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Category Archives: Archives
Vivienne Westwood
“A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.” Vivienne Westwood 1941-2022 We have been celebrating the life and work … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Library books, Library Collections, Library Displays, Library e-resources
Tagged fashion, punk
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Little Library of Horrors
Something spooky’s happening at Aldgate Library… Come and see our Little Library of Horrors display for all things ghostly, ghoulish and monstrous – inspired by The Horror Show! exhibition now open at Somerset House. The exhibition examines how ideas rooted … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, External archives and libraries, Library Displays, Library e-resources
Tagged book display, e-resources, horror
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Plant data
Plants of the World Online is an online database of digitised data of flora gathered over the last 250 years of botanical research. It was set up by Kew Gardens and contains data from them and their partners, including the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries
Tagged biodiversity, garde, plants
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Artists’ Lives resource
Have you ever come across the Artists’ Lives resource from the British Library? It is a fantastic collection of aural interviews with artists where you can hear them talk about their lives, work, friendships and more. It is a platform … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Audio, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries, Library Collections
Tagged "art history", audio, British Library
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Artists and Archives
South London Gallery At time of writing The South London Gallery, along with other galleries in the UK, is closed due to the pandemic, however you can find some great information and events online around their exhibition An archive by … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries, Uncategorized
Tagged archives, art, online digital archive
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The Social Art Library
The Social Art Library is a new collectively-built archive and resource library for and about social art practice by AXIS. It is one of the outcomes of a project with Manchester Metropolitan University, in recognition that increasing numbers of Axis … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries, Uncategorized
Tagged "Art Library", community art, library, social art
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65,000 photographs to browse on Ed Ruscha archive
The Getty Research Institute (GRI), had launched 12 Sunsets: Exploring Ed Ruscha’s Archive, which is an interactive website allowing you to browse through more than 65,000 photographs taken by artist Ed Ruscha between 1965 and 2007 of Sunset Boulevard in … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Artists' Books, Digital online archive, Photography
Tagged "artists' books", digital collections, photography
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VADS images resource new website
VADS (Visual Arts Data Service) is a unique repository of images created and managed by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Library. They have just released a new website, and the updated VADS offers improved access to its archive … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Databases, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries
Tagged "Art Library", furniture, online digital archive
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Argos catalogue archive online
Last month Argos announced it would stop printing it’s seminal paper catalogue (apparently once found in three quarters of British homes, and only the Bible was found in more homes!), as online shopping increases. It was first printed 47 years … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive
Tagged "interior design", furniture design, tech, toys
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Archives for the future
We are currently living through a historic time. When we want to research historic moments we often go to archives and museums specialising in that area or subject. In the future it is likely the extraordinary time we are living … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries
Tagged archives, collecting, pandemic, signs
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