Library News for Arts

The Information and Knowledge at Work (iKnow) project has recently seen the launch of its website, which offers a variety of free resources aimed at helping you to find and manage information effectively at work. The activities have been created in bite-sized chunks, so that you can fit them in whenever you have a few free minutes, at your desk or on the move.

The resources are also available to use in courses or to share with people you know.

Topics themes are:
• Finding information quickly
• Know your sources
• Evaluating information
• Information handling
• Organising information
• Keeping up to date

Learn how to manage information in your workplace more efficiently, enhance your skills, improve effectiveness, and maximise your performance.

www.open.ac.uk/iknow

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Enjoy Van Gogh’s letters at home or on the move with the Van Gogh Museum’s first iPhone application: Yours, Vincent.

The application uses Vincent van Gogh’s letters to explore his life and times.  It features many of Van Gogh’s sketches and paintings from the Van Gogh Museum collection, video interviews with the museum’s letters experts and new picture galleries that showcase his art.

The application is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  View a demo of the application or download for free at the iTunes App Store.

We have trials of the following literature collections until 28th November:

• African Writers Series
• Early English Prose Fiction, 1500-1700
• Eighteenth-Century Fiction
• English Drama, 1280-1915
• English Poetry, 2nd edition
• Nineteenth-Century Fiction
• The Bible in English
• Twentieth Century Drama

In addition, we have a trial to the Paley Center Seminars which is a video collection of interviews with celebrities, TV crews and panels discussing the creative process, issues in production and the impact of the media in contemporary society.

You can access these trials via the A-Z list of databases with a password.  We would be grateful if you would give us your comments via the Database feedback form.

Library Services is running the following online tutorials for OU students and staff in November:

Student introduction to Library Services: 15th November, 3pm

How to do a literature search: 19th November, 10am

How to find an ebook: 18th November, 4pm

How to find an ejournal: 12th November, 1pm

How to social bookmark: 6th November, 11:30am

How to use RefWorks: 2nd November, 10am; 28th November, 10am

Finding information in Business & Management: 24th November, 12:30pm

Finding information in Psychology: 10th November, 7pm

Please register for these online sessions by going to the Library Information Literacy Area of the VLE.  On this website you will also find the learning outcomes for these sessions, a link to training on the interface and you will be able to check if you have the right software to access Elluminate.

We now subscribe to Rock’s Backpages.  Rock’s Backpages is a searchable archive of reviews, interviews and features on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top, by rock writers and from influential music publications.

You can access Rock’s Backpages via the A-Z list of databases on the Library website.

Thursday 22nd October, 2 – 4pm, Information Literacy Suite (Library)

Learn what Endnote is and why it is useful.
Gain experience of inputting references manually.
Gain experience of importing references from library databases.
Gain experience of creating bibliographies in Word.
Learn how to locate sources of EndNote help and support.

There is no need to book and it does not matter whether you are new to the university or not.  We look forward to meeting you!

Thursday 22nd October, 10.30 – 12 noon, Information Literacy Suite (Library)

Learn how to find out what services you are entitled to as full-time & part-time research students, including document delivery and access to other libraries.
Learn how to find and use online library resources for Arts and have hands-on experience of using these.
Tour the library building and learn how to use the self-issue equipment.

There is no need to book and it does not matter whether you are new to the university or not.  We look forward to meeting you!

Library Services is running the following online tutorials for OU students and staff in October:

• Student introduction to Library Services: 3rd October, 10am; 10th October, 10am; 12th October, 12:30pm
• How to find an ebook: 27th October, 12pm 
• How to find an ejournal: 7th October, 10am
• How to set up ejournal alerts: 3rd October, 10am; 20th October, 1pm
• Introduction to bibliographic management: 30th October, 11:30am
• Masters in Education: literature searching: 9th October, 11am
• Finding information in Business & Management: 19th October, 12pm
• Finding information in Psychology: 23rd October, 3pm
  

Please register for these online sessions by going to the Library Information Literacy Area of the VLE.  On this website you will also find the learning outcomes for these sessions, a link to training on the interface and you will be able to check if you have the right software to access Elluminate.

Following its suspension earlier this year, the Courtauld Colour Slide Scheme has now been permanently closed.  The Witt and Conway Libraries and Photographic Survey collections are also undergoing changes and the libraries will be temporarily closed until 2 November 2009. See Courtauld Image Libraries web pages for details.

The religious studies databases ATLA Religion and ATLAS, have moved from the OCLC interface to EBSCOhost. 

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA’s online collection of major religion and theology journals.

Please go via the Databases page.