accessible off campus via Athens username and password through EBSCO.

GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

She doesn't think so but she's dressed for the h-bomb 15th March 2008 - 21st May 2008

She doesn't think so but she's dressed for the h-bomb 15th March 2008 - 21st May 2008
Curated by Negar Azimi for tank.tv

A selection of short videos by Ziad Antar, Yael Bartana, Haris Epaminonda, Iman Issa, Hassan Khan, Rosalind Nashashibi, Shahryar Nashat, Ahmet Ögüt, and The Atlas Group reveal the weight of diverse histories in defining the current moment—whether manifest in the form of national myth, ritual, architecture, or pop culture. In the end, these are not static narratives; they are dynamic, promiscuous, enigmatic.

Off-Air recordings 5th-11th April 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 11th April for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 5th
21.20-23.15 BBC3 Sin City
21.50-22.50 BBC4 Verity Lambert: drama queen
23.05-01.25 Film4 Natural Born Killers
01.25-04.00 (Sun) Film4 Deep Red

SUNDAY 6th
21.00-22.00 BBC2 Louis Theroux's African hunting holiday
21.10-22.00 (1/5) BBC4 Washes whiter (All on one DVD)
22.45-23.45 (1/4) ITV1 Melvyn Bragg's travels in written Britain (All on one DVD)

MONDAY 7th
19.00-20.00 BBC2 The undercover diplomat
20.00-21.00 C4 Immigration: the inconvenient truth
20.30-21.00 BBC1 Divide and rule (Panorama)

TUESDAY 8th
20.00-21.00 (3/4) C5 Big, bigger, biggest (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC2 Massacre at Virginia Tech (This world)

WEDNESDAY 9th
21.00-22.00 (3/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (2/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture (pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)

THURSDAY 10th
19.30-20.00 (1/6) BBC4 In search of Medieval Britain (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 The strange luck of VS Naipaul (Arena)

FRIDAY 11th
19.35-20.00 (9/10) C4 Brazil: the Amazon's golden curse (Unreported world)

The Parents Programme free screenings at Lux Salon - 3rd April 2008

London LUX Salon Thursday 3 April 2008, 7pm for 7.30pm start

THE PARENTS PROGRAMME

Works from the LUX collection in which artists' parents feature as subjectsand participants, willing and unwilling.

Anthea Kennedy's BAG OF A THOUSANDPOCKETS (2002) is a touching portrait of her father who's memory fails himas he remembers a long and eventful life.

Carl Callam's A PART OF ME (1998)explores the complexities of his life as a black man raised by a whitefoster parents through discussions with his foster mother and ever absentbiological mother.

Neil Goldberg's MY PARENTS READ DREAMS ABOUT THEM(1998) is as the title describes, Goldberg's parents read his comical andsurreal dreams, visibly affected by what they reveal about his relationshipwith them.

Marcin Koszalka's SUCH A NICE BOY I GAVE BIRTH TO (1999) is a painful and hilarious portrait of a family in meltdown as thefilmmaker's bohemian lifestyle violently clashes with his mother'sexpectations.

For more information go to: http://www.lux.org.uk/

You can book online at: salon@lux.org.uk

Telephone: 020 7503 3980

Off-Air recordings 29th March-4th April 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 4th April for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 29th
20.00-21.00 BBC2 Martin Luther King: American prophet
20.45-21.35 BBC4 10 days to war
22.05-23.05 BBC4 David Ogilvy: original mad man

SUNDAY 30th
21.00-22.00 (10/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
02.35-03.15 (Mon) BBC2 The lost pictures of Eugene Smith

MONDAY 31st
20.00-21.00 C4 Undercover in Tibet (Dispatches)

TUESDAY 1st April
20.00-21.00 (2/4) C5 Big, bigger, biggest (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC2 Super rich: the greed game
22.00-22.30 (6/6) BBC4 The hard sell (All on one DVD)
22.00-00.05 More4 No end in sight (True stories)

WEDNESDAY 2nd
20.00-21.00 (10/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (2/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (1/8) BBC2 Dan Cruickshank's adventures in Architecture (pts. 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8 on each DVD)

THURSDAY 3rd
21.00-22.00 BBC1 Identity fraud: outnumbered
21.00-22.00 (5/5) BBC4 A year in Tibet (All on ond DVD)

FRIDAY 4th
19.35-20.00 (8/10) C4 Benin: voodoo children (Unreported world)

Screen your films at Cannes in a Van 2008

Screen your films in Cannes!
If you are a film collective, production company or filmmaker who wants to screen your film or selection at CANNES in a VAN, we want to hear from you. We aim to show as many films as is humanly possible and give them unique international exposure at the same time! It's in the spirit of guerilla cinema and we need as much word-of-mouth support as we can get. We can offer links and advertising in return for sponsorship and would love to support whoever we can. For more information and to find out how to get involved go to: http://www.cannesinavan.com/

Futuresonic 2008 Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas - 1st-5th May

The Futuresonic 2008 festival 1st-5th May in Manchester is 5 days and nights of live music, art premieres, exhibitions, club nights and events featuring a world-class programme of over 300 artists in 30 venues and spaces across the city centre. Futuresonic is an international festival of Art, Music and Ideas now in its 12th year occupying the orbits of both digital culture and music. The 2008 theme is The Social - Social Networking Unplugged, the first comprehensive and creative look at social networking by an art festival. For more information and booking details go to: http://www.futuresonic.com/

Off-Air recordings 22nd-28th March 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 28th March for Docklands Library.

