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Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:30 PM,
NICAI
This week's "Spotlight on Serials" is focused on the venerated American magazine Aperture.
Aperture was first published in 1952 by Minor White, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, Nancy Newhall and Beaumont Newhall. These individuals wished to foster the development and appreciation of the photographic medium.
Produced quarterly, Aperture presents a diversity of historical work, photojournalism and portfolios by emerging photographers, thematic articles, as well as interviews with important figures in the medium’s history.
Art Full Text includes an index of this journal dating from 1985 to the current year and an incomplete selection of full-text articles from the early 2000s.
The Fine Arts Library holds copies of this serial from 1965 onwards and these are available for 3 Day Loan.
Maria Connor and Victoria Passau
Fine Arts Library
Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:27 PM,
Arts Information Services
The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (2011) is now available online from the Library website. There are revisions to many of the articles from the first edition published in 1998, and some completely new entries have been added.
The articles are typically 5 to 10 pages in length, including reference lists with links to further readings, and sometimes also to relevant websites. Articles may be viewed online, printed, or dowloaded and saved. Various search and browse options are provided for this reference work.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:53 PM,
Special Collections
Images from the collection: Paine, James Jnr. (l/h side), Seddon, J. P. (middle top and r/h side), Fletcher, H (middle bottom).
A collection of architectural drawings on microfilm from the V&A museum has recently been transferred from the Architecture Library to the Microtexts Room and is now available for reference at MICROFILM 11-035.
The drawings span the period of the 17th Century through to the early 20th Century, and illustrate over 4000 works from almost 200 artists, including Sir Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Robert Adam, and Sir Gilbert Scott. They include plans, measured drawings, interior and decorative details, and occasionally correspondence.
An indexed guide to the contents of the reels can be found at the end of Reel 23, or at the back of the Microtexts Room, in hardcopy, with the other collections’ guides.
William Hamill, Special Collections
Image details:
Paine, James Jnr., Classical building, Pressmark A.234, drawing 84.16.4, microfilm reel13.
Seddon, J. P., Mountain Ash Church- details of entrance gates, Pressmark 94.J.11, microfilm reel 22
Seddon, J. P., Church, Cardiff, west elevation, Pressmark 94.J.22, microfilm reel 22
Fletcher, Hanslip, [Terraced houses], April 1929, Pressmark A.230, drawing E.561, microfilm reel 13
Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:48 PM,
NICAI
Images from the collection: Paine, James Jnr. (l/h side), Seddon, J. P. (middle top and r/h side), Fletcher, H (middle bottom).
A collection of architectural drawings on microfilm from the Victoria & Albert Museum has recently been transferred from the Architecture Library to the Microtexts Room and is now available for reference.
The drawings span the period of the 17th Century through to the early 20th Century, and illustrate over 4000 works from almost 200 artists, including Sir Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Robert Adam, and Sir Gilbert Scott. They include plans, measured drawings, interior and decorative details, and occasionally correspondence.
An indexed guide to the contents of the reels can be found at the end of Reel 23, or at the back of the Microtexts Room, in hardcopy, with the other collections’ guides.
Image details:
Paine, James Jnr., Classical building, Pressmark A.234, drawing 84.16.4, microfilm reel13.
