Info Skills Conference - Going it alone: innovations in information literacy

The UEL library is hosting an event based around our Info Skills online tutorial

Going it alone: innovations in information literacy

“Info skills”, a new and very successful online tool produced at UEL, has attracted a lot of interest - both within UEL and further afield. Join us in a one day conference to find out about how the site was developed and how it is being used within our institution. The day also includes a keynote speech from Andrew Walsh of Huddersfield University, who will share some insights into innovations in information literacy. Andrew is a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is well known for using mobile technology in original and inventive ways. He is also currently working on an exciting project that brings fun and games into libraries and information skills.
We are able to stage this conference through the kind assistance from the University Colleges and Research Group (UC+R) which earlier this year granted their Innovations Award to our project.

To book a place: booking form
If you are a UEL staff member, please contact j.a.preece@uel.ac.uk. We are limited in numbers, so please book quickly to avoid disappointment.
Date: Friday 13th January 2012
Venue: University of East London- Docklands campus
Time: 10.00-15.30
Cost: £30 (inc. lunch and refreshments; non refundable)
N.B credit card bookings only.
Programme:
• 10.00 – Arrival and registration (coffee and pastries)
• 10.30 – Introduction from Cathy Walsh (Acting Director of Library Services)
• 10.45 – Info skills: the UEL context from Julie Baldry Currens (Director of Learning, Teaching and Assessment)
• 11.00 – Background to the Info Skills project – Erica Plowman (UEL Connect Learning Designer)
• 11.45 – Morning Break (tea/coffee and biscuits)
• 12.05 – Info Skills – demonstrations by UEL Subject Librarians
• 12.30 – Evaluating the Info Skills Project – Simone Okolo (Academic Skills Manager)
• 13.00 – Lunch, with the chance to ‘dabble’ on Info Skills in the computer labs, and optional library tours
• 14.15 – Keynote address from Andrew Walsh (Academic Librarian at the University of Huddersfield)
• 15.15 – Q and A session plus round up and evaluation of the event using Turning Point technology
• 15.30 – Finish

Arts on Film Archive

Arts on Film

I thought you might be interested in the free resource above.

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. Many titles in the collection contain rare material about individual artists, while others offer definitive coverage of their subject. The archive is an invaluable primary research resource for a wide range of scholars in arts and humanities. Its films contain valuable source material for biographies, monographs, and many other forms of research in art history and documentary film-making. Due to copy right restrictions the Arts Council England films can only be streamed to ac.uk domain addresses. Due to copy right restrictions the Arts Council England films can only be streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.

I have just had a quick look myself - for example, a search using ‘art’ or ‘photographer’ brings up some interesting material.

I am having the archive added to our A to Z list of databases on the library homepage.

Artquest

http://www.artquest.org.uk/


I thought you might be interested in the above website. It is supported by the Arts Council and offers career advice, opportunities for networking in the UK and abroad, and arts specific legal information articles.

Librarian on leave

Just to let you know that I will be on leave from August 12th to September 5th.

If you have any queries during this period, please phone the general library number - 02082233434. I am sure my colleagues will be able to assistance you.

I look forward to seeing you all in September.

All the best
Cath

The Artist in the library - free symposium at UEL

Library and Learning Services, in collaboration with Clare Qualmann from the Institute of Performing Arts, is organising the following symposium to be held on Friday 3rd June 2011 from 1pm to 5pm in Docklands. The event is free so the places are booking fast.

The Artist in the Library
A free half-day symposium organised by the Institute for Performing Arts Development (IPAD), and Library and Learning Services at the University of East London.

The symposium reflects on the relationships between artists and libraries; how their spaces, systems and structures provide inspirational possibilities. With speakers including artists, librarians and researchers the afternoon will present a range of projects that intervene in, respond to, or collaborate with a range of libraries both public and academic.

A full programme will be confirmed shortly, but meanwhile speakers include:

Clare Qualmann, University of East London
Serena Korda, Artist
Cheryl Jones, Curator of Libraries and Collections, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Sarah Bodman, Research Fellow, University of the West of England
Jennie Savage, Artist

The venue is in the West Building Lecture at the Docklands Campus of the University of East London, starting at 1pm with coffee and cake, and finishing with a glass of wine.

The event is free, but spaces are limited. Please contact Judith Preece, email: j.a.preece@uel.ac.uk , Tel: 020 8223 7400, if you wish to attend.

Royal College of Art collections available online

Two of the Royal College of Art’s most important collections have been made available to the general public through a new digitisation project which is accessible through the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS).