SUNDAY 23rd
16.50-17.25 BBC1 Songs of praise (4 episodes until the end of March – all one one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (9/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)

TUESDAY 25th
20.00-21.00 (9/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
22.30-23.00 (5/6) BBC4 The hard sell (All on one DVD)

WEDNESDAY 26th
21.00-22.00 (1/12) BBC1 The Apprentice (series 4) (pts. 1-3, pts. 4-6, pts. 7-9 and pts. 10-12 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (4/4) More4 This is civilisation (All on one DVD)

THURSDAY 27th
21.00-22.00 (4/5) BBC4 A year in Tibet (All on ond DVD)

FRIDAY 28th
19.35-20.00 (7/10) C4 Gaza (Unreported world)

Easter vacation opening hours 20th-24th March 2008

Easter vacation opening hours
Libraries at all sites will be open over the vacation for 24 hours except:

Thursday 20th March - open till 9pm

Friday 21st March - open 10am-5pm

Saturday 22nd March - open 10am-5pm

Sunday 23rd March - open 10am-5pm

Monday 24th March - open 10am-5pm

Tuesday 25th March open at 9am (24 hour opening resumes)

Please note that on 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th March, libraries will be self-service only

List of Architecture e-journals 2007-08

This is the list of Architecture e-journals which can be accessed via the Find an e-Journal page on the library website. They can also be accessed from within the different databases such as EBSCO, Jstor and SwetsWise etc. Alternatively click on the web links shown here. If you are off-campus you will need to enter your Athens username and password when prompted in order to gain access. The Open Access journals in this list do not require an Athens login.

Annali di architettura (1124-7169)
from 1999 to 2003 in Freely Accessible Science Journals
http://www.cisapalladio.org/cisa/annali.php?sezione=3&lingua=i&valo=85a10

Archidea
from 1999 to present in Freely Accessible Journals
http://www.archidea.com/archidea/backissues.html

Architect (Washington, D.C.) (1935-7001)
from 15/10/2006 to 15/10/2006 in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO
from 15/10/2006 to 15/10/2006 in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

Architectural history (0066-622X)
from 1958 to 2004 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/0066622X.html

Architectural record (0003-858X)
from 01/01/2001 to 1 month ago in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO
from 01/01/2001 to 1 month ago in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

Architecture (Washington, D.C.) (0746-0554)
from 01/07/1997 to 15/10/2006 in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO
from 01/07/1997 to 15/10/2006 in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

Architecture Australia (0003-8725)
from 01/07/1996 to present in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO

Arq (London, England) (1359-1355)
from 01/03/2001 to present in Cambridge Journals Online
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ARQ&bVolume=y

Assemblage (0889-3012)
from 01/10/1986 to 30/04/2000 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/08893012.html
from 01/04/1997 to 30/04/2000 in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO

Builder (London, England)
from 1843 to 1852 in Internet Library of Early Journals
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ilej/pbrowse.pl?item=title&id=ILEJ.6.&title=The+Builder

Building (London) (0007-3318)
from 2006 to present in Open J-Gate
http://www.openj-gate.org/Articlelist.asp?Source=1&Journal_ID=111362

Building design (0007-3423)
from 11/01/2002 to present in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

Canadian architect (0008-2872)
from 01/09/2002 to present in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO
from 01/09/2002 to present in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

Design quarterly (Minneapolis, Minn.) (0011-9415)
from 01/03/1996 to 30/06/1996 in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO

Design studies (0142-694X)
from 1995 to 2004 in ScienceDirect
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0142694X

Environment and planning. B, Planning & design. (0265-8135)
from 2000 to present in PION Journals
http://www.envplan.com/allvols.cgi?journal=B

Facilities (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) (0263-2772)
from 01/01/1992 to 1 year ago in ABI/INFORM Global
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=318&pmid=11824&cfc=1
from 1994 to present in Emerald Fulltext
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContainer.do;jsessionid=C66CE8C847592B9C4830847771F854BC?containerType=Journal&containerId=10776

Facilities design & management (0279-4438)
from 01/01/1988 to 01/03/2003 in ABI/INFORM Global
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=318&pmid=16285
from 01/01/1998 to 31/03/2003 in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

GreenSource (1930-9848)
from 01/06/2006 to present in Freely Accessible Journals
http://greensource.construction.com/zinio.asp

Grey room (1526-3819)
from Fall 2000 to Fall 2002 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/15263819.html

Home cultures (1740-6315)
from 2005 to present in IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/1740-6315

Hospitality design (1062-9254)
from 01/07/1993 to present in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

International journal of architectural computing (1478-0771)
from 2004 to present in IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/1478-0771
from 2006 to present in SwetsWise Online Content
http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=246818

JAE (0149-2993)
from 1975 to Winter 1983 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/01492993.html

Journal of architectural education (1984) (1046-4883)
from Spring 1984 to 30/11/1997 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/10464883.html
from 2005 to present in Blackwell-Synergy

Journal of architectural education (1947) (0047-2239)
from Spring 1947 to Summer 1974 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00472239.html

Journal of architecture (London, England) (1360-2365)
from 1996 to present in InformaWorld
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713703437
from 1996 to 2006 in IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/1360-2365
from 01/03/1998 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier in EBSCO
from 2006 to present in SwetsWise Online Content
http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=110968