Seddon, J. P., Mountain Ash Church- details of entrance gates, Pressmark 94.J.11, microfilm reel 22
Seddon, J. P., Church, Cardiff, west elevation, Pressmark 94.J.22, microfilm reel 22
Fletcher, Hanslip, [Terraced houses], April 1929, Pressmark A.230, drawing E.561, microfilm reel 13
Title: Architectural drawings from the Department of Prints and Drawings
at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Call number: MICROFILM 11-035
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:31 AM,
Engineering Library
“An innovative project led by a Chemistry academic at the University of Southampton is using solar generators to provide IT resources and ‘hands-on’ science for students in developing countries. A major difficulty in teaching science subjects in developing countries, especially in rural schools, is that students are rarely able to get ‘hands-on’ experience of experiments. This could be partly due to a lack of equipment, chemicals and facilities but mainly because of a lack of electricity and running water. Now, Professor Tony Rest, a visiting Chemistry academic at the University of Southampton, and Keith Wilkinson, formerly a teacher at the International School at Lusaka in Zambia, have devised a solar-powered solution based on a digital projector and low-cost solar energy panels so that students can gain access to IT and other modern teaching methods.” Read more at http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2011/dec/11_126.shtml
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:30 AM,
Engineering Library
” Tecnalia Research & Innovation has developed a new recycling system enabling the classification of waste from electrical and electronic equipment that cannot be ordered by conventional procedures, due to their similarities in colour, weight and shape. This system has received the EARTO Prize, giving recognition to the most innovative projects at a European level.” Read more at http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=3642&hizk=I
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:30 AM,
Engineering Library
“A newly released study from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) concludes that small modular reactors may hold the key to the future of U.S. nuclear power generation. “Clearly, a robust commercial SMR industry is highly advantageous to many sectors in the United States,” concluded the study, led by Robert Rosner, institute director and the William Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics. “It would be a huge stimulus for high-valued job growth, restore U.S. leadership in nuclear reactor technology and, most importantly, strengthen U.S. leadership in a post-Fukushima world, on matters of nuclear safety, nuclear security, nonproliferation, and nuclear waste management,” the report said.” Read more at http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/13/small-reactors-could-figure-us-energy-future
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:29 AM,
Engineering Library
“The prison guard robot prototype is set to go on trial in March . A jail in the eastern city of Pohang plans to run a month-long trial with three of the automatons in March.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:41 PM,
Audiovisual Library
New Acquisitions:
The Woman Director: Lucky McKee (2011) Call Number: DVD-V LD LD11-1026
Watch Trailer
Image: Courtesy of Revolver Entertainment
When family man and lawyer Christopher Cleek comes into contact with a feral woman living in the woods near his isolated country home, he kidnaps her and puts her, and his family, through misery. The film approaches its familiar “material in such a unique and unhinged manner that the results become something of a masterpiece - a weird work of art, but a surreality to celebrate none the less” (Gibron, 2011).
Described “Like a hot poker in the eye of political correctness” in the New Zealand Film Festival brochure, The Woman is arty, edgy and essentially feminist.
Reference:
Gibron, Bill. “It's 'Twin Peaks' Meets 'Nell'...Only Nastier!: 'The Woman'”. www.popmatters.com. 14 Oct. 2011.
Image: Courtesy of Revolver Entertainment
Vulcan Demirkan-Martin
Audiovisual Library
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:58 AM,
Arts Information Services
Last week on 16th of January US citizens and people all over the world commemorated the 83rd birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The day also marked an important milestone in the preservation and dissemination of his legacy.
The King Center Imaging Project now offers free online access to the papers of Martin Luther King Jr. The project is financed and overseen by the global financial services firm JPMorgan Chase, allowing for the digitisation of about 1 million documents since April 2011. 200,000 of these documents just went online on the latest Martin Luther King Day.
The primary source materials cover a wide range of themes and types of content. New content will be added to the site, so users are encouraged to check the digital archive regularly.
Read more in this USA Today article by Melanie Eversley.
Monday, January 23, 2012 9:53 AM,
Engineering Library
“A series of moats and fortresses were built over the West Brabant Water Line region of the Netherlands during the 17th century in order to provide protection from invasion by France and Spain. Fort de Roovere was surrounded with a shallow moat that was too deep to march across, and too shallow for boats. In turn the earthen fort had remained protected –until now. From afar, the Moses Bridge is invisible to the eye. The flow of the moat appears continuous, as the water level remains at the same level, reflecting the surrounding foliage. As visitors approach the fort, the bridge appears as a break in the water with its sloping walls containing it.” Read more and look at the pictures from http://inhabitat.com/sunken-pedestrian-bridge-in-the-netherlands-parts-moat-waters-
like-moses/ro-ad-west-brabant-waterline6/
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:44 AM,
B&E Information Services
Adrienne Puckey’s new book, Trading cultures: a history of the Far North, is a fascinating account of the trading that took place between Maori and Pakeha in Northland.
