200 Haydock: Inxile 215 Newmarket: Alrasm 230 Haydock: Bewitched 300 Haydock: Les Fazzani 320 Newmarket: Jack My Boy 330 Haydock: Lord Shanakill 355 Newmarket: Red Jazz Tom Roper

See a demonstration of H.G. Wells' classic War Of The Worlds in a whole new way...

Join ARLIS in July 2010 when the annual conference will be held at the recently opened John McIntyre Conference Centre, at the University of Edinburgh's Pollock Halls. The campus is situated close to the centre of the city at the foot of Edinburgh's spectacular natural landmark, Arthur's Seat. The full programme will examine the future of art librarianship and will include presentations looking at the increasing use of social media, new projects concerning digital resources and collections, and artists' increasing use of archive and library material in their work - 14-16 July 2010

Catherine Dhanjal, Managing Editor, MmIT journal, writes: "We are seeking the views of members of CILIP's Multimedia and Information Technology (MMIT) Group. It is our wish to gather feedback from the members of the MMIT Group to help to ensure that our services continue to meet your needs. To this end, we would greatly appreciate your completing a survey which should take about 10 minutes. Respondents will be invited to enter into a draw for a first prize of one £150 voucher (Amazon or lastminute.com); two second prizes of £50 vouchers (Amazon or LastMinute.com); and five third prizes of a 12-month subscription to the print version of MmIT Journal. (Prizes sponsored by MmIT journal). The survey will be open until 23 June 2010"

The serials' holdings of the Tate Library, Tate Britain have been added to SUNCAT, bringing the total number of contributing libraries to 74, plus the CONSER database, the ISSN register and the Directory of Open Access Journals. The Tate Library holds around 2,000 journal titles, of which around 400 are current subscriptions. In addition to current art magazines such as Art Monthly, etc., it holds a number of artists' serials, as well as historic magazines. The Library also holds a collection of museum and gallery bulletins from around the world

"The William Blake Archive has announced the publication of electronic editions of Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion copies E and I, in the Huntington Library and Art Gallery and Yale Center for British Art, respectively. They join copies a, A, B, C, J (1793), F (c. 1794), G (1795), and O and P (c. 1818), previously published in the Archive"

"Re-read the Jules Verne paperback classic while following Fogg and Passpartout on your iPhone. You can also listen to the audio-book or view the movie"

"The latest edition of Big Picture, the Wellcome Trust resource for teachers and students, has just been published. It looks at the topic of 'Addiction': analysing the different forms addiction can take and the science used to understand it. There's more to Big Picture than the magazine, however: extra online resources for 'Addiction' include teaching plans, video interviews and also an image gallery of material drawn from the Library's collections, exploring drug and alcohol use across time"

"Kobo, a global eReading service, has announced availability of its popular iPad application in all markets where iPad is available. Additionally, Kobo released regional versions for Canada, UK and Australia and announced a New Zealand application is coming soon. The regionalized applications, built specifically for the iPad, feature local content, merchandising, and currency. All Kobo iPad applications come pre-loaded with five free eBooks and connect to the Kobo eBook store, which features more than two million titles including current best sellers, classics, and thousands of free titles"

"New files released by The National Archives cover a range of subjects, including the arrest of a famous ballerina for attempting to overthrow the Panamanian government; an account of a man imprisoned for spying in communist Romania; a Special Operations file on a Sardinian war hero; and a valedictory dispatch from the Government's representative in Northern Ireland to James Callaghan. The latest Cabinet Secretary's notebooks have also been released. These are the 19th and 20th notebooks to be released, covering the period from May 1960 to May 1962. The notebooks contain the handwritten notes made by the Cabinet Secretary at Cabinet meetings"

The latest round up of new UK government publications this week - May 27 2010 from Intute and the LSE Library

Lost London pubs looks back at the changing nature and purpose of pubs over the past 250 years, illustrated through speaker Jack Adams' own collection of books about pubs published during this period. This talk was recorded live at a conference

Barnes & Noble has launched the eReader app for iPad

"The National Library of China will share its rich collections with libraries and researchers around the world as a new participant in the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing service. Since November 2009, 2.4 million records from the National Library of China have been added to WorldCat, the world's largest online resource for finding library materials. With those records in WorldCat, resources from the National Library of China are more visible worldwide through the Web. Once records from the National Library of China are discovered in WorldCat, researchers and scholars will be able to access and obtain these important Chinese materials through WorldCat Resource Sharing"

"eBook publishing site Wattpad has launched an updated version of its iPad and iPhone application to coincide with the international release of Apple’s iPad. A statement issued by the company on Friday notes that the new app allows users to vote and share comments on stories and socialise with other readers in the Wattpad community. Other additional features include an optimised display for use on the iPad, new touch screen controls, enhanced library management and improved offline capabilities. Readers can also save all chapters of a story to their iPhones, iPods and iPads to read offline" - eBook Magazine

Current Cites (edited by Roy Tennant) - May 2010 2010 is now available

"The Bodleian Libraries 2010 Summer exhibition examines the intellectual world of John Aubrey (1626-97), one of the Founding Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and a major seventeenth-century scientific and cultural figure. John Aubrey and the Development of Experimental Science presents all of Aubrey's varied interests and pursuits within the intellectual context of his times. Coinciding with the nationwide celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society, this is the first exhibition to feature Aubrey's many diverse achievements as a biographer, antiquary, mathematician, 'natural philosopher' and all-round virtuoso. Highlights of the exhibition include Aubrey's own manuscripts for Brief Lives; presentation books from fellow scientists Hobbes and Newton; original 17-century mathematical instruments; fossil specimens; and a working camera obscura"

"ACRL has announced the publication of the Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery. Authors Frances Wilkinson, Linda Lewis and Nancy Dennis provide practical and experience-based approaches on preparing for a disaster by creating a plan, responding to an emergency and the intricacies of recovering from a disaster. The book also features seven compelling, reality-based case studies from six university libraries that recovered from earthquake, fire, flood or hurricane damage. The clearly organized text contains numerous photographs and a comprehensive appendix featuring an extensive bibliography and glossary, a model disaster preparedness plan and a model RFP for selecting a disaster recovery vendor, as well as useful Internet sites and print resources. The work provides sound explanations and advice on every aspect of disaster preparedness, response and recovery in libraries"

FreePint Newsletter 302 - 27 May, 2010 now available