Journal of environmental planning and management (0964-0568)
from 01/09/1997 to 01/11/2000 in ABI/INFORM Global
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=318&pmid=34481
from 2006 to present in SwetsWise Online Content
http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=112387

Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians (1544-9890)
from 01/01/1941 to 31/10/1944 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/15449890.html

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (0037-9808)
from 1945 to 31/12/2004 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00379808.html

Journal of urban design (1357-4809)
from 01/06/1996 to 1 year ago in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO

Journal of urban planning and development (0733-9488)
from 01/03/1995 to 1 year ago in Academic Search Elite in EBSCO

Landscape journal (0277-2426)
from 01/03/1997 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier in EBSCO
from 2001 to 2004 in IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/0277-2426

Landscape management (0894-1254)
from 01/12/1993 to present in Business Source Premier in EBSCO
from 2002 to present in Open J-Gate
http://www.openj-gate.org/Articlelist.asp?Source=1&Journal_ID=97413

Landscape research (0142-6397)
from 01/07/1998 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier in EBSCO
from 2000 to 2005 in IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/0142-6397
from 01/03/2000 to present in Taylor & Francis Journals
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713437121
from 2006 to present in SwetsWise Online Content
http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=122502

Lighting dimensions (0191-541X)
from 01/09/2002 to 30/11/2005 in Business Source Premier in EBSCO

Mimarlik Faku¨ltesi dergisi (0258-5316)
from 2004 to present in Directory of Open Access Journals
http://jfa.arch.metu.edu.tr/

Monu
from 16/06/2004 to present in Freely Accessible Journals
http://www.monu.org/

Newsletter of the Association for Preservation Technology (0380-0598)
from 01/04/1969 to 31/08/1969 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/03800598.html

Nexus network journal (1590-5896)
from 1999 to present in Electronic Library of Mathematics
http://www.emis.de/journals/NNJ/

Perspecta (0079-0958)
from Summer 1952 to 2002 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00790958.html

Preservation advocate (1051-5755)
from 2001 to present in Freely Accessible Arts & Humanities Journals
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcpres/presidx.htm

Prostor (Zagreb, Croatia) (1330-0652)
from 1995 to present in Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.arhitekt.hr/xsite/_hr/znanost/nakladnistvo/Prostor/

Residential architect (1093-359X)
from 2005 to 2005 in Open J-Gate
http://www.openj-gate.org/Articlelist.asp?Source=1&Journal_ID=99443

Roofing contractor (1098-1519)
from 2004 to present in Open J-Gate
http://www.openj-gate.org/Articlelist.asp?Source=1&Journal_ID=105662

SAH news
from 01/06/2006 to present in Freely Accessible Social Science Journals
http://www.sah.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&file=index&func=display&ceid=52&meid=23
from 1 year ago to present in Freely Accessible Arts & Humanities Journals
http://www.sah.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&file=index&func=display&ceid=51&meid=22

Town planning review (0041-0020)
from 2006 to present in SwetsWise Online Content
http://www.townplanningreview.org/
http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=203087

UME (Parkville) (1037-5872)
from 1996 to present in Freely Accessible Journals
http://www.umemagazine.com/issues.aspx

Urban design international (London, England) (1357-5317)
from 01/12/2002 to 1 year ago in ABI/INFORM Global
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=318&pmid=53201

Vernacular architecture (0305-5477)
from 2005 to 2006 in IngentaConnect
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/0305-5477
from 2006 to present in SwetsWise Online Content
http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=210163

Some Architecture titles included in NEXIS UK are:
Architectural Lighting
Architectural Record
Architecture
Building Design
Building Design & Construction

E-books purchased for the School of AVA up to March 2008

Below is the list of e-books purchased for module reading lists in AVA and includes the publisher and eISBN to make it easier for you to find them via the library catalogue.

Duncan, Carol / Civilizing rituals : inside public art museums
Taylor & Francis, 661011269X

Murray, Chris / Key writers on art : the twentieth century
Taylor & Francis, 6610142394

Title: Rethinking third cinema
Taylor & Francis, 6610079633

Carroll, Noel, 1947- / The philosophy of horror or paradoxes of the heart
Taylor & Francis, 6610072167

Bell, Judith, 1930- / Doing your research project : a guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science
Open University Press, 6610946981

Lawson, Bryan / How designers think : the design process demystified . - 4th ed.
Elsevier Science & Technology, 6610641994

McRobbie, Angela, 1951- / British fashion design : rag trade or image industry?
Taylor & Francis, 6610019983

Foster, Jeff / After Effects and photoshop : animation and production effects for DV and film
Wiley, 6610826595

Focal easy guide to After Effects : for new users and professionals
Elsevier Science & Technology, 6610628696

Smith, Jennifer / Adobe® creative suite all-in-one desk reference for dummies®
Wiley Publishers, 6610352925

Wines-Reed, Jeanne / Digital scrapbooking for dummies
Wiley Publishers, 6610279950

Strangely familiar : narratives of architecture in the city
Taylor & Francis, 6610256462

Mansfield, Elizabeth / Art history and its institutions : foundations of a discipline
Taylor & Francis, 6610138516

Mattick, Paul / Art in its time : theories and practices of modern aesthetics
Taylor & Francis, 6610071411

Horror film and psychoanalysis : Freud's worst nightmare
Cambridge University Press, 6610541124

Jones, Amelia / A companion to contemporary art since 1945
Blackwell, 6610743282

Surrealism and architecture
Routledge, 9780203339541

Rice, Charles / The emergence of the interior : architecture, modernity, domesticity
Routledge, 9780415384674

