tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22691246189550270402024-03-18T21:10:20.570-07:00Whittaker LivePerforming arts blogging by the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Whittaker Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311396031054248279noreply@blogger.comBlogger2734125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-34391429571622263412020-07-13T02:58:00.002-07:002020-07-13T02:58:31.577-07:00The Whittaker Library Blog is now on WordPress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to technical issues, we have migrated our library blog to WordPress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Blogger platform served us well for two decades, but some followers have recently been unable to click weblinks on individual blogposts - it seems to depend which browser you're using.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have enjoyed our postings, please do migrate with us, and bookmark our new website so that you can continue to keep abreast of news! </span><br />
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Whittaker Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311396031054248279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-40509854456192962272020-05-01T02:26:00.001-07:002020-05-01T02:26:53.617-07:00Every Cloud has a Silver Lining - more E-Resource Access for RCS this week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst we are in lockdown, e-resource providers are kindly upgrading our access to a number of databases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, musicians, we now have <a href="https://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=9399a4ad-845a-447f-97f0-91678edd3841%40sessionmgr4008"><span style="color: blue;">Music Index</span></a> <b>with full text </b>- you will remember how important those three little words are! Experimental searches have yielded great results, so do give it a try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also now have <a href="https://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=d06c1b02-9055-4b90-ba97-9a81843ffdcc%40pdc-v-sessmgr02"><span style="color: blue;">RILM abstracts</span></a> <b>with full text</b><b style="font-style: italic;">, </b>again making results much more accessible and useful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the giving just doesn't stop - there's also <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://rme.rilm.org/"><span style="color: blue;">RILM Music Encyclopedias</span></a></span> and <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=4cc6f3f9-38e8-4fca-84b5-28da0a5e083f%40sessionmgr4006"><span style="color: blue;">RIPM Preservation Series</span></a>, </span>which searches music periodicals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New content is being added every week, so do keep checking back. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we have almost 18,000 e-format items in the Library catalogue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this includes over 12,000 online scores, 3195 e-books, and 2471 e-playscripts/drama e-books. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top Tip: Use the advanced search and narrow using item type, location & collection.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we can help with any enquiries, please do get in touch at library@rcs.ac.uk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best wishes,</span><br />
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Whittaker Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311396031054248279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-6260964806775016062020-04-30T02:37:00.002-07:002020-04-30T02:40:22.784-07:00Watch Cyprus Avenue by David Ireland <div class="smaller-p" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: BureauGrot, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84000015258789px; line-height: 23.760000228881836px; margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 800px; padding: 0px;">
Former graduate of RCS David Ireland's play Cyrus Avenue can be watched on the Royal Court website at this time. </div>
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<a href="https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/cyprus-avenue-film/" target="_blank">Click Here to Access : CYPRUS AVENUE</a></div>
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Starring Stephen Rea and directed by Vicky Featherstone, the award-winning<em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"> Cyprus Avenue </em>by David Ireland mixes live capture of performance from the iconic Royal Court Theatre stage production with location shooting in Belfast.</div>
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Eric Miller (Stephen Rea) is a Belfast Loyalist. He is experiencing a psychotic episode and mistakes his five-week old granddaughter for Gerry Adams. Generations of sectarian trauma convince him that his cultural heritage is under siege. He must act.</div>
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This hard hitting black comedy <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Cyprus Avenue</em> tells the story of a man struggling with the past and terrified of the future. It was awarded Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards and the James Tait Black Prize for Drama in 2017. For his portrayal of Eric, Stephen Rea won Best Actor at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017.</div>
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<a href="https://royalcourttheatre.com/podcast/s4-ep4-david-ireland-talks-to-simon-stephens/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; padding-bottom: 3px; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Listen back to the Royal Court Playwright’s Podcast to hear Cyprus Avenue writer David Ireland talk to Simon Stephens.</strong></a></div>
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Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-34056321286414983182020-04-30T02:17:00.001-07:002020-04-30T02:28:36.520-07:00Royal Court Theatre - Court at Home <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are wondering what to do with yourself during the lockdown the Royal Court Theatre has a nice wee film project for you to do at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(93, 76, 76); color: #5d4c4c;">For </span><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(93, 76, 76); color: #5d4c4c;">Court at Home</strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(93, 76, 76); color: #5d4c4c;"> they are asking you to think back to moments from those plays that have impacted you and ‘stage’ and capture one line sharing how you’re existing in this new world. All you’ll need is a phone with a camera, each tiny film should be no more than 25 seconds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(93, 76, 76); color: #5d4c4c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Whittaker Library collects all plays put on by the Royal Court. You can search for plays from the R</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">oyal Court on our </span></span><span style="color: #5d4c4c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">library catalogue or or via Drama Online. Please note, access to all Acting digital resources can be done via the <span style="caret-color: rgb(93, 76, 76);">library portal. The work of the Royal Court is an ideal choice for a showcase scene or for audition materials. </span></span></span><br />