This social, economic and political history gives fresh insights into how and why Maori and Pakeha traded and interacted with each other from the 1700s to the present.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:06 AM,
Audiovisual Library
New Acquisitions:
Rabbit Hole Director: John Cameron Mitchell (2010) Call Number: DVD-V LD LD11-0974
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Image: Courtesy of Lions Gate Entertainment
“How do you recover from the death of a child? The movie “Rabbit Hole” eloquently posits the only correct answer to that question: You don't” (Hornaday, 2010).
Rabbit Hole is based on a 2005 Pulitzer-winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire and tells the story of a couple struggling to heal after the death of their young son. This is a drama that is heavy and relentlessly sad, but also laughs and tears co-exist.
Although the acting is first-class, Kidman stands out with a career-best performance that earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and Mitchell is superb in his direction.
Reference:
Hornaday, Ann. “Resilience in the darkest of times”. www.washingtonpost.com. 25 Dec. 2010.
Image: Courtesy of Lions Gate Entertainment
Vulcan Demirkan-Martin
Audiovisual Library
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:44 AM,
Engineering Library
In-air signature, new authentication technique for mobile phones “A system created by Group of Biometrics, Biosignals, and Security (GB2S) from CeDInt at UPM allows verifying the identity of mobile users through their in-air signature. This new biometric authentication technique provides higher security than the use of a PIN (which can be guessed, lost, copied or stolen). It can be applied to the e-commerce field, protecting transactions which require the verification of the user identity or preserving private information stored in the mobile phone. that should not be accessible from anyone except the user.” Read more at http://www.upm.es/internacional/UPM/UPM+Channel/
News/f2c89735edad3310VgnVCM10000009c7648aRCRD
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:07 AM,
Davis Law
The hosting of legal databases continues to be a competitive part of the legal information publishing sector, and a constant challenge for legal researchers trying to keep their research skills current. Over recent months there have been some changes to the legal database Index to Legal Periodicals which is now available via the Westlaw platform, and the retrospective 1908-1981 index which is now available on the EbscoHost platform. The index is a great legal database because of the wide variety of articles, case notes, legislation notes, book reviews and monographs indexed. The index also covers a range of English language countries including United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:42 AM,
Engineering Library
Sometimes it flies, sometimes it marches on, and sometimes it seems to stands still. Regardless of its speed, time has always been measured in some fashion, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology has an informative online presentation of the evolution of time measurement throughout the ages. Visitors will learn in the first three sections that calendars were the first timekeepers, then clocks, such as sundials (aka shadow clocks) and water clocks were invented, followed by spring-powered clocks, and finally the more accurate mechanical "pendulum" clock. Visitors interested in the most precise timekeeping will enjoy the sections on the "Atomic Age". "World Time Scales and Time Zones" rounds out the presentation, and explains the appearance of time zones, and the first cesium atomic frequency standard, which was built in England in 1955 in collaboration with the United States. The link entitled "Exhibits on Time", on the homepage, offers half a dozen sites that concern time, including the Smithsonian exhibit, "The Quartz Watch". [KMG] From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2010. http://scout.wisc.edu/ Read more at http://www.nist.gov/pml/general/time
Monday, January 16, 2012 12:44 PM,
NICAI
The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities : Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri 1734-1765 illustrates the collection of curiosities (wunderkammer) amassed by the Dutch apothecary Albertus Seba (1665-1736). In 1731 Seba commissioned 13 artists to illustrate all of the specimens of natural history held within his collection. These volumes were reprinted by Taschen in 2001.1 This large scale publication (currently on display in the glass cabinet at the Fine Arts Library) was based on a hand tinted copy held in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague and weighs nearly eight kilos. Claudia Stein from the University of Warwick described Seba’s catalogue as,
“a unique Baroque document, both as an artistic tour-de-force and as an important example of the history of collecting and natural history. The Taschen reprint of the Thesaurus is a little wonder in itself and deserves a special place on the shelves of every scholar's own Wunderkammer.”2
The Fine Arts Library has recently acquired a more compact 2011 edition of this wonderfully illustrated text.3 This edition, currently on the New Books Shelf, will be available for loan from Monday 23rd January.