Women's places : architecture and design 1860-1960
Routledge, 0203402014

Negotiating domesticity : spatial productions of gender in modern architecture
Routledge, 9780203479476

Ideal homes? : social change and domestic life
Routledge, 9780203029138

Gender space architecture : an interdisciplinary introduction
Routledge, 9780203449127

Colquhoun, Ian / RIBA book of British housing : 1900 to the present day
Architectural Press, 9780080557670

Urban design features
Routledge, 9780203601723

Urban futures : critical commentaries on shaping the city
Routledge, 9780203018026

Landscape and sustainability
Taylor & Francis, 9780415404433

Zhang, Yingjin / Chinese national cinema
Routledge, 9780203645833

Chu, Yingchi / Hong Kong cinema : coloniser, motherland and self
Routledge, 9780203222072

Students and staff can access e-books on and off campus via their Athens username and password. To access the e-books on campus and off campus, click on the Click here for access to E-Book link below the book title in the library catalogue. Or log into your Athens account and in the list of resources, select one of the e-book platforms such as Dawson Books, MyiLibrary or Taylor and Francis eBook subscriptions. You can view the list of e-books already available for all subjects at http://www.uel.ac.uk/library/Ebooks.htm

If you don't have an Athens username and password, contact Nadine Edwards in the library.

Off-Air recordings 15th-21st March 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 21st March for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 15th
01.50-03.50 (Sun) C4 Fade to black

SUNDAY 16th
11.00-11.50 C5 The USS Ronald Reagan (Megastructures)
17.30-18.05 BBC1 Songs of praise (4 episodes until the end of March – all one one DVD)
19.00-20.00 C4 Iraq's lost generation (Dispatches)
21.00-22.00 (8/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC1 (5/5) The last enemy (All on one DVD)
23.15-00.15 ITV1 Revolution 68 (The South Bank show)

MONDAY 17th
12.30-13.00 BBC2 Working lunch
20.00-21.00 C4 Iraq: the betrayal (Dispatches) & (Happy birthday Iraq)
21.00-22.50 C4 Battle for Haditha
22.35-23.35 ITV1 Rageh Omar: the Iraq war by numbers
22.55-00.25 BBC4 The Peter Sellers story: as he filmed it
22.45-23.55 More4 On that day (Happy birthday Iraq)

TUESDAY 18th
12.30-13.00 BBC2 Working lunch
20.00-21.00 (8/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Auntie's war on smut (The curse of comedy)
22:00 - 22:30 BBC2 The Grumpy Guide to Work
22.00-23.50 More4 Sketches of Frank Gehry (True stories)
22.30-23.00 (4/6) BBC4 The hard sell (All on one DVD)
23.05-00.10 C4 Jon Snow's hidden Iraq (Happy birthday Iraq)

WEDNESDAY 19th
12.30-13.00 BBC2 Working lunch
21.00-22.00 (3/4) More4 This is civilisation (All on one DVD)
23.05-00.05 BBC4 Mark Lawson talks to Galton and Simpson

THURSDAY 20th
12.30-13.00 BBC2 Working lunch
18.00-18.30 ITV2 Airline USA
21.00-22.00 (3/5) BBC4 A year in Tibet (All on ond DVD)
23.45-00.45 BBC4 Selling power: the ad men and Number Ten

FRIDAY 21st
19.00-19.30 BBC2 The great British shares swindle (The money Programme)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 White gospel

bang! short Film Festival deadline for submissions Monday 1st April

Next festival April 26th/27th
Deadline for submissions Monday 1st April.

bang! showcases the freshest new filmmakers twice a year at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, highlighting the best of what's out there : animation, drama, documentary, comedy, anything goes, this is two days of the edgiest shorts from the city, the region and beyond. Find out more at: http://www.bangshortfilmfestival.com/

Bicycle Film Festival 2008

The Bicycle Film Festival is a celebration of bicycles through film, art and music which is currently accepting entries for films with a strong theme or character of bicycles. A fine thriller with one scene of a bicycle chase does not count. We encourage all films with these guidelines to enter:
All lengths 1 minute on up Short films under 10 minutes are easier to program for our popular shorts program. Of course all lengths are accepted and screened.
All types: BMX, narratives, docs, experimental, Hollywood, cycling, and so on. Find out more at:
http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/

The Textile Directory March newlsetter out now

The Textile Directory is a comprehensive resource for anyone searching for people, places or products related to textiles in art, craft, fashion and interiors. There are links to the websites of dozens of textile artists, designers and makers. The Textile Directory is full of easily accessible resources: museums and galleries to inspire you or to show your work in; colleges or individual tutors to learn textile techniques and skills from; and of course suppliers of all kinds of textile related products from art materials through to sewing machines. Find out more at: http://www.thetextiledirectory.com/

The Textile Directory also has a free monthly newsletter that you can subscribe to, filled with articles, interviews, a book review and a monthly competition. At any time you may unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking the 'unsubscribe' button. Subscribe at: http://www.thetextiledirectory.com/mailing_list.asp

International Journal of Design - CALL FOR PAPERS by 31st March 2008

A Special Issue on "Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design"
Deadline Extended to March 31
(All papers will be reviewed as they are submitted.)

