A selection of titles are currently on display in the LRC, or for a full list try a subject keyword search for costume or interior design on the LRC ipac www.lipa.ac.uk/ipac

Final Project Research Skills: Learn how to improve your research skills and how to use the LRC’s collection of online databases to find useful journal articles.

Bibliographies & Referencing: Learn how to reference and set out your bibliography using the Harvard style.

Essay writing: Learn the basic skills of essay writing.

If you wish to attend any of these sessions you need to sign-up in the LRC first.  If no-one signs up for the session it will be cancelled. 

Tues  18th Nov                       11 - 12 noon                           Research Skills                                  5.01

Tues 25th Nov                        11 - 11.45am                         Bibliographies & Referencing          5.02

Tues 2nd Dec                        11 - 11.45am                          Essay Writing                                     5.10

Tues 9th Dec                         11 - 12 noon                           Research Skills                                  5.01

Wed 19th Nov                        5 - 5.45pm                             Bibliographies & Referencing           5.08

Wed 26th Nov                        4 - 4.45pm                             Essay writing                                      5.01

Wed 3rd Dec                         5 - 6pm                                   Research Skills                                  5.01

Wed 10th Dec                       5 - 5.45pm                              Bibliographies & Referencing         5.08

Thurs 20th Nov                      2 - 2.45pm                              Essay writing                                     5.02

Thurs 27th Nov                      2 - 3pm                                    Research Skills                                 5.01

Thurs 4th Dec                        2 - 2.45pm                              Bibliographies & Referencing         5.08

Thurs 11th Dec                     2 - 2.45pm                              Essay writing                                     5.08

You can access the full report with all the statistics and all your comments in the LRC; a summary is available from Moodle and there are paper copies at the LRC desk. In all 94 of you completed the Survey with an even distribution of 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Years. 

Our response includes some useful tips on how to make the most of the resources on offer, and information on a variety of services that you might not have realised existed, including our monthly Saturday openings.

You were very complimentary about the staff with 99% of you happy with the service you receive and 94% of you saying it met all your needs.  A high percentage of students make good use of the resources with book loans and CDs being the most popular at 91% and 89% respectively. 

The results of the Survey are extremely valuable and they help us to decide where to make improvements.  For instance, as a direct result of your comments we have recently purchased more books on cultural policy, new American and British plays (with more on the way), and contemporary pop and musical scores.  Look out for forthcoming titles on fashion and costume, such as The New English Dandy, The Seductive Shoe, Artwear, and texts on fashion from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, to name a few.

To find more answers to your comments take a look at our response.

More new stock in the LRC!

We’ve recently purchased a range of pop scores with female vocalists in mind. Titles include; Rockferry by Duffy, Back to black by Amy Winehouse, 19 by Adele and Smile…it confuses people by LIPA Alumni Sandi Thom.  Also just arrived is the New woman collection, a compilation score including tunes from Britney, Blondie, Pink & Kylie. Remember you can search compilation CDs and scores for specific song titles using the IPAC’s title keyword search.

Also just in is the CD Manifesto by LIPA’s 27 piece Large & Loose led by Steve Berry. The music includes a mix of original compositions and some arrangements by Steve, along with band members Jessica McFarland, Paul Burton, Daniel Houghton & Sean Davey. Other new CD arrivals include Dig out your own soul by Oasis, And then boom by Iglu & Hartly and Will Young’s Let it go. If rap & hip hop are more your thing we have the classic Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) as well as the first release by all female group Yo Majesty and the new album 140 Grime Street by British rapper Kano.

In response to the last LRC student survey we’ve invested in some new titles looking at cultural policy, such as Cultural Planning: and urban renaissance by Graeme Evans, and The Social impact of the arts by Eleonora Belfiore. Also available is the new 4^th edition of Music- the business by top music industry lawyer and LIPA Companion Ann Harrison. We’re also continuing to add to our collection of 21^st century drama, new play titles include Neil LaBute’s Fat pig, The Pitmen by Lee Hall and Her naked skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Remember, this is just a selection of our new stock, you can see more here, or keep checking the displays and the IPAC. If you’d like to suggest an item for stock, just get in touch, in person, by phone/email, fill in the suggestion book – or add a comment to this blog – we’ll be happy to hear from you!

