ECA exhibition: Remembering Little Sparta

Hi all, passing on information from Jane Furness at ECA on their latest exhibition - enjoy! Cheers, Paula

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REMEMBERING LITTLE SPARTA: 30 July - 30 August 2009
Sculpture Court, Main Building, Edinburgh College of Art
An exhibition of paintings, paper reliefs and photographs based on the 16 year engagement by the artist Janet Boulton with Ian Hamilton Finlay's garden at Little Sparta.
See the ECA website for more details.

JISC Digital Media - new training courses for autumn 2009

Hi all, course details for your information... Cheers, Paula

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We have just released details of JISC Digital Media's new training programme for September to December 2009.

In addition to our July and August dates, we now have the following courses
scheduled - note the brand new Digital Media Restoration course, and look out for an announcement soon on more new video and audio courses...

*Audio Production: Recording Lectures, Seminars, Interviews and Podcasts -
09 September 2009 or 10 November 2009

*Essential Techniques in Digital Image Capture - 28 July 2009

*Advanced Techniques in Digital Image Capture - 29 July 2009

*Using Digital Media in VLEs - 04 November 2009

*Digitising Analogue Video Recordings - 06 October 2009 or 11 November 2009

*Introduction to Image Metadata - 10 September 2009 or 09 December 2009

*Building a Departmental Image Collection - 07 October 2009

*Finding Free-to-Use Images Online - 13 October 2009

*Scanning with the CLA Licence - 14 October 2009

*Digital Photography - Getting started with your SLR - 27 October 2009

*Digital Photography - Taking Control of your SLR - 28 October 2009

*Colour Management - 18 November 2009

*Essential Photoshop Skills - 01 December 2009

*Digital Media Restoration - 02 December 2009

We will also be announcing some brand new video and audio courses soon. For full details on each course, please visit our Training page.

Best regards,
Antony Theobald, Technical Support Officer - Still Images
JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advisory Service

JISC Collections announces new online image library

Hi all, just passing on the latest news from JISC Collections - sounds like an interesting development! Thanks to Duncan for pointing this out to me. Cheers, Paula

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The last 25 years of UK and world history told through news film and photo journalism

An unrivalled online image library, comprising over 500 hours of film and 56,000 photos, will be available free of charge to UK students and academics from Summer 2010.

Following £2.5 million in funding from JISC and a competitive procurement process, 11 high quality film and image collections have been licensed by JISC Collections for at least 25 years as part of the Digital Images for Education initiative.

Read the full press release

View sample films and images on the Digital Images for Education website

Job Vacancy: Visual Resources Curator, University of St. Andrews

(please see the St. Andrews website for the posted advert, or feel free to contact the current post holder Margaret Humfrey for more information - cheers, Paula)


Visual Resources Curator (SK269/09)
Closing date: 13 July 2009
£24,152 - £28,839 pa

We are seeking to appoint a Curator to run the Visual Resources Collection in the School of Art History, which is vital for the School¿s teaching.

You should have a sound knowledge of the history of Western art (a degree in the subject is desirable), be proficient in using computers and familiar with image databases and their maintenance.

You will be expected to supervise the production and storage of digital images for the use of academic staff in teaching and to record cataloguing data in the University database. In addition the existing collection of c.150,000 photographic slides is still in use and will need to be maintained in good order for the foreseeable future. The job will also entail the recruitment, training and supervision of student assistants and advising users on the use of the collection.

The Curator also looks after a small book and video/DVD/CD collection and oversees the ordering of books by academic staff for the University Library.

Informal enquiries to Ms Annette Carruthers, Head of School Tel: 01334 462405 or email: vac@st-andrews.ac.uk

Application forms and further particulars are available from Human Resources, University of St Andrews, The Old Burgh School, Abbey Walk, North Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LB, (tel: 01334 462571, by fax 01334 462570 or by e-mail Jobline@st-andrews.ac.uk )

The advertisement, further particulars and a downloadable application form can be found at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/employment/ - please quote ref # SK269/09.

The University is committed to equality of opportunity.

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC013532)