For this special issue of the International Journal of Design, we are seeking papers that present breakthroughs in conceptual, theoretical, methodological and practical research that enhance the formalization of design knowledge with regard to the "cultural aspects of interaction design." In particular, these contributions should focus on representing cultural factors in describable, operable, and usable forms of design knowledge with relevance to interaction design.
Special Issue editors Keiichi Sato and Kuohsiang Chen http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/

Schedule:
Full Paper Due: 31 March 2008
Notification of Acceptance: 31 May 2008
Final Version of Paper Due: 30 June 2008
Special Issue Publication Date: 1 August 2008
Submission of Papers:
Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines found at www.ijdesign.org/authorGuidelines. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A double-blind review
process will be employed for this special issue. Manuscripts should be sent through the on-line system at www.ijdesign.org/submissions.
Authors should choose "Special Issue on Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design" as the Journal Section when submitting papers.

FILMOBILE conference and screenings

Written by Max Schleser 25.02.2008

FILMOBILE is a network project bringing together the mobile phone industry, filmmakers and artists working with mobile devices. FILMOBILE is organising a major event in the spring of 2008 consisting of a three parts: a gallery exhibition, cinema screenings and an international conference. This event will explore the cultural impact brought about by new mobile technologies and initiate debates between artists, the media and the new mobile industry. http://www.filmobile.net/

Off-Air recordings 8th-14th March 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 14th March for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 8th
21.00-22.00 BBC2 Rivers of blood (White season)
22.30-23.30 BBC2 Gagging for it: TV's hunger for radio comedy

SUNDAY 9th
16.50-17.25 BBC1 Songs of praise (4 episodes until the end of March – all one one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (7/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC1 (4/5) The last enemy (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 The rise and fall of the ad man (Timeshift)

MONDAY 10th
19.55-20.00 (1/4) C4 Iraq and me (Three-minute wonder) (All on one DVD)
20.00-21.00 (2/2) C4 The fake trade (Dispatches) (Both on one DVD)
21.00-22.30 BBC2 White girl (White season)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Prime Ministers and the press barons
22.00-23.30 BBC4 Maxwell
22.35-23.15 (1/2) BBC1 Sport portraits (Both on one DVD)

TUESDAY 11th
19.55-20.00 (2/4) C4 Iraq and me (Three-minute wonder) (All on one DVD)
20.00-21.00 (7/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC2 The Poles are coming! (White season)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Somebody has to live: the journey of Ariel Dorfman (Storyville)
22.00-23.30 More4 I for India (True stories)
22.30-23.00 (3/6) BBC4 The hard sell
22.35-23.15 (2/2) BBC1 Sport portraits (Both on one DVD)

WEDNESDAY 12th
19.00-20.00 BBC2 The primary (White season)
19.55-20.00 (3/4) C4 Iraq and me (Three-minute wonder) (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (2/4) More4 This is civilisation (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 (3/3) BBC4 The worlds of fantasy (All on one DVD)
22.00-22.30 (3/3) BBC4 Masterpieces of Vienna (All on one DVD)

THURSDAY 13th
19.55-20.00 (4/4) C4 Iraq and me (Three-minute wonder) (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 C4 Pramface babies (Cutting edge)
21.00-22.00 (2/5) BBC4 A year in Tibet (All on ond DVD)

FRIDAY 14th
19.30-20.00 (6/10) C4 Sudan: meet the Janjaweed (Unreported world)
21.00-22.00 BBC2 All White in Barking (White season)

Submit a short film to Shortwave by Monday 14th April

Shortwave are planning a number of events for 2008. The first will be taking place on Sunday 4th May at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane. The 15 best short films and videos submitted by Monday 14th April will be screened and the audience able to vote for its favourite and prizes will be awarded.

All styles, topics and genre's are welcome (including music videos, animations and video art), the principle being that the idea is more important than the medium through which it is conveyed. Priority is always given to emerging and low budget talent. Please note that work lasting longer than 10 minutes is rarely screened.

All you have to do is send a DVD viewing copy, your contact details and a stamped addressed envelope to:

Shortwave
PO Box 38443
London SE16 4YT

tel: 0778 869 2137

LUX Salon: A Home in the East - Thursday 6 March 7pm

To celebrate the current East festival http://www.findeast.co.uk/ LUX presents 4 films of East End home life. Ian Bourn's The End of the World (1982) features Ian and Helen Chadwick enjoying a quiet afternoon of domestic bliss, Guy Sherwin's Views From Home (1987/2005) is a nostalgic invocation of sunlight and street sounds and secret life of his East End flat circa 1980s. John Smith's Hackney Marshes (TV Version) (1978) is a rarely seen film commission from Thames Television documenting the lives of the inhabitants in a tower block overlooking Hackney Marshes, unravelling the TV documentary format with John Smith's usual style and wit. Finally William English and Sandra Cross's What did you eat today?(2001) follows a culinary day in the life of Hugh de la Cruz, then back home to have spaghetti for tea.

Urgent reminder to change your pin for WGSN before 6th March!

This is to remind Fashion & Textiles and all design students on Library access to WGSN that you need to re-register with WGSN-edu. Your existing usernames will be cut off on Wednesday 6th March. To re-register go to http://www.wgsn-edu.com/, click 'PIN Update' and enter the new PIN number which can be obtaibed by contacting your lecturers or emailing Nadine Edwards at n.edwards@uel.ac.uk. Follow the instructions that appear on screen.

