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E-books survey

By Cecile Dubuis, on 22 January 2009

This is open to all UCL staff and students.

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You may be aware that UCL is participating in the JISC National E-books Observatory project, a major investigation into the use of e-textbooks – the response from UCL to the preliminary survey in February last year was exceptionally high.

We are again inviting all staff and students at UCL to contribute by completing an online exit survey. This should take just over 10 minutes to complete and gives you the chance of winning £200-worth of Amazon vouchers in the prize draw. Your feedback will help UCL Library Services to develop its e-resources strategy to reflect the requirements of UCL staff and students.

If you would like to take part, please go to:

http://tinyurl.com/9gt936

Please note that you are under no obligation whatsoever to take part in this survey. Any information that you give us will be held securely, and we will under no circumstances reveal any findings other than at a highly aggregated level. We are collecting the data through a third party, Survey Monkey, whose privacy policy can be checked at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/Monkey_Privacy.aspx

Library Acquisitions December2008

By Cecile Dubuis, on 14 January 2009

New Books  added to library stock during December included:

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Deleuze and the schizoanalysis of cinema / edited by Ian Buchanan and Patricia MacCormack.
London : Continuum, c2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 9 BUC

Fields of vision : essays in film studies, visual anthropology, and photography / edited by Leslie D
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, c1995.
ANTHROPOLOGY A 9 DEV

Ways of walking : ethnography and practice on foot / edited by Tim Ingold and Jo Lee Vergunst.
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2008.
ANTHROPOLOGY B 28 ING

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London Lore Conference

By Cecile Dubuis, on 13 January 2009

London Lore at Bishopsgate Institute

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Folklore is the way that people fill their lives with meaning, through the stories they share, the daily rituals they perform.’ Folklore Society Leaflet.

This one-day conference, held in conjunction with the Folklore Society and the South East London Folklore Society (SELFS), explores not only the history of London’s traditions and collectors of London folklore, but also modern interpretations and rediscoveries of old customs. The conference will discuss magical talisman collections, seasonal celebrations, urban witchcraft and contemporary mysteries. Meet the Jack-in-the-Green, learn the secrets of Crossbones Graveyard, hear stories of the city’s rats and ravens, and discover London’s people through their own stories and beliefs.

Speakers include:

Doc Rowe on London Seasonal Celebrations

Steve Roud, Neil Gordon-Orr and Ross MacFarlane on Urban Magic: The Edward Lovett Collection
Sonia Ritter & Dr Eva Griffit on The Lions Part Bankside festivals: the old in the new

Antony Clayton on Strange Brew: The Folklore of London pubs

John Callow on Witchcraft & Witch Trials in London

John Constable on The Southwark Mysteries and the Crossbones Shrine

Mark Pilkington on The Brompton Cemetery Time Machine

Sarah Crofts on The Deptford Jack-in-the-Green

Paul Cowdell on Rats, Redstarts, and Ravens

Dates: – April 2009: 25
Time: 9.30am – 5.30pm
Price: £10, concs £8

http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=343