The GSA Video Archive is now available to view online and includes 84 videos of public lectures and events organised by The Glasgow Urban Lab, Architecture Friday Lectures, Fine Art Friday Events, and Exhibitions.
You can now watch the entire series of Architecture Friday Lectures from 2010-11 and various Friday Event lectures dating from 2006-11 – including notable talks by architect Steven Holl, artist and kinetic sculptor Susumu Shingu, designer Ben Kelly, artist and GSA graduate Christine Borland, artist and GSA graduate Roddy Buchanan, Urban Lab lecturer Graeme Evans, artist Martha Rosler, and more!
The future of copyright in the digital age and what it means for you
Main Library, University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8
9LJ
Thursday, 2nd February 2012, 9.30 – 16.30
This important one-day seminar will bring attendees up to date on recent developments in UK copyright law, explaining the implications for all who use information resources in their day to day work, and
what they need to tell colleagues. The seminar will give delegates the confidence to deal with the practical issues which they might encounter, and to answer questions from colleagues on topics as wide
ranging as orphan works, licences (including Creative Commons licences) and the significance of proposed legislative changes (including Hargreaves Review, Digital Economy Act and EU legislation) and recent key legal cases. The seminar will be highly interactive, with a quiz, discussions on scenarios, and two Q&A
sessions.
Attendees are asked to submit questions they would like answering in advance.
This course is aimed at all those who undertake library and information work that involves the use of copyright materials and who are keen to learn about recent developments in copyright law and practice.
Knowledge of copyright principles and law is assumed.
Emily Goodhand and Professor Charles Oppenheim will jointly run the course. Emily is the Copyright & Compliance Officer at the University of Reading. She has a strong online presence as @copyrightgirl on
Twitter and represents the lis-copyseek community as Vice-Chairman of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA). Charles was until he retired in 2009 Professor of Information Science at Loughborough
University. He is now a copyright consultant, a frequent contributor to lis-copyseek discussions and is both a member of LACA and of the team that advises the JISC on IPR matters.
This course was first held in London in November 2011 and received an unequivocal 'thumbs up'
from those who attended. Comments received included:
"An excellent course especially in the format it was. Pleasantly informal and plenty of opportunity to ask questions"
"A really excellent practical course on issues that occur every day for us – many thanks"
"Excellent speakers, very engaging, entertaining and clear"
"Extremely relevant, an excellent course"
To register your interest in this meeting, reserve a place, or request further details, please email meetings@ukeig.org.uk
Further details are also available via the UKeiG website at
Turner Prize 2011 nominee Martin Boyce will be among the visitors to a new exhibition at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, which showcases work carried out by a pioneering industrial design group.
The exhibition, 'Design Research Unit: 1942-7' opens at DJCAD's Cooper Gallery on Saturday, 19th November. It explores how industrial design developed in the UK, based on new research into the eponymous unit, who were responsible for some of the most important design produced in post-war Britain.
The DRU was one of the first generation of British design consultancies, and brought together expertise in architecture, graphics and industrial design. Formed in London in 1942, the DRU pioneered a model for group practice. By the 1970s it was one of the largest and most established design offices in Europe.
This exhibition is the first to map the history of the group and the currency of their designs. It identifies key examples of their work and documents an approach that was shaped by inter-war developments in artistic discourse and post war trends in industry and communication; in particular the accelerated demand for corporate design.
'Design Research Unit: 1942-72' is a Cubitt Gallery touring exhibition, and Dundee is the only location in Scotland chosen to present it. Curator Michelle Cotton will discuss the significance of the exhibition at a Preview Night on 19th November, while Scottish Turner nominee Martin Boyce, whose atmospheric, sculptural art is inspired by modernist design history, will talk about the DRU's influence on 1st December."
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