Off-Air recordings 1st-7th March 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 7th March for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 1st
20.00-21.00 BBC Radio 4 The Larkin tapes (The archive hour)

SUNDAY 2nd
13.30-14.00 (1/3) BBC Radio 4 The price of peace (All on one DVD)
17.00-17.35 BBC1 Songs of praise (4 episodes until the end of March – all one one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (6/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Selling the Sixties
21.30-22.15 BBC Radio 3 The moving power of art (Sunday feature)

MONDAY 3rd
20.00-21.00 (1/2) C4 The fake trade (Both on one DVD)
20.00-20.30 BBC Radio 4 1968: rivers of blood: the real source

TUESDAY 4th
20.00-21.00 (6/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
19.00-19.30 BBC2 Deep South divide (This world)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Dolce vita Africana (Storyville)
22.30-23.00 (2/6) BBC4 The hard sell (All on one DVD)
22.35-23.25 BBC1 Marc Newson: urban spaceman (Imagine ...)

WEDNESDAY 5th
21.00-22.00 (1/4) More4 This is civilisation (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 (2/3) BBC4 The worlds of fantasy (All on one DVD)
22.00-22.30 (2/3) BBC4 Masterpieces of Vienna (All on one DVD)
23.40-00.40 More4 Pram-face (Cutting edge)

THURSDAY 6th
19.30-20.00 (6/6) BBC4 Masterpieces of the East (All on one DVD)
21.00-22.00 (1/5) BBC4 A year in Tibet (All on one DVD)

FRIDAY 7th
19.00-19.30 BBC2 Email is ruining my life (The Money programme)
19.35-20.00 (5/10) C4 Bangladesh: the drowning country (Unreported world)
21.00-22.00 C4 Sacha Baron Cohen: new hero of comedy
21.00-22.30 BBC2 Last orders (White)
22.00-23.00 BBC4 Motor city's burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges

Get involved with Dare to be Digital

Dare to be Digital is the UK's premier video games development competition which supports the creation of video games prototypes by talented, young developers in order to showcase their talent and prepare them for working in industry. Teams of students studying Arts, Computing and Audio related degree courses at University (usually in their 3rd and 4th years), are given the opportunity to develop a computer game prototype for 10 weeks during the summer in a near to real world development environment, whilst receiving support from industry specialists.To help them along the way the students receive £1700 and help from industry specialists to compete for a place in the final. The finalists of the competition will then go on to compete for cash prizes by pitching their prototype to high profile of judges from the video games business. The 3 winning teams then form the entries to the BAFTA Ones to Watch award which is presented at the BAFTA video games awards.As a result of taking part in Dare, our former students have gone on to secure much sought after jobs in companies such as EA, Lionhead, Disney Interactive Studios, Realtime Worlds and Codemasters to name but a few. More information at: http://www.daretobedigital.com/

Get feedback on your doc-in-progress at a free DFG workshop Monday 3rd March 2008

10x10 is back for 2008 with a new look. This is a free workshop hosted by the Documentary Filmmakers Group and Doculink where filmmakers can screen up to ten minutes of their work-in-progress and receive ten minutes of feedback from the group. All that's needed now is for you to come along and get involved. It’s a great opportunity to gain support, get crucial feedback, meet your peers and feel part of the independent London doc community. It’s also a rare chance to see what others are working on and gain a hands-on perspective of what works, what doesn’t and why. Space is limited. If you would like to come along as a viewer, please send an email to 10x10@dfgdocs.com with ‘Viewer’ in the subject heading.
When – Monday 3rd March, 7.30pm
Where – DFG, Dalston, London. http://www.dfgdocs.com/Contact/index.aspx

Writing about Art

Marjorie Munsterberg created Writing about Art as the text for a course of the same name that she teaches at The City College of New York. It explains the different approaches college students encounter in undergraduate art history classes. Each chapter outlines the characteristics of one type of visual or historical analysis, and briefly explains its history and development. Exemplary passages by well-known art historians provide examples of each method. Appendices give general advice about writing papers, doing research, and citing sources correctly.
http://www.writingaboutart.org/

Next Fourth Plinth Commission

The Fourth Plinth Commissioning Programme aims to get people thinking about the place of art in the public realm. The Fourth Plinth is in the north-west of Trafalgar Square, in central London. Built in 1841, it was originally intended for an equestrian statue but was empty for many years. It is now the location for specially commissioned art works. Public consultation is an important element in the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Programme. http://www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth/

Jerwood Moving Image Awards gallery talk

Jerwood Moving Image Awards gallery talk

Monday 10 March, 6pm – 8pm
Professional development evening aimed at moving image artists in early stages of their careers. Led by Shane Walter, Director of onedotzero.

Admission is free
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Tel. 020 7654 0171
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 OLN
Gallery opening times: Mon -Fri 10am -5pm, Sat -Sun 10am -3pm

CREATE 2008 Conference

Call for exhibition proposals
You are invited to submit recent and current projects now by Wednesday 12th March for an exhibition to be held in conjunction with this year's CREATE 2008 Conference. Get more information and download the form at: http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/create2008/call/
Exhibits may include fully working interactive systems, demonstrations or well-made video presentations. The submission of supplementary materials is encouraged to explain the design, its rationale, and any evaluation undertaken. Authors of selected projects will be encouraged to prepare a poster indicating these aspects of the exhibit and to informally explain their work to delegates during the evening between the first and second day of the conference.
Proposals for exhibits may focus on any aspect of interactive design - utility or entertainment, functional or affective needs.
This is an opportunity for the exhibited projects to be seen by leaders in design, human computer interaction and ergonomics. The co-sponsors of CREATE, the British Computer Society and the Ergonomics Society are the UK's leading bodies in their respective fields, with an international reputation.

