Tuesday 16 November 2010

New Keith Richards biography

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The new Keith Richards biography - "Life" is now available to borrow from the library.
Watch the BBC2 Culture Show 60 minute special that was broadcast BBC Two, 7:00pm Thursday 28 Oct 2010 to mark the the publication.
Find reviews of the biography in Factiva (available through Library Search) by using the search - "Keith Richards" and biography.
Find DVDs, books and CDs related to the Rolling Stones in Library Search http://www.westminster.ac.uk/Librarysearch
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Monday 15 November 2010

Music week subscription

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Music Week are offering a subscription to students of approx. 40% off standard price (on proof of your student card).

£141 for print or £130.20 for online.

If you are interested in taking up this offer go to www.subscription.co.uk/help and click on Music Week. You can also contact Music Week at ubmi@subscription.co.uk quoting email reference TPS3413900A


The library subscribes to the print version of Music Week - full text of the current and back issues are available through Library Search (search for Music Week, click on the online access tab under the Music week entry to access the title through Business Source Complete - off and on campus).


There's also a feed (on the right hand side)in this blog to some of the news stories from the online version of Music Week.
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Friday 12 November 2010

Present your undergraduate Research

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Calling all Undergraduates, the first British Conference of Undergraduate Research will be taking place in Preston 19th-20th April 2011 - present your dissertation, or any other original piece of research - whatever your area of study.



Visit http://www.bcur.org/ for more information - deadline for online submission 3rd December 2010.
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Wednesday 3 November 2010

New business models for the music business

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I've just discovered this article by Ludovic Hunter-Tilney in the Financial Times. The article discusses enrepreneurs who have been exploring innovative new business models for the music industry, as revenues from recorded music are drying up.

A lot of content to the FT online is subscription only, but we have access to content through Library Search to Factiva (the newspaper database)
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