The Record of Student Work is a rare collection, containing over 30,000 slides of student work, which dates back to the 1960s and includes early work by notable College alumni including David Hockney, Tracey Emin, Ridley Scott and Thomas Heatherwick. A comprehensive and unique resource, it provides insight into the early creative processes of some of Britain’s best-known artists and designers, usually captured as they complete their postgraduate studies with installation shots from students’ degree shows.

Notable alumni whose work is represented in this selection include: David Hockney, Zandra Rhodes, Chris Ofili, Tracey Emin, Julien Macdonald, Philip Treacy, Orla Kiely, Harold Offeh and Thomas Heatherwick. These images are a representative sample of the entire collection 1960-2002 and all have been scanned from the original 35mm slides. Senior tutors from each department worked with the Special Collections Manager to identify key students’ work. Once a student was selected, every available slide of their work was digitised to provide a comprehensive picture of their work.

In addition to the Record of Student Work, over a thousand works from the Royal College of Art Collection of Paintings have been digitised and are also being made available through VADS. The Royal College of Art Collection is an invaluable resource of works that represent significant developments in British painting from the middle years of the 20th century to the present. The collection is made up of works donated by Painting graduates and staff. Examples include works by: Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Paul Nash, John Piper, Frank Auerbach, John Minton, Peter Blake, David Hockney, Chris Ofili, Tracey Emin, Dinos Chapman and Sophie von Hellermann.

View the collections online at:

Royal College of Art Record of Student Work

http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/RCAROSWhref

Royal College of Art Collection

http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/RCACC

There's more to the library catalogue.....

.....than just being able to search for books and journals. For example, did you know that you can save your search queries for future reference and set up alerts to be notified when new books are added to stock? No? It’s easy enough to set up. Simply sign-in to the catalogue, run your search as normal and then click on the ‘Save query’ link which appears to the left of the results (just below the search box, in fact). There is then an option to save the query or set up an alert. You can manage your saved queries and alerts by clicking on ‘My Account’ in the top right of the screen.
Ever wondered what the ‘e-Shelf’ link in the top right of the catalogue screen is used for? The e-Shelf is where you can save lists of useful books and journals and then organise them into folders. For example, you might wish to add a list of reading for your module so that you can easily refer back to it and see which books are currently available. To add items to your e-Shelf, make sure you are signed in to the catalogue and then click the little white star which appears next to each result in the results list. The star turns yellow, indicating it has been added. If you click on the e-Shelf link in the top right of the page you can then view and organise all items you have added.

Info Skills Online Resource

Many students have told us they would like help with researching their assignments. In response, we have developed an online guide that assists students through the first stages of research. The guide looks at four major areas: identifying, finding, evaluating and referencing information. Using videos, help guides, demos and quizzes, it gives students step-by-step help whenever and wherever it’s needed. Click on 'Info Skills' below.

Info skills

Jisc Digital Collections

http://www.jisc-content.ac.uk/

Please have a look at the link above to JISC digital collections and archives to see all the excellent digitised content available from the British Library, The National Archives, British Film Institute, The History Data Service, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomson Reuters, Oxford University Press and many other leading research institutes, museums and universities. Each of the collections contains comprehensive data making it easy for you to include full research notes and citations within your work.
Since 2003 JISC and JISC Collections have been investing in digitised content across all subject areas. This website provides an introduction to these digital collections to help academics, students, researchers and librarians understand the wealth of resources available to them. Many of the collections provide access to archive materials which are too fragile in their original format to be used so widely, or they bring together materials which are scattered throughout the world

Royal Academy Architecture Resources

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture/architecture-resources/


I wanted to highlight the Royal Academy Architecture Resource site. The podcasts include recent lectures series (e.g. The Architects Who Made London) and also interviews with Fuksas, Gluckman, Grimshaw, Isozaki and Zumthor, among others. There are also filmed interviews with Sir Richard MacCormac RA, David Chipperfield RA, Arata Isozaki Hon RA, Toh Shimazaki and Roger Zogolovitch.

Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/library/

Dear Colleagues

I was lucky enough to go on a visit to the libraries at the Natural History Museum on Friday. They are open to the public (with some restrictions) and the catalogue is online – see the above site for details. The libraries hold some wonderful collections of both images and print materials. The Librarians told me that they are often visited by artists and designers and I will be mentioning the museum to our students as yet another source of inspiration available to them in London.