Digital Artists' Handbook

The Digital Artists' Handbook is an up to date, reliable and accessible source of information that introduces you to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art.
The goal of the Handbook is to be a signpost, a source of practical information and content that bridges the gap between new users and the platforms and resources that are available, but not always very accessible. The Handbook will be slowly filled with articles written by invited artists and specialists, talking about their tools and ways of working. Some articles are introductions to tools, others are descriptions of methodologies, concepts and technologies. Find out more about how to get involved at: http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/

Off-Air recordings 23rd-29th February 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 29th February for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 23rd
20.00-21.00 (6/12) C4 Grand designs
23.05-00.45 ITV4 This is Spinal Tap
21.00-00.05 E4 The world's greatest comedy characters

SUNDAY 24th
21.00-22.00 (5/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 (2/5) BBC1 The last enemy

MONDAY 25th
20.30-21.00 BBC1 On whose orders? (Panorama)
21.00-22.00 BBC2 Transsexual in Iran
21.00-22.30 BBC4 Portillo on Thatcher: the lady's not for spurning
22.30-23.30 BBC4 The worst job in British politics?: the leader of the opposition

TUESDAY 26th
19.00-19.30 (2/5) BBC2 Diamonds and justice (This world)
20.00-21.00 (5/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Tito's ghost
22.00-23.45 More4 Black gold
22.30-23.00 (1/6) BBC4 The hard sell
22.35-23.30 BBC1 Richard Rogers inside out (Imagine...)

WEDNESDAY 27th
21.00-22.00 BBC4 (1/3) BBC4 The worlds of fantasy
22.00-22.30 (1/3) BBC4 Masterpieces of Vienna

THURSDAY 28th
19.30-20.00 (5/6) BBC4 Masterpieces of the East
21.00-22.00 (2/2) BBC4 Jonathan Meades: magnetic north

FRIDAY 29th
19.35-20.00 (4/10) C4 Russia: railway of bones (Unreported world)
21.00-22.00 C4 Walliams and Lucas: new heroes of comedy

Accessing e-books

The library has purchsed a number of e-books for different subject areats that UEL students and staff can access on and off campus via their Athens username and password. To access the e-books both on campus and off campus, you can click on the Click here for access to E-Book link under the book title in the library catalogue. Or log into your Athens account and in the list of resources, select one of the e-book platforms such as Dawson Books, MyiLibrary or Taylor and Francis eBook subscriptions.

You can view the list of e-books already available at http://www.uel.ac.uk/library/Ebooks.htm

MediaPod

We have expanded and enhanced our audio visual capability with the MediaPod located on the second floor of the library. The MediaPod is an open access cluster of five Apple Mac computers (G5 1.8GHz dual processor) each equipped with two 17" LCD monitors and a DV video recorder to enable digital video capture.

The main software titles available within the MediaPod are:

Final Cut Pro for real time editing for DV digital video

Soundtrack Pro for audio editing and sound design
Motion for advanced motion graphics
Livetype for text animation for digital video
DVD Studio Pro for DVD authoring

Color for colour grading for digital video

After Effects for motion graphics and special effects

Photoshop CS for digital imaging

Illustrator CS for vector graphics

InDesign CS for layout and design

Dreamweaver for building websites and applications

Flash for creating and delivering interactive content for computers and devices

Fireworks for creating, editing and optimizing images for the web
Director MX for building multimedia experiences for CD/DVD and the webiLife for iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, Garage Band

More information about access and use of MediaPod is displayed within the pod itself.

Off-Air recordings 16th-22nd February 2008

Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 22nd February for Docklands Library.

SATURDAY 16th
22.00-23.45 BBC4 I Vitelloni

SUNDAY 17th
19.00-20.00 C4 Our big fair trade adevnture
21.00-22.00 (4/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens (pts. 2-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
21.00-22.25 (1/5) BBC1 The last enemy

MONDAY 18th
21.00-22.00 (5/5) BBC2 Paradise or bust
21.00-22.35 C4 The day of the kamikaze
21.00-22.00 (3/3) BBC4 Savile Row

TUESDAY 19th
19.00-19.30 (1/5) BBC2 Girl racer (This world)
20.00-21.00 (4/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures (pts. 3-4, pts. 5-7 and pts. 8-10 on each DVD)
22.00-22.30 (6/6) BBC4 Citizen Smith
22.00-23.40 More4 Derek (True stories)
23.40-01.10 More4 Blue

WEDNESDAY 20th
23.35-01.20 More4 Sebastiane

THURSDAY 21st
19.30-20.00 (4/6) BBC4 Masterpieces of the East
21.00-22.00 (1/2) BBC4 Jonathan Meades: magnetic north

FRIDAY 22nd
19.35-20.00 (3/10) C4 Nicaragua (Unreported world)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Whatever happened to Radio 2?
22.00-23.00 BBC4 Caledonia dreamin'

Listen to Faisal Abdu'Allah on the Midweek programme on Radio 4

We are recording the Midweek programme today on which Faisal Abdu'Allah is appearing on BBC Radio 4. There is a revised repeat of the programme this evening at 9.30pm. You can also listen online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/midweek.shtml

Faisal Abdu'Allah on BBC Radio 4 Wednesday 13th February

Faisal Abdu'Allah will be appearing on the Midweek programme on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow morning at 9am with Hardeep Singh Kohli. He will be talking about his current show at the BFI which also opens tomorrow.