References
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Albertus Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities : Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri 1734-1765 : A Selection of the Most Important Plates from the Copy in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the Hague. Naturalien Kabinett. Köln : Taschen, 2001.
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Claudia Stein. "Albertus Seba's Cabinet of natural curiosities: Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri, 1734-1765." Medical History 47, no. 4 (October 1, 2003): 548-549. http://www.proquest.com.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/ (accessed January 15, 2012).
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Albertus Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities = Das Naturalienkabinett = Le Cabinet Des Curiosités Naturelles : Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri, 1734-1765. Naturalienkabinett. edited by Rainer Willmann, Jes Rust, Volker Wissemann and Bibliotheek Koninklijke: Köln : Taschen, 2011.
Victoria Passau
Fine Arts Library
Monday, January 16, 2012 8:57 AM,
Engineering Library
“It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone.
And it came off an inkjet printer. Washington State University researchers have used a 3D printer to create a bone-like material and structure that can be used in orthopedic procedures, dental work and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis. Paired with actual bone, it acts as a scaffold for new bone to grow on and ultimately dissolves with no apparent ill effects.” Read more and watch the video at http://news.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=29002
Friday, January 13, 2012 1:28 PM,
Davis Law
The first edition of the NZ Law Style Guide was published in 2009, with widespread acceptance by the profession.
The second edition, with support from theLaw Foundation, has just been released to tidy up any inconsistencies and errors, with more than 200 new examples.
Major changes are detailed on page xix of the guide with new and expanded rules for citations on specific materials and new rules on citing international materials.
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Geoff McLay, Christopher Murrary and Jonathon Orpin New Zealand Law Style Guide (2nd ed, Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2011).
These can be purchased at the University Faculty of Law Reception for $20 or from the University Book Shop.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:31 PM,
Arts Information Services
A recent Guardian article made us aware of an interesting website that compiles newspaper reviews of books, films, and plays. The Omnivore provides easy access to a cross section of formally published arts criticism, offering a useful addition to the increasing amount of user created content.
Despite an appreciation for social media including user reviews and ratings, The Omnivore team believes in the ongoing importance of professional criticism and is committed to making it accessible and relevant. Users can follow The Omnivore on Twitter, sign up for the fortnightly newsletter, or visit and subscribe to the blog.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:27 AM,
Audiovisual Library
New Acquisitions:
Essential Killing Director: Jerzy Skolimowski (2010) Call Number: DVD-V LD11-1029
Watch Trailer
Image: Courtesy of Artificial Eye
Winning Gallo the Best Actor prize at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, Essential Killing is about a Muslim man captured in the desert after killing three American soldiers. Tortured in a secret detention center and transported to Poland, the man escapes to find himself in a wintry forest fighting for his survival.
Nearly devoid of dialogue and clarity, “Essential Killing is a chase film almost existential in its rawness and virtually silent in its unfolding -- just a pursued man reduced by circumstance to a primitive state” (Groen, 2011). The film is not easy to like, but allows the viewer observe the conflicting states of the prey and the predator.
Reference:
Groen, Rick. “Essential Killing: A maddening film about man’s madness”. theglobeandmail.com. 31 March.2011.