Library opening hours for Christmas and the New Year

See the link below for library opening hours until 4th January

http://www.uel.ac.uk/lls/about/openinghours.htm#christmas

Librarian on leave until January 10th, 2011

Dear Colleagues

Just to let you know, I go on leave today and will return on January 10th.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

Best Regards
Cath

Graduate Photography Online

http://www.source.ie/graduate/2010/2011.html

Dear Colleagues

I thought you might be interested in passing on the above information to our students.

Regards
Cath

Free architecture resources

Dear Colleagues

I attend a day of the Arclib – Architecture Librarians Group - conference yesterday in Portsmouth. Below are some of the highlights:


New Buildings in Old Places – an on-line planning resource

http://foundationtallbuildings.org/intro

This on-line planning tool provides information on existing location efficiency and its determining factors for any postcode within Greater London, and location efficiency projections for proposed future developments. It also provides a Building Typology Explorer to assess density and sustainability in relation to building types, and includes a Tall Buildings map for the Greater London area. This map is a visual reference that pinpoints a selection of tall buildings proposed, approved and/or commenced across London. It allows users to see what is being proposed in selected areas and provides useful resources, including essential facts and links to planning applications and architects' visualisations. The site also provides a list of useful links.

Archigram Archival Project

http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/

The Archigram Archival Project makes the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram available free online for public viewing and academic study. The project was run by EXP, an architectural research group at the University of Westminster. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and made possible by the members of Archigram and their heirs, who retain copyright of all images

Ribapix

http://www.ribapix.com/

A growing database dedicated to providing you with exceptional and unique images from the collections of the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the world’s most extensive visual archive devoted to architecture.

Vintage Bus tour of architectural highlights of Portsmouth

This was great fun but the bus itself was the star!

http://www.southcoastmotorservices.co.uk/vehicles.html

Architects' Journal online

I just want to bring to your attention that we do have an online subsciption to the AJ. It can be found in the Construction Information Database. It can be accessed in the usual way - through the A to Z Databases list, clicking on 'C'. See below.

http://www.uel.ac.uk/lls/resources/Databases.htm

Then click on the Athens login and enter the institution followed by your Athens account details.

Under the Construction Information Service title, click on View Product. Scroll down to Technical Resources. Under Access Industry Journals, you will see the Architects' Journal link.

18 Stafford Terrace

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace.aspx


Some of you may have visited 18 Stafford Terrace, just off Kensington High Street which is a perfectly preserved Victorian home. At the weekend, a tour is given by actor in full Victorian dress and character. For more information, see the link above. I went (for the fourth time!) on Sunday and was interested to see an additional exhibition. See below.

From 24 April to 13 June, Central Saint Martins will be residing at 18 Stafford Terrace to stage Fashionably Curious, a contemporary fashion exhibition within the historic house. Inspired by the curiosities and quirks of the Victorian era, and the current fascination of all things fantastical, this unique interior will play host to a display of contemporary dress.

The exhibition features the works of renowned Central Saint Martin alumni Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Mary Katrantzou and Jonathan Saunders, as well as Stephen Jones and Gieves & Hawkes.

During the exhibition, tours will continue as normal on Wednesdays and the weekends. The format and content of the tours will remain the same, and a catalogue will be available to guide visitors through the exhibits on show within the historic house. There will also be an additional video introduction at the beginning of your visit.

Artist in Residence Programme at Queen Mary Physics Departmen

The Physics department at Queen Mary Univeristy of London has long
history of producing cutting edge research into theoretical physics. It
has been the originator of revolutionary ideas such as string theory and
M-theory and has a history of connecting these new ideas to the
contemporary art world.
The department is searching for a contemporary artist to be resident for
a three month period to produce art inspired by the work of the
department and in collaboration with Dr David Berman.
A background in fine art with an interest in contemporary conceptual art
would be ideal.
The artist will have an office in the department during the residency
and there are funds to cover costs for materials.
The stipend is between £8000-£6000 depending on the experience of the
artist.
Queen Mary has many artists in residence and has an active art
community. The physics department programme is seen as an on going
commitment to interaction with the art world and the artist would be
encouraged to be part of a long term association with the department at
Queen Mary.

Please send a CV with any weblinks to, and samples of, past work along
with a statement of interests to: d.s.berman@qmul.ac.uk

The deadline for applications is the 15^th of June with a view to
beginning in September.

Free years online subscription to a-n for graduating students

https://www.a-n.co.uk/join_in/student_sub

a-n are offering a free years online subscription to graduating students.

New books for Architecture and Fashion

The links below are for Techne Press for Architecture books and Berg for Fashion and Textile books.

http://www.technepress.nl/

http://www.bergpublishers.com/Categories/fsh/tabid/606/Default.aspx