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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Smarthistory
Described as a web-book , Samarthistory multi-media art history site provides video lectures, a blog and comprehensive search tools. Browse by time, styles, artists or themes. Smarthistory’s editors and contributors are art historians, academics and museum educators.
Sustainable Jewellery
Sustainable jewellery by Julia Manheim The Library’s print copies of this book have been in high demand recently. The ebook version of the publication is now available via the Library catalogue
Maps, Art & Mapping at Commercial Road Library
An exhibition about map design, the map in art, and the history of mapping. See our biggest, most beautiful atlases and satellite photography books until 21st December at Commercial Road Library. Print-outs from the Digimap e-resource illustrate the dramatic changes … Continue reading
Posted in Library books, Library e-resources, Uncategorized
Tagged "graphic design", architecture, art, digimap, maps
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Copyright-free music
Commercial Road Library has a selection of copyright-free music in CD format. The musical themes range from ‘Romantic’ to ‘Folksy’. I would imagine these would be useful to students as background music in film, animation or fine art projects. The … Continue reading
Audio Arts Archive: Tate Modern
Digitised versions of the audio cassette-magazine Audio Arts are now available from the Tate website. The ground-breaking series was launched by Bill Furlong in 1973. The recordings of talks with artists, writers and thinkers include Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, … Continue reading
Gimp image manipulation in the Library
Photoshop is installed on all Macs in Commercial Road Library….. but maybe you prefer to use a PC? The solution is GIMP! GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has been installed on all our PCs. It has a similar layout to … Continue reading
Bridgeman Education image database
Bridgeman Education is available free to all staff and students via the Library catalogue The images are copyright cleared for use in WebLearn and course work. In addition to the usual artist or title searches, images can also be browsed … Continue reading
Posted in Library e-resources, Uncategorized, Using Images
Tagged "graphic design", "interior design", "spatial design", architecture, art, crafts, e-resources, images, jewellery, teaching, textiles
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Wireless Printing from Your Laptop at London Metropolitan University
Printing from the University Wireless Network or From the Web Follow the link for a full guide from Information Systems Service – please note, this service is still being beta tested WirelessPrinting Please use the following link: http://print.londonmet.ac.uk Web Printing facility … Continue reading
Geograph: photo-grid of UK & Ireland
This collaborative project will useful for Architecture students, or artists and designers interested in landscape and streetscape. Geograph aims to collect photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland. The ‘important’ is recorded alongside the ordinary; … Continue reading
Image Copyright
We have had a lot of image copyright questions from students recently. For quick reference; the do’s and dont’s can be found on the Library image copyright webpages. The page lists “fair-dealing” exemptions , links to the copyright legislation and … Continue reading