Image: Courtesy of Artificial Eye
Vulcan Demirkan-Martin
Audiovisual Library
Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:43 AM,
Engineering Library
“Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are developing a robotic system which will be a suitable companion for older people. Dr Farshid Amirabdollahian, a senior lecturer in Adaptive Systems and expert in Rehabilitation Robotics and Assistive Technologies at the University is coordinating a new FP7 European project called ACCOMPANY – Acceptable Robotics Companions for Ageing Years – which will develop a robot to assist with everyday tasks in the home. The principal investigator for this project is Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn who has a substantial track record in human-robot interaction studies and companion robots.” Read more at http://www.herts.ac.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/New-Research-into-Robotic-Companions-for-Older-People.cfm
Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:42 AM,
Engineering Library
“Today sees the opening of the UK’s largest carbon capture (CC) pilot plant at SSE’s Ferrybridge Power Station in West Yorkshire. The project, which is a collaboration between SSE, UK based Doosan Power Systems and Vattenfall, supported by the Technology Strategy Board, DECC and Northern Way, is the first of its size to be integrated into a live power plant in the UK. As such, this represents a major step forward in proving that carbon capture technology is viable on a commercial scale. The plant bridges the gap between the various pilot-scale trials that are under way and the commercial-scale demonstration projects envisaged by the UK government, as it captures 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide per day from the equivalent five megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power generating capacity.” Read more at http://www.sse.com/uploadedFiles/Z_Microsites/Ferrybridge/Controls/Lists/Resources/PressRelease30November2011.pdf
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:48 PM,
Engineering Library
“Spinning fibres the way silkworms do in nature could cut processing costs tenfold and reduce the energy used by more than 90 per cent compared to current techniques.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield developed a method to analyse the energy used in the formation of fibres in natural silk and synthetic materials which has now been used to compare the unspun silk from a silkworm and the materials which make the strongest synthetic fibres available.” Read more at http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2011/silkworm-polymer-fibres.html
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:47 PM,
Engineering Library
“Mazda Motor Corporation has developed the world's first passenger vehicle regenerative braking system that uses a capacitor. The groundbreaking system, which Mazda calls 'i-ELOOP', will begin to appear in Mazda's vehicles in 2012. In real-world driving conditions with frequent acceleration and braking, 'i-ELOOP' improves fuel economy by approximately 10 percent. Mazda's regenerative braking system is unique because it uses a capacitor, which is an electrical component that temporarily stores large volumes of electricity. Compared to batteries, capacitors can be charged and discharged rapidly and are resistant to deterioration through prolonged use. 'i-ELOOP' efficiently converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electricity as it decelerates, and uses the electricity to power the climate control, audio system and numerous other electrical components.” Read more at http://www.mazda.com/publicity/release/2011/201111/111125a.html?link_id=nr
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:39 PM,
Davis Law
Access to Canada’s official law report series Canada Supreme Court Reports from 1876 - 2010 is now available on the HeinOnline database. Click here to access this database.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:53 AM,
Audiovisual Library
New Acquisitions:
Housemaid Director: Im Sang-soo (2010) Call Number: DVD-V LD10-0660
Watch Trailer
Image: Courtesy of Sidus FNH
Based on Kim Ki-young's 1960 film The Housemaid, the film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Although the story could make an endless a soap opera, housemaid gets pregnant by her boss on, the film dives into David Lynchian territory. Until those moments, the film “generates intrigue partly by making you guess which movie it is going to become: the cruel psychological thriller, the comedy of upper-crust manners, the feminist fable, the erotic romp” (Scott, 2011).
Reminding Chabrol’s La Cérémonie, the film is no doubt about working class women's exploitation and repression. “The three female leads' high voltage chemistry, the sumptuous mis en scene (the biggest set in Korean film history), stylish symmetric compositions and lilting (perhaps Wong Kar-wai influenced) string score offers such sensory pleasure while pacing is so smooth that two hours seem to glide by imperceptibly” (Lee, 2010).
Reference:
Lee, Maggie. “The Housemaid – Film Review”. www.hollywoodreporter.com. 14 Oct. 2010.
Scott, A.O. “Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family”. movies.nytimes.com. 20 Jan. 2011.
Image: Courtesy of Sidus FNH
Vulcan Demirkan-Martin
Audiovisual Library
Monday, January 09, 2012 10:03 AM,
Arts Information Services
The Library subscribes to a new database that provides online access to primary and secondary source material valuable to scholars and students studying William Wordsworth (1770-1850) and the English Romantic movement:
Romanticism: Life, Literature & Landscape
The collection offers an insight into the working methods of the poet and the wider social, political and natural environment that shaped much of his work and that of his contemporaries. In addition, this collection makes available Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journals, Alfoxden diary and travel journals. Verse manuscripts and correspondence from leading Romanticists such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and Robert Southey are also made available.
