Category: Library news & events
Artists are responding to the Covid-19 virus in different ways. Has any of your practice changed in response to the lockdown? Have you been moved to respond creatively? These are some ways artists are...
The Fashion and Textile Museum in London have got a great blog where their staff are sharing lots of gems of information. Here are a selection of recent posts: They are producing a series...
Studying for music covers such a wide range of genres, interests, instruments, voices….and the list goes on. Here is an eclectic selection of online resources for you to explore: The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO)...
Are you itching to read more articles on performing arts? To celebrate 10 years of Theatre Dance and Performance Training, an article from each year has been made freely available online. The open-access Theatre...
Then go and explore Laura Boswell’s YouTube channel. Laura has launched her first in-depth tutorial series. From initial drawing to final framing, she explains every step of her most recent linocut, along with extra...
ArtHousesInverted – A great event that will be showcasing some fantastic works in an interesting online format this year We’re very excited that ARTHOUSES INVERTED is coming to your screens wherever you are, all...
Have you come across the BBC3 Free Thinking podcast? The BBC describe it as “Leading artists, writers, thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives & links between past & present and new academic research.” Virtual...
Join the Northern Centre of Photography for an online conversation with John Kippin and Nicola Neate on Thursday 21 May at 3.00pm. John and Nicola will be joining from North Uist in the Outer...
Recently I had a request from a lecturer to help a student who wanted to use read out loud facilities on eBooks. Read out loud is an essential facility if you have a visual...
Are you someone who loves to create their art, whether that be drawing, painting, sculpting, but isn’t that enamored when you have to write about it? Thankfully there is lots of advice to help...
Our team of Academic Liaison Librarians are doing a excellent job of keeping you up-to-date with resources and services relevant to you. One of the ways we do this is by posting to the...
The library has secured temporary online access until 30th May to The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures. The Manual enables access the latest research relevant to nursing practice and includes...
Maybe you’re a music student, or a serial concert goer, or just someone who likes to listen to live music. Are you missing seeing live concerts and gigs? Are you missing that shiver down...
With galleries and museums being closed during the Covid-19 lockdown, you can go and visit exhibitions online. Many, many galleries are making exhibitions available online in many different ways – go and explore! Our...
Research into how to make the arts more visible: Resources sharing best practice to support disabled artists and audiences Explore the DIY Access Guide to making music more accessible How can we avoid stereotyping...