2012 Olympics Resource

The East London Lives 2012 Digital Archive project , contains images, videos and blogs that trace the development of East London, as they prepare for the Olympic Games 2012.

The cross community focus group videos, in particular give an interesting insight into the different sides of the Olympics and the legacy it will leave.

Set up Favourites in the Library Catalogue

The Classic Catalogue version of the Library Catalogue now allows users to create lists of Catalogue records and access them from My Library Record. These could be favourite journals or e-books. Users can create several lists.

When you do a search on the Classic Catalogue (not encore) you will now see a new button called Save items to My Lists.

BRAD now available online

British Rates and Data (BRAD) Online

BRAD is a well-known and long-established directory aimed at media planners and others in the advertising and public relations industries. It contains contact details, audience profiles, advertising rates and traffic statistics (in the case of electronic media) for about 14,000 publications, TV and radio stations, and websites. It also features news on title launches and closures. It provides the information needed to produce a costed advertising campaign plan.

In addition to the media directory, BRAD also has a Key Facts and Trends section. This includes advertising industry statistics, overall demographic and readership figures, and audited circulation and viewer/readership profiles from ABC, BARB, NRS, RAJAR and others. Statistical profiles can be obtained for national and regional newspapers, consumer and business publications, television and radio, new media, cinema, mobile, and out of home/outdoor advertising sites.

BRAD complements printed directories of newspapers and magazines like Willings Press Guide and Benn’s Media, and the statistical data available through the World Advertising Research Center database.

BRAD can be accessed via LitSearch or the library catalogue; a username and password is required, which is available from either source. Our subscription permits up to three concurrent users.

BRAD was published as a monthly directory from 1954 to 2009, but is now only available as an electronic service. Until it ceased as a print publication this year, it was held locally only by Sheffield Public Library.

TV Recordings: Christmas 2009

The following television programmes will be recorded over the Christmas period (19th Dec 2009 - 1st Jan 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

Merry Christmas!

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Title: Ad of the Decade
Broadcast Info: Sunday 20 Dec 09, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: ITV1
Description: Ben Shephard narrates a celebratory countdown of
the 20 greatest commercials on television over the
past decade - and reveals who was actually wearing
the monkey suit in the now famous drumming gorilla
advert. Featuring interviews with people who
starred in the ads, including Johnny Vegas, Howard
Brown from the Halifax, and Hovis's Brian Mackie,
as well as with a host of ad-loving celebs,
including Phil Collins, Kym Marsh, Emmerdale's
Mark Charnock and Britain's Got Talent winner
George Sampson
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Title: Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas
Broadcast Info: Sunday 20 Dec 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Wine aficionado and all round drinks expert Oz
Clarke teams up with Hugh Dennis in a seasonal
challenge to sample every Christmas tipple past
and present. The boys embrace the festive spirit
as they attempt to uncover the true Christmas
credentials behind some of our favourite
beverages: from whisky and winter ales in the
Highlands to mulled wine in the birthplace of
Dickens; from wassail in the West Country to sloe
gin in Wiltshire; plus port, sherry and snowballs
too

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Source: British Universities Film & Video Council (2009). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 14 December 2009 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/

TV and Radio Recordings: 12th-18th December 2009

Here is a list of TV and Radio programmes which your Learning & Information Sevices (LIS) team will be recording for the Sheffield Business School next week (12th-18th December 2009).

If there are any other programmes you'd like us to record, which are not on this list, please contact Geoff or any other member of your LIS team (see the Contact Information section of this blog).

TV Recordings:

Title: Panorama
Episode: Can't Deliver, Won't Deliver
Broadcast Info: Monday 14 Dec 09, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: What is wrong with the Royal Mail? Panorama
investigates the service that gets around 5,000
complaints a day, and asks if our once-proud
postal service is failing its customers. Reporter
Vivian White's bleak message is that 2010 will
deliver yet more bad news for the Royal Mail,
unless the posties and the bosses can get
themselves sorted
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Title: Grow Your Own Drugs for Christmas
Broadcast Info: Wednesday 16 Dec 09, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Ethnobotanist James Wong returns with a Christmas
special. In his usual inimitable style, James is
tossing out the tinsel in favour of a more organic
approach to celebrate the festive season in style.
He delves into the origins of our favourite
Christmas plants and shows how to think entirely
differently about how we make use of them in the
build-up to Christmas, plus demonstrates how
traditional Christmas plants can be made into
natural remedies, recipes and original hand-made
presents
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Title: Heston's Christmas Feast
Broadcast Info: Friday 18 Dec 09, 21:00 (65 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: Heston Blumenthal attempts to recreate and
redesign the greatest festive feasts from history,
including a lavish appetiser loved by King Charles
II and a favourite snack of the Roman emperors. A
host of celebrity diners, including Charlie
Higson, Mariella Frostrup, Arabella Weir, Matt
Dawson, James Purefoy and Kate Spicer, will be on
hand to sample the extravagant delicacies
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Radio Recordings:

Title: In Business
Broadcast Info: Thursday 17 Dec 09, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC Radio 4
Description: Let Me Entertain You: Peter Day finds out what
business leaders can learn from rock musicians and
improvisational comedians

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Source: British Universities Film & Video Council (2009). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 8 December 2009 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/

TV Recordings: 5th-11th December 2009

The following television programmes will be recorded by your LIS team next week (5th-11th December 2009). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

If there are any other TV programmes you would like us to record please contact Geoff or any other member of your LIS team (see the Contact Information section of this blog).
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Title: Dispatches: Christmas on Credit
Broadcast Info: Monday 07 Dec 09, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: Documentary. As banks and building societies close
their doors to all but the least 'risky'
borrowers, Jane Moore investigates a
highly-lucrative financial industry that has
stepped in to provide loans to the millions of
people denied credit elsewhere. She discovers that
many of the loans offered by some of these
doorstep operators, payday lenders, and
rent-to-buy companies come with sky-high interest
rates that can financially overwhelm families
already steeped in debt
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Title: Young Chef of the Year
Broadcast Info: Monday 07 Dec 09, 22:30 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC3
Description: George Lamb presents as five of the UK's top young
chefs battle it out for the title of the first
ever BBC Young Chef of the Year. Judged by
industry heavyweights, chefs Tom Aikens and
Silvena Rowe, they are faced with four gruelling
challenges that will push them to the limit.
Selected from hundreds, there can only be one
winner
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Title: Christmas for a Pound: Tonight
Broadcast Info: Friday 11 Dec 09, 20:00 (30 mins)
Channels: ITV1
Description: Raef Bjayou investigates the rise of the pound
store and meets thrifty families hoping to buy
cheaply for Christmas, testing their wares to see
if the lower price tag equates to a bargain or if
it is a false economy

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Source: British Universities Film & Video Council (2009). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 1 December 2009 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/