Best wishes, LRC

Sat 13 Sept

Sat 11th Oct

Sat 15 Nov

Sat 13 Dec

Sat 10 Jan

Sat 14 Feb

Sat 14 Mar

Sat 18 April

Sat 16 May

Here at the LRC we’ve been buying lots of new stock to start the year. A selection of books on dance includes Dancing lives: 5 female dancers, The Dancer within, African American dance, Decentring dancing texts and Dying swans & madmen, ballet, the body & narrative cinema, and wave your jazz hands for The Fosse Style by Debra McWaters. Featuring hundreds of photos, one of Fosse’s great dancers, Ben Vereen, describes it as ‘an example and expression of the intricate moves of the Fosse technique.’ We’ve also updated our collection of law books, so there are new titles on contract and intellectual property law, as well as The Recording industry by G.P. Hull and Managing media companies by Aris & Bughin. One of our favourite new books has to be Performing architecture: opera houses, theatres & concert halls for the 21^st century by Michael Hammond, an inspirational photographic book exploring 50 of the world’s finest live performance venues.

 In the CD collection we’ve recently received Mercury Music Prize winner The Seldom seen kid by Elbow, along with new releases from Ladyhawke, Kings of Leon, Metallica and Sarah Bareilles. We’ve also got The Early learnings of Eugene Mcguinness, the acclaimed first album from the LIPA music graduate. His 2nd album is due for release mid-October so look out for that one too.  For musical lovers we’ve got the CD and score of Legrand’s Maguerite, and this year’s Tony Award winner for best musical In the Heights. 

Over the summer we received Jakob Dylan’s 1st solo album Seeing things. If you’re a fan of his Dad you might also like to watch I’m not there the Bob Dylan biopic, written/directed by Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger & Christian Bale as some of the six characters representing different parts of Dylan’s career. Other new DVDs for you to feast your eyes on include: Inky fingers, a documentary on the role of the NME in the UK music industry, The Boss of it all, a new comedy from Lars Von Trier, the recording of last term’s LIPA performance of The Boys in the photograph. And finally, some essential viewing for all LIPA students - This is Spinal Tap. 

We’ve also got some new additions to the scores collection which will hopefully keep musical theatre fans happy - The Singer’s musical theatre anthology vol 5, Spring awakening (Tony best musical 2007), and popular Disney musical Newsies. Remember, this is just a selection of our new stock, you can see more here, or keep checking the displays and the IPAC.

Best wishes, LRC

Classes will take place in the ICT Suite (Rm 5.01)

Monday Sept 29th                            4 – 4.45pm                          Introductory PowerPoint

Monday Oct 6th                               4 – 4.45pm                          Introductory Excel

Monday Oct 13th                             4 – 4.45pm                          Advanced Word

Monday Oct 27th                             4 – 4.45pm                          Introductory Publisher 

Tuesday Sept 30th                           11 - 11.45am                       Advanced Word

Tuesday Oct 7th                               11 - 11.45am                       Introductory Publisher

Tuesday Oct 14th                             11 - 11.45am                       Introductory PowerPoint

Tuesday Oct 21st                             11 - 11.45am                       Introductory Excel 

Wednesday Oct 1st                         5 – 5.45pm                          Introductory Excel

Wednesday Oct 8th                        5 – 5.45pm                          Advanced Word

Wednesday Oct 15th                      5 – 5.45pm                          Introductory Publisher

Wednesday Oct 22nd                     4 – 4.45pm                          Introductory PowerPoint 

Thursday Oct 2nd                             2 – 2.45pm                          Introductory Publisher

Thursday Oct 9th                              2 – 2.45pm                          Introductory PowerPoint

Thursday Oct 16th                           2 – 2.45pm                          Introductory Excel

Thursday Oct 23rd                           2 – 2.45pm                          Advanced Word

New CDs

New DVDs

New Scores

The Ebooks are accessed through the LRC IPAC, you’ll need to enter your usual LIPA login details.
If you have any questions or would like a quick demonstration, just ask at the LRC. Staff will be happy to help you! 

Here’s a full list of our 50 new Ebooks.

New CDs in the LRC

 New DVDs in the LRC

New Scores in the LRC