Open University Blogs

     

The Open University’s Open2.net blog portal is a wealth of information and news on a huge range of subjects. Posts are topical, current and written by OU lecturing/teaching staff.

There are also links back to BBC OU programmes (some are even hosted on the BBC iPlayer if you missed them), with upcoming show lists and some free learning resources available.

New Stock - Art and Design Directories

**NEW FOR 2008**

***JUST IN***

The Art & Design Directory 2008- CareerScope Guides - http://www.isco.org.uk/

Provides help in finding the right FE/HE/Postgraduate courses throughout the UK with details of entry requirements, fees, content, application procedures and course contact details.

Find in the library at Reference shelf 378.

 

 

Second Steps:One stop resource for setting up a business in the applied arts -Morenment,C

This pocket size guide includes sections of self promotion, marketing, copyright, selling via galleries and the Internet, manufacturing and grant awards. Contact details of useful organisations and trusts are also provided.

Find it in the library at shelf number 700MOO.

 

The Marcan Handbook of Arts Organisations - Millenium Ed - UK & Ireland

Extensive listings of regional, national and international arts and cultural organisations. Directory headings include architecture, visual arts, design, crafts, theatre, classical music, film and literature. There is also a small section for ’Late Entries’.  

ind this in the library at shelf number 700MAR.

Hairdressing Training Online - FREE for Llandrillo Students

***NEW***

 

• Step by step guides for ladies and mens cuts
• Text and picture instructions
• Powerpoint presentation tutorials
• Test Questions for each topic
• PDF notes to download

                                                  

• Equipment glossary, including cutting tools and styling products  
• Lessons on hair analysis, perming and dressing long hair

Have you applied for your ATHENS account yet?

This gives you free access to all the on-line library resources on the college network and at home  - ask in the library for details or download a form in Moodle.

The Victorians - Online Resources

                                                                            

The Victorian Web - brilliant links to everything Victorian- religion, politics, philosophy, thechnology and much  more

BBC Victorians Website - a site for younger students or ILS with a good introduction to the Victorian era. You can also try Show.Me.Victorians for other fun interactive games and displays or Channel 4’s Victorian Children section.

Virtual Victorians - follow the day in the life of a victorian family, play victorian games like the magic lantern or decoupage and view images of everyday objects from the time.

VOS Humanities Research - a more academic site to help with Victorian studies including literature and medicine topics.

The Best of History Website - Award winning history portal, giving access to over 1000 history websites from pre-history to more modern eras, including oral history, games and animations for k-12.

What the Victorians did for us - BBC Archive site - more Victoriana than you can shake a stick at. From Queen Victoria to muck and brass.

Learn more about this era at shelf 942.08

Subject Finder - FE Online Resources

 

Subject Finder (developed by Lambeth College) provides access to high-quality web resources for academics, teachers, lectures and students categorised by subject areas across many FE disciplines. It is designed to search only educational websites, without users being overwhelmed with a huge number of search results.

Find Online Resources for:

Construction             Carpentry            Engineering             Electronics         Sports  

Travel & Tourism          Accounting            Beauty Therapy        Social Care

     Sign Language            Sociology           Arts & Crafts          Charities        Performing

 and many more………

Previous posts on these subjects can be found by clicking the links on the left of the LibeRaCe home page.

New Business - Know Your Market!

The British Library have produced Industry Guides to help new businesses research their target market.

Containing both resource lists of useful reports and links to online information - they are a valuable asset to your marketing mix!

 Useful for our fashion, beauty, wood occupations, sports, design, catering, music, tourism and film students!!

 

Fashion Forward

 

The Professionals: Creative London, Fashion Week, British Fashion Council, Fashion & Design Protection Association, Welsh Clothing and Textiles Association, Association of Fashion and Textile Courses, Own It, The Costume Society

Bursaries/Internships: RSA, Fashion Museum, Costume Society, Textile Society, Aspect, MyInternship, London College of Fashion, Blast Competition.  

Business Info: UK Fashion Exports  , Fashion Support, Fashion Capital.

News - The Telegraph, Fashion United,

Fashion Glossary

Magazines : Elle, Vogue (in library), Apparel, Cosmopolitian, Drapers Magazine, Fashion UK, Fashion Wire Daily, The Hat Magazine, Textile News.

Inspiration: Fashion through History Resources, V&A Museum, Walker Gallery

 

Jobs: Fashion Jobs Central, Career Info

Find more books on all aspects of Fashion in the library at 391-392

World Skills Competition - Get Involved

 

 

 

Have you got what it takes?

Worldskills UK is on for 2008! Find out more information for your subject on their website and ask your tutors for more details…..

Free Online Tutorials

Want to improve your online research skills in your own time? The Intute Virtual Training Suite can help you do just that.

  

This site is free, simple to use, accessible from home and updated by subject professionals. They have recently added 9 new tutorials for Science and Engineering, with 8 more for the Arts, Humanities and Health. Tutorials now available include:

• Internet for Construction
• Internet for Earth Science
• Internet for Engineering (FE)
• Internet for Health and Safety
• Internet for Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Internet for Mechanical Engineering   

And also:

• Internet for Art and Design
• Internet for Media and Communication
• Internet for English
• Internet for Fashion and Beauty
• Internet for Learning Languages
• Internet for Music