Birds Eye View Film Festival: 6 – 14 March 2008

Birds Eye View Film Festival: 6 – 14 March 2008
Birds Eye View film festival presents nine days of inspiration and celebration, showcasing the very best work from women filmmakers with over 70 events including screenings, workshops and parties at 7 London venues. See http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/ for more info.

To book tickets:
BFI SOUTHBANK
http://www.bfi.org.uk/ 020 7928 3232
Ticket prices (except Tue): non members £8.60 / £6.25 conc.
Members: £7.60 / £5.25 conc: Tue (all shows) £5 / £4 conc.

Geocrosswalk available via Digimap

Geocrosswalk is now available to all users of Digimap's Ordnance Survey Collection. Access is from the OS Collection home page.

What is Geocrosswalk?
Geocrosswalk is a database of geographical features (such as rivers, towns, woodlands and counties), their name and their location. In other words, it's a gazetteer which stores the spatial extent of the features it contains.

What can I do with it?
Geocrosswalk has a programming interface (API) which allows you to query the information it holds on the basis of "where" something is, as well as "what" it is. If you have some programming or "mashup" experience, you may be interested to learn more by logging into Digimap at: http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/

Faisal Abdu' Allah in Conversation at BFI Southbank

Faisal Abdu' Allah's installation The Browning of Britannia commissioned by the British Film Institute, opens on Wednesday 13th February. Faisal will be discussing his career to date and the tale of his collaboration with Ago Piero Ajano, the subject of the exhibition, whose story has a particular resonance for black communities in the UK, at BFI Southbank on Tuesday 4th March.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/faisal_abdu_allah_in_conversation

Off-Air Recordings Service

The library pays for an Educational Recording Agency Licence which allows us to record television and off-air recordings from digital Freeview channels. We select programmes from the Radio Times every week, record them onto DVD and add them to stock in the library. Academic staff should contact their Subject Librarian to request programmes for recording by Friday morning at the latest for the coming week. Below are the list of off-air recordings up to 15th February for Docklands Library.

SUNDAY 10th
19.00-20.00 C4 Inside Hamas
21.00-22.00 (3/10) BBC2 Around the world in 80 gardens
23.00-00.00 BBC2 Andrew and Jeremy get married (Storyville)
23.15-00.15 ITV1 Lang Lang (The South Bank show)

MONDAY 11th
20.30-21.00 BBC1 No more Mandelas (Panorama)
20.30-21.00 BBC4 Ready to wear
21.00-22.00 (5/5) C4 City of vice
21.00-22.00 (4/5) BBC2 Paradise or bust
21.00-22.00 (2/3) BBC4 Savile Row
23.30-00.30 BBC4 Hungary 1956: our revolution

TUESDAY 12th
20.00-21.00 (3/10) BBC4 Around the world in 80 treasures
21.00-22.00 (4/4) C4 Medicine men go wild 8473
22.00-22.30 (5/6) BBC4 Citizen Smith

WEDNESDAY 13th
21.00-22.00 (3/3) BBC4 Summits

THURSDAY 14th
19.30-20.00 (3/6) BBC4 Masterpieces of the East
21.00-22.00 (3/3) BBC4 The art of Spain

FRIDAY 15th
19.35-20.00 (2/10) C4 USA: the devil’s highway (Unreported world)
21.00-22.00 BBC4 Edith Piaf: singing her life (Legends)

Database of Virtual Art

The Database of Virtual Art documents the rapidly evolving field of digital installation art. This complex, research-oriented overview of immersive, interactive, telematic and genetic art has been developed in cooperation with established media artists, researchers and institutions. The web-based, cost-free instrument - appropriate to the needs of process art - allows individuals to post material themselves. Compiling video documentation, technical data, interfaces, displays, and literature offers a unique answer to the needs of the field. All works can be linked with exhibiting institutions, events and bibliographical references. Over time the richly interlinked data will also serve as a predecessor for the crucial systematic preservation of this art.

http://www.virtualart.at/common/recentWork.do

New digital archive celebrates forgotten British sculptor

Peter King's untimely death at the age of twenty-nine has meant that he has been largely omitted from the history of 1950s British art. Now his work is being made available to a wider audience, through a digitising project carried out by the artist's son, Dr Mike King, at London Metropolitan University, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

A sample collection with 51 entries is now available to search online at VADS: http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/PKA.html

When published, the full archive will contain over 1,000 entries, giving a detailed picture of the life and work of the artist.

Danube TeleLecture #4 REMIXING CINEMA : Future and Past of Moving Images with Lev Manovich and Sean Cubitt

The Department For Image Science & Database of Virtual Art presents Danube TeleLecture REMIXING CINEMA : Future and Past of Moving Images with Lev Manovich and Sean Cubitt - live stream now available at: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/department/bildwissenschaft/veranstaltungen/id/10963/index.php?URL=/en/department/bildwissenschaft/veranstaltungen/telelectures/10963

Other past lectures/debates are available from their archive:

Sarat Maharaj and Machiko Kusahara: Does the West still exist?

Gunalan Nadarajan and Jens Hauser: Pygmalion Tendencies: Bioart and its Precursors

Christiane Paul and Paul Sermon: Myths of Immateriality: Curating and Archiving Media Art

http://ww.donau-uni.ac.at/dtl-archive