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Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-14095998137037177002020-04-27T05:21:00.002-07:002020-04-27T05:31:49.711-07:00Free Access to Stress Management Techniques <h2>
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Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-35274235903678873772020-04-27T04:51:00.001-07:002020-04-27T04:52:30.159-07:00Druid's production of The Playboy of the Western World now online <div class="content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 35px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The celebrated Irish theatre company Druid Theatre and Wildfire Films have made the 2005 award-winning production of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Playboy of the Western World</em> by JM Synge available online for free.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">In 2005, Druid theatre presented the first ever staging of all John Millington Synge’s entire theatrical canon including</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The Playboy of the Western World. </em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Directed by Garry Hynes, starring Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen and Catherine Walsh, this project was filmed live by Wildfire during production.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Druid’s</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The Playboy of the Western World</em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">, by JM Synge, directed by Garry Hynes is now available via Vimeo for a limited time. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> </span></div>
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They are delighted to be <strong>collaborating with you</strong> (yes, you the audeince, the library user!), along with friends at the<strong> Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK</strong>, to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday at home on <strong>Thursday, April 23,</strong> using the hashtag <strong>#ShareYourShakespeare</strong>.<br />
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For a run down of all events: <a href="https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-birthday-party-at-home?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Birthday2020Reminder&utm_content=version_A&promo=" target="_blank">Click Here to Access the Folger Birthday Homepage</a><br />
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This virtual birthday event is open to all ages, with every activity including<strong> </strong>many options for kids and families. Please join in by sharing your creations—from super quick-and-simple ideas to more ambitious ideas—or just get ready to enjoy and revel in others' contributions. Try any of the following options:<br />
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They are live on April 23 throughout the day with talks, #Staxpeditions in their collection, and a <em>Macbeth</em> Watch Party with the cast—on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/folgershakespearelibrary/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #cc3535; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/FolgerLibrary" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #cc3535; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Tune in! Remember things will take place in Washington D.C., USA, time zone. -5 hrs<br /><br />
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</article>Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-40141634973374448842020-04-21T04:20:00.001-07:002020-04-21T04:24:24.284-07:00Bachtrack: Free Opera & Concert Streaming<span style="font-size: large;">Bachtrack are curating a list of performances that can be streamed online from opera houses and concert halls. So check out what Bachtrack has to offer by clicking the link below. During the coronavirus lockdown period you can get free access to many operas from OperaVision via Backtrack. Concert p</span><span style="font-size: large;">erformances come from 29 partners and 17 countries. </span><br />
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Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-85991744014415771962020-04-21T03:15:00.000-07:002020-04-21T06:30:56.141-07:00Cambridge University Press<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Access to over 700 textbooks on Cambridge Core for third level students. (login with institutional password) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">CUP have made higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak to support universities and their students. More than</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1173cd; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">700 textbooks</a><span style="color: #333333;">, published and currently available on Cambridge Core – our online home for academic books and journals – are available online to students through their university library regardless of whether they were previously purchased</span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span></span><br />
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<br />Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-58052416565195149102020-04-20T02:44:00.000-07:002020-04-20T02:44:22.013-07:00Wigs, Hair, Make-up at the National Theatre (GB) <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 77, 77); color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Zurich W01 Light", "Lucida Grande", "Verdana Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030;">Other performances will include a new version of Wilkie Branson’s dance for camera installation </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">TOM</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030;">, which would have formed part of Sadler’s Wells’ Digital Edition in April, and</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rumpelstiltskin</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030;">from balletLORENT, who were due to perform as part of Sadler’s Wells’ Family Weekend this Easter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There will be a family workshop created by Cherie Coleman, who runs Family Friday sessions at Sadler’s Wells, for children aged 2 to 6 years and workshops for people aged over 60, inspired by Sadler’s Wells’ Company of Elders programme, hosted by artists including Clara Andermatt, B.Dance, Lucia Caruso, Seeta Patel, Simona Scotto, Alessandra Seutin and New Adventures’ Resident Artist Paul Smethurst. Workshops will be available as YouTube playlists, which will remain online.</span></div>
