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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

JISC calls for our views on digital copyright licensing

FE and HE institutions have an opportunity to contribute their views on copyright licensing in the UK as Richard Hooper issues a call for evidence as part of the independent feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

The feasibility study will be conducted in two parts. The first phase will consider in further detail the issues highlighted in the Hargreaves Review surrounding copyright licensing in and for the digital age, including setting out clear definitions of the roles played by creators, businesses, rights management organisations and consumers.

The second phase will examine and recommend solutions to the issues raised. The establishment of a DCE, a digital market place where licences in copyright content can be readily bought and sold was one of the recommendations made by the Hargreaves Review which would simplify rights clearance in providing access to materials in FE and HE institutions and is considered by some stakeholders to be a strong potential solution.

Universities and FE and HE colleges which participate in the call for evidence are invited to respond to two questions:

• whether they agree with the 'Hargreaves Hypothesis' - that the current copyright licensing system is not fit for purpose for the digital age;
• whether they agree with the feasibility study's proposed definitions, including the market definition.

The closing date for receipt of evidence is Friday 10 February 2012.

Further details on the call for evidence can be found on the IPO's website.

For further information on the potential impact of the Hargreaves Review on FE and HE see JISC Legal's own guidance

GSA Video Archive

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!

http://www.gsa.ac.uk/visit-gsa/video-archive/