The original documents in this resource include verse and prose manuscripts, printed verse, correspondence, diaries, travel journals, autograph albums, legal and financial records, guide books and annotations. Historical maps, an interactive map and 2,500 pieces of fine art have also been included and serve to contextualise the work of the writers and poets of the periode. Short biographies of William Wordsworth, members of his immediate family, and other important literary figures of the Romatic movement can be found in the section Literary Lifes.
Monday, January 09, 2012 9:33 AM,
Engineering Library
The Museum of Mathematics will open in Manhattan in 2012 and they already have their website up and running. The goal of the museum is to enhance public understanding of mathematics. The materials on the site are divided into six primary sections, including "Press", "News", and "Gallery". In the "Gallery", visitors can learn about the Museum's construction and also watch entertaining and instructional videos. The videos include "Symmetry, Art & Illusion", "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers", and "The Geometry of Origami". Further along, visitors can learn about their traveling exhibition "The Math Midway" and also sign up to receive their Twitter updates. The site is rounded out by a link where visitors can become a museum member or shop for math-related items. [KMG] From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2010. http://scout.wisc.edu/ Read more at http://momath.org/
Saturday, January 07, 2012 2:43 PM,
NICAI
Grove Art Online, published by Oxford University Press, has recently added 33 new or expanded articles on New Zealand art. This project was directed by Dr. Leonard Bell, Associate Professor at The University of Auckland's Department of Art History. Grove Art Online, accessible through Oxford Art Online, includes articles by some of New Zealand's leading subject specialists including Roger Blackley, Marian Minson, Edward Hanfling, and academic staff from The University of Auckland incluing Robin Woodward, Deidre Brown and Peter Simpson.
New articles include Art and National Identity by Peter Simpson, Associate Professor of English at The University of Auckland and Photography in New Zealand written by John B. Turner, who recently retired as Senior Lecturer in Photography at the Elam School of Fine Arts. It also includes updated and revised biographies on a number of New Zealand artists such as Colin McCahon, Shane Cotton, Rita Angus, Greer Twiss and Marti Friedlander.
Victoria Passau
Fine Arts Library
Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:26 PM,
Arts Information Services
Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest is a new Library database published by Adam Matthew Digital. It provides access to collections of primary source materials on British and American popular culture from 1950 to 1975.
The database contains a wide range of documents in print and manuscript form as well as images and video footage. Topics that are covered include student activism in Europe and the US, the Vietnam conflict, civil rights, women's liberation, fashion, youth culture, the music scene and book, magazine and film censorship.
Various browse and search options, a list of popular searches and interactive discovery tools contribute to the exploration experience. The bubble chart is an interesting feature that allows you to browse the collections chronologically and topically.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:27 PM,
Arts Information Services
Mapping history has reached a new level with Locating London's Past. The free website allows you to search a wide range of digital resources relating to seventeenth and eighteenth century London. You can then map your selection on to a fully GIS compliant version of John Rocque's 1746 map.
The website uses Google Maps technology, and provides historical background information and datasets on crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, local administration, plague deaths and archaeological finds.Video turtorials help you to get started.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:06 AM,
Engineering Library
“As part of the Company’s Apprentice Innovation Challenge, seven teams of BAE Systems’ apprentices have designed and manufactured equipment to support the recovery of wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan. The winning design was awarded to apprentices from BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent for their ‘Inviso visual aid device’, helping solider with restricted movement, such as back injuries, to see their surroundings. The clever device uses a combination of three cameras to give the soldier an unrestricted view of the hospital ward; enabling them to see other patients, visitors and to help with basic needs such as eating and shaving. The ‘Inviso’ will provide the patients with control over what they can see, allowing them a greater independence and help to boost their morale.” Read more at http://www.baesystems.com/Newsroom/NewsReleases/autoGen_1111011101218.html
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:06 AM,
Engineering Library
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:06 AM,
Engineering Library