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Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-37310523724415761602020-04-16T02:29:00.000-07:002020-04-16T02:29:00.874-07:00The National Theatre : Online Performances. In this time of lockdown the NT (National Theatre UK) will be broadcasting some of their most popular productions weekly on Thursdays at 7 pm. Productions will also be on demand for 7 days after each broadcast. So book your seat at home and log on tonight!<br />
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On the 16th April they will be Polly Findlay's acclaimed production of Treasure Island.<br />
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Whittaker Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311396031054248279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-22606202962096582312020-01-06T03:41:00.000-08:002020-01-06T03:41:53.524-08:00Brio - Special Issue Celebrates Claimed From Stationers' Hall network<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of years ago, one of our librarians was awarded an AHRC networking grant to establish the Claimed From Stationers' Hall network, studying early British legal deposit music and the libraries that received it.</span><br />
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Whittaker Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311396031054248279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-58484150701904959462019-12-13T08:46:00.002-08:002019-12-13T08:46:56.367-08:00Stories of British Songs from 1750-1850<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A research network based at the University of Glasgow has created a beautiful website detailing the stories behind a wide range of songs from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales during the Georgian and early Victorian eras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do take a look at <b><a href="https://rnsn.glasgow.ac.uk/">the Romantic National Song Network: Exploring the Songs of Britain 1750-1850</a> </b>- you might find a few surprises about those well-loved national songs!</span>Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Whittaker Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311396031054248279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-51149563086925364772019-12-13T08:42:00.001-08:002019-12-13T08:42:09.105-08:00The Stories Behind Christmas Carols<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A rather interesting series of blogposts was recently announced by rare music and </span><br />
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the West End, The Lion King's director joins Dominic Cavendish to
look back at the show’s beginnings. Surveying its astonishing success – the
highest-grossing Broadway show in history – they move onto the question of its
aesthetic politics, from progressive casting to cultural appropriation.
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to view along with 13 linked plays, until the end of 2019. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/archive" target="_blank">Click here to visit the website & catalogue of N.T. Archive</a>Theatre PALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02763734147348060485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269124618955027040.post-42955606392448659452019-10-29T08:29:00.001-07:002019-10-29T08:38:46.494-07:00Now Digitised! Contact: a Journal for Contemporary Music (1971-1990)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah, the Seventies! The Eighties! It all seems such a long time ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, we've just heard that a contemporary music journal from those halcyon days has been digitised, so now you can re-visit what was new then. We're particularly pleased to learn this, because our own former Head of Research, Celia Duffy, was involved in the editing of this journal at the very beginning of her career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The digitisation of the journal Contact has been completed by staff at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is now
freely available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contactjournal.gold.ac.uk%2F&data=02%7C01%7CK.McAulay%40rcs.ac.uk%7C3d9ed6289ac6465085ed08d756deedef%7C09ab91a8e6d64fba98da63eac7ab3ce2%7C0%7C1%7C637073387807986933&sdata=WWboLc385qaM2QbtfOgAck8GqBSBdpqkpz92fH9LogY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.contactjournal.gold.ac.uk/" shash="Lpfc8l7I/lsjNJIIdPeziLtt8UcLStY2gsXAB0wmpa4B9qEpEGxOkat2391YCBKhCPX236U1qvmhOr9fuTEZPoEV/6y3pobaYSdKdk69SjuAQIuf7l25nTecqe7yjXvRmNBCAE1i9CLvc+ALx6rVAoGK+tEeeM2nBhyMc0gSTP4="><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>https://www.contactjournal.gold.ac.uk/</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<strong>Contact: A Journal for Contemporary Music</strong> was active from 1971–1990, and
independently published by its editors. As with many independent print
publications of that era, this has meant that, for readers and researchers
operating in a contemporary digital landscape, the richness of its resource has
been all but inaccessible. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In recognition of this situation, the entire journal has been digitised and made available over the course
of a three-year research project. It was led by Dr James Bulley, Research Associate in
the Department of Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, in collaboration
with former editor and co-founder of Contact, Professor Keith Potter, and with
the assistance of Dr Settimio Fiorenzo Palermo and Gregory White. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Such projects entail more work than you might think. The project
included:-</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Developing best-practice techniques for the use of Optical Character
Recognition (OCR) on each article of Contact (creating a searchable, accessible
and machine-readable database)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aggregation of digitised articles across
contemporary research search engines</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Digital preservation to the highest
global standards</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The creation of metadata, licensing and digital object
identifiers for each issue and article within the archive.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do take a look! You might be surprised at how what was "new" then, is now accepted practice. Or, conversely, maybe composers tried new techniques but they didn't catch on. You won't know unless you take a look!</span><br />
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