The Library News Blog

All Library Services are closed Monday 27th May

droland — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:27 +0000

Please note that Monday 27th May is a Public Holiday and as such all Library Services will be closed. If you have books that are due to be returned on Monday you will not be charged an overdue fine for that day.

LCF Library will also be closed on Saturday 25^th May for a pre-building work inspection.

The Learning Zone at King’s Cross closes at 4.00pm today, Friday 24th May to relocate to the First Floor of the Granary Building and will reopen in August.

Please see http://arts.ac.libguides.com/hours for further information regarding opening hours.

LCF Library closed tomorrow Saturday 25th May

droland — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:13:48 +0000

London College of Fashion Library will be closed on Saturday 25^th May for a pre-building work inspection.

The Library will reopen on Tuesday 28^th May after the Public Holiday.

Apologies for the short notice and any inconvenience this may cause.

Tie-dye donation to the London College of Fashion Archives

Jane Holt — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:20:29 +0000

The London College of Fashion Archives has received a donation of the work of Anne Maile who was a textile designer specializing in the tie and dye technique. Maile studied and later taught at Camberwell College of Arts in the 1960s and 70s. She published three books on tie-dye techniques, including one on tie-dyed paper, and the collection contains all her working notes and paper samples for that book. The collection also has as many examples of Maile’s tie-dyed fabrics, designs, photographs, teaching notes, and much more.

For more information about the collection contact archives@fashion.arts.ac.uk

Anne Maile tie-dyed paper samples c.1975: LCF Archives 2013

Learning Zone at King’s Cross temporary closure and relocation

dbracegirdle — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:05:17 +0000

The lz@kx will close at 4pm on May 24th 2013 as part of the building works necessary for the CSM Foundation relocation to King’s Cross and Archway. The lz@kx will be moving to the 1st Floor of the Granary Building at King’s Cross, and we plan to open there in August 2013. Whilst we are closed we will provide a small printing facility within CSM library for anyone who needs to print using the white print card, and a very small number of MACs will be made available for students to use. Follow @learningzone on Twitter for updates, and students and staff are welcome to provide feedback and thoughts about the new ‘zone’.

We are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience that the closure will cause.

We will post some more news about your options if you want to use open access IT, printers, photocopiers etc… as soon as we are able to.

LCF Library refurbishment and temporary closure

kellisrees — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:46:18 +0000

Library Services is pleased to announce that as part of a programme of college building works, a full refurbishment of the LCF library at John Prince’s Street will take place this summer. Arrangements are being made to relocate collections and services to the second floor of the building with a view to opening the new library at the beginning of the new academic year.

The scale of the works across the college will mean that the JPS site will be closed between 1 July – 31 August 2013 and therefore Library Services will be putting some alternative services in place to support students during this time.

- Staff and students will continue to be able to use libraries and IT open access facilities across Library Services.

- Loan entitlements for LCF staff and students will be extended to enable you to borrow additional items for the summer period.

- Academic staff are being contacted by library staff to identify a small number of essential resources required during the summer period which could be made available at another Library Services site and to consider further support measures during the period of closure.

All Library Services are closed Monday 6th May

droland — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:36:10 +0000

Please note that Monday 6th May is a Public Holiday and as such all Library Services will be closed for the day.

Please see http://arts.ac.libguides.com/hours for further information regard opening hours.

New DawsonERA e-Books platform

pmellinger — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:20:33 +0000

DawsonERA have launched Version 4 of their e-Books platform, which has a new look and feel.

To read an e-Book online, click on the icon below and to the right of the description:

Please note that if you use the UAL networked version of Firefox, you will need to select: ‘Click here to activate the Adobe Acrobat plugin’ for every new page.

It is therefore recommended that, wherever possible, you use the most up-to-date version of whichever browser you are using.

ARTStor subscription

sreed — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:58:27 +0000

Following a very successful trial Library Services now subscribes to ARTStor

The ARTstor collection has over 1.5 million digital images covering the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences

You can access ARTstor both on and off campus via the Databases A-Z list

Please note for mobile access using Android you will need to download the ARTStor Mobile App.

LCC Library – Bringing Down the Ceiling AGAIN

reveritt — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:00:04 +0000

We now have to pull down the ceiling in the AV area of the LCC Library Silent Zone. Work will commence tomorrow, Tues, 14 May 13 and will involve some noise. Apologies for the inconvenience as we allow this essential … Continue reading →

Network problems resolved

jcrilly — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:50:05 +0000

The issue with third party websites has now been fixed and all websites are now available.