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ITMA is offering a mentored placement under the FÁS WPP scheme.  Working specifically in images (all formats), this will be an opportunity for anyone with an interest in audio/visual librarianship or digital media.

The successful applicant will contribute to an ongoing project of making ITMA’s image collection digitally available to users. Participants will gain experience in the cataloguing of still & moving images; digitising; image manipulation & video editing to prepare video & images for web-publication. The candidate will gain an overall experience of the range of services & processes at work in a multimedia archive, as well as reader service skills.

Full details available via the ITMA website

Users can now view online the music contained in the entire Hudleston Collection of printed guitar music in digital format. This is freely accessible via the Royal Irish Academy of Music online catalogue.

This unique resource, held in the RIAM special collections, contains over 1,000 works for guitar (both solo and chamber music) in original editions from the 19^th century.

It was the private collection of Josiah Andrew Hudleston (1799 – 1865) who lived for many years in Madras and subsequently settled in Ireland in 1857. Throughout his life, Hudleston collected works for guitar composed by his contemporaries, several of whom he knew personally. This corpus of work represents a very flourishing period in the history of guitar music, featuring composers such as Giuliani, Sor and Carulli, and many other lesser known names.

You can search for material by going to our online catalogue http://library.riam.ie and selecting “Hudleston Collection” from the menu of options.

We welcome any feedback from users, which can be sent to library@riam.ie.

Music PAL libraries and archives throughout the country are taking part in Culture Night 2011, Friday 23 September. We are bringing concerts, sessions, workshops, drums & songs to make this a truly wonderful cultural experience. Some of the many musical events on offer are listed below.  Enjoy!

Royal Irish Academy of Music

Performances from tiny tots to grown ups, with open rehearsals and classes with some of Ireland’s finest musical talents

Belfast Central Library

The Broken String Band plays traditional, raw acoustic Appalachian mountain music at its foot tappin’ best

Jeremy Mearns-Doherty – local pianist and composer

Rhythm & Rhyme – Parents and carers are invited to bring their babies and toddlers along for songs and rhymes

The Contemporary Music Centre

The Spacial Music Collective create a sonic experience of live and electronic music inspired by the past, shaped by the future, in the shadow of Handel and tailored to CMC’s historic home. Installations and live performances across the evening

Cork City Library

A showcase of library facilities and services, a mixed programme of readings, drama and music

Cork County Libraries

The Pyke Theatre Group from Ballincogg will present a short programme of storytelling, song, music and monologues

UCC

Masters Degree Graduation Recital of Irish Traditional Music. Currently at UCC studying for a Masters in Ethnomusicology, Lisa Canny will perform her own tunes and songs in the traditional style, alongside some of the best musicians in the country

DIT

An evening of musical performances from the students of the vocal, keyboard and orchestral departments of the Conservatory of Music

Irish Traditional Music Archive

Live music in our public reading room and a video of the history of Irish traditional music in the reception room

Kildare County Library

Interactive drumming workshop with David Day

Kilkenny County Library

Celebrating Polish culture with music, dance, storytelling, art, reading and samples of Polish cuisine

Digicult
NEWS from the European Commission, Digital Preservation and Access to Cultural Resources

ICT Call 9 Information Day
The next FP7 call for proposals for the ICT Objectives 4.3 Digital Preservation and 8.2 Access to Cultural Resources is expected to be open between 18 January and 17 April 2012. The European Commission is organising an Information Day specifically dedicated to the digital preservation and access to cultural resources work programme, on 15 November 2011 in Luxembourg.

This event is intended for stakeholders interested in submitting research project proposals. It aims to help participants understand the work programme and criteria for the evaluation of proposals, facilitate the sharing of ideas and experiences, and meet potential partners for project consortia.

Further details and information on the agenda as well as an online registration form to attend the event are available on our website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/telearn-digicult/call9-infoday_en.html