Robert Gordon University and Courtauld Institute of Art now contributing to SUNCAT

The serials records of two institutions have just been added to SUNCAT. This takes the number of SUNCAT Contributing Libraries up to 85, plus CONSER, ISSN and the DOAJ.

Robert Gordon University, located in Aberdeen, offers a wide range of courses in 10 different subject areas, including: Architecture, Construction and Surveying; Information, Communication, and Media; and Laboratory, and Biomedical and Sports Sciences. Robert Gordon University Library has supplied SUNCAT with 14,500 serials records.

The Courtauld Institute of Art is an international centre for the study of the history of art and conservation, as well as home to one of the finest small art museums in the world. Its Book Library provides access to a significant art historical collection and is one of the major international research collections of art historical books, periodicals and exhibition catalogues in the country.

Just over 1,000 serial records, for both print and electronic titles, have been loaded into SUNCAT.

Take a look at SUNCAT’s Contibuting Libraries map for the full range of Contributing Libraries.

SUNCAT is the Serials Union Catalogue for the UK. Visit the service at http://www.suncat.ac.uk or the SUNCAT blog at http://suncatblog.blogspot.com

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GSA launches online CRM "The Magazine"

GSA Archives and Collections have recently conserved and digitised an important 4 volumes of student work by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his contemporaries, dating from their time at the School in the mid 1890s.
Known simply as 'The Magazine' these volumes continue to provide important source material for researchers, with individual volumes loaned to a number of major exhibitions in the UK and overseas. The dedicated website now allows these volumes to be searched and accessed online for the first time.

Visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library and the National Museum of Scotland Research Library

Visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library and the National Museum of Scotland Research Library:

Friday 23rd March 2012

Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library 11.30am

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/research/scottish-national-portrait-gallery-library

National Museum of Scotland Research Library 2pm

http://www.nms.ac.uk/collections__research/museum_libraries.aspx

The ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee has organised a visit to Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library and the National Museum of Scotland Research Library on Friday 23rd March 2012.

This is an opportunity to visit two recently refurbished research libraries in Edinburgh which have re-opened to the public. Time has been built-in between visits to allow you to enjoy lunch in one of Edinburgh’s many cafes/restaurants.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library is the former library of the Society of Antiquaries and the focus of the collection is the history of Scotland and Scottish society, with particular strengths in biographies of Scots and Scottish portraiture.

The National Museum of Scotland Research Library is the largest museum library in Scotland. The collection reflects the strengths and variety of the Museums’ collections and research past and present and covers archaeology, decorative arts, Scottish history and culture, history of science and technology, military history, natural sciences, world cultures and museology.

To book a place on this visit please send your name and email address to Sarah Castle: s.castle@lcc.arts.ac.uk

Information Services Librarian, Information Services: Library

London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, London SE1 6SB.

Tel: 020 7514 6875

For details of further events, see the ARLIS calendar at: http://www.arlis.org.uk/events