Student publication by Glasgow's leading artists launched online

A student publication by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his contemporaries at the Glasgow School of Art is now available online via VADS at: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/GSAMAG

The Magazine is an illustrated handwritten journal which was circulated among a group of friends who were associated with the Glasgow School of Art in the early 1890s, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh, his future wife Margaret Macdonald and her sister Frances. Its four volumes contain 33 textual pieces of which 14 are poems, and 104 illustrations ranging from pen and ink drawings, to watercolours, photographs, photogravures and etchings, many produced by significant artists at the beginning of their careers.

In 2009 the School’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh collection was named as a Recognised Collection of National Significance by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) and in 2010 received £36,988 in Recognition grant funding from MGS for its Magazine project. This important award allowed for the full conservation of The Magazine, and the digitisation of all four volumes.

VADS has been hosted online for over 15 years by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), a specialist art and design university in the south of England. VADS provides online access to a growing collection of over 120,000 art and design images contributed by universities, libraries, museums and archives from across the UK, which can be used freely for educational purposes. To explore all the VADS collections, visit: 

http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections

To explore The Magazine from the Glasgow School of Art, visit: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/GSAMAG

A dedicated website is also available for The Magazine at: http://www.gsathemagazine.net

For more information about VADS, contact: arobinson@ucreative.ac.uk

Introducing 'The Hatchery' from Glasgow School of Art Library

The Glasgow School of Art Library has just launched its new website showcase The Hatchery:
http://www2.gsa.ac.uk/library/hatchery/the-hatchery_01.htm

You can use The Hatchery to discover how artists, writers and creatives have used GSA's library collections to inspire, challenge or expand their practice.  From interventions into their spaces, to installations amongst their shelves, many have used their collections to explore and challenge artistic, cultural and philosophical themes and preoccupations.

Thanks again to SVAG recording secretary Duncan Chappell (Academic Liaison Librarian, GSA) for this information!

Special Collections from Glasgow School of Art

You can now discover Special Collections at Glasgow School of Art Library via their new dedicated blog:
http://gsalibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/

They will be posting regular updates on their Special Collections, including the School’s foundation collections, the historical library of carpet manufacturers James Templeton & A. F. Stoddard & Co., the artists’ books collection, and their rare books collection.

Thanks to SVAG recording secretary Duncan Chappell (Academic Liaison Librarian, GSA) for this information!

Copyright and the Creative Industries: a guide

The Copyright Licensing Agency have produced a booklet on Copyright and the Creative Industries which can be accessed here:

http://www.cla.co.uk/data/corporate_material/copyright_and_the_creative_industries_booklet_may_2012_for_web.pdf

For more information about the Copyright Licensing Agency, see

http://www.cla.co.uk/about/who_we_are/

News from SUNCAT

SUNCAT - Serials Union CATalogue for the UK research community:

SUNCAT are delighted to welcome Glasgow School of Art as a new SUNCAT contributing library.  This addition brings the total number of contributing libraries to 91, plus the CONSER database, the ISSN register and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

The Library of the Glasgow School of Art has one of the finest art, design and architecture collections in the UK, reflecting the School's long history. The School joins a growing number of art institutions on SUNCAT, including:

  - British Film Institute

  - Courtauld Institute of Art

  - Edinburgh College of Art (as part of the University of Edinburgh)

  - The National Art Library

  - Royal Institute of British Architects

  - Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

  - Scottish National Gallery Research Library

  - Tate Library (Tate Britain)

  - University of the Arts

For a full list of the 91 libraries contributing to SUNCAT, please go

to:

http://www.suncat.ac.uk/description/contributing_libraries.html

For further information and news about SUNCAT please see the website at http://www.suncat.ac.uk, the SUNCAT Blog at http://www.suncatblog.blogspot.com/,

SUNCAT on Twitter (@suncatteam), or contact the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk