Wednesday 25 July 2012

New Development - Library subscribes to BOB - box of broadcasts

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Great news - the library has taken up a subscription to BOB - (Box of broadcasts).

BOB is a media archive and streaming service. It works a bit like BBCs' i-player, but it covers all of the TV channels and radio stations available on your freeview box, including the commercial channels.
Once a programme has been recorded it stays in the archive and any institution that subscribes to BOB has access to the whole archive. So although we are a late adopter of the system, Westminster benefits by being able to access a large and ever growing archive.

After following the link to Bob - use the "where are you from" sign in and if it's your first time accessing teh system create yourself an account. After doign this you will have access to the whole archive, be able to request recording of programmes, create playlists and edit clips from programmes.

If you missed the Amy Winehouse programme that was shown on Monday 23rd July on BBC FOUR, don't worry it's here - Just sign in with your Westminster account to watch and listen and enjoy!
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