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Journals and Sketchbooks for Learning and Teaching
Utilising Creative Archives at the University for the Creative Arts
Background: History of University for the Creative Arts
• Six Art Schools and Technical Institutes dating from the 1870s • Three mergers• Campuses at Canterbury, Rochester,
Maidstone (Kent), Epsom, Farnham (Surrey)
Archives and Special Collections
• Individual Artist Archives– Tessa Boffin (Photographer)– Bob Godfrey (Oscar Animator)
• The Diagram Group (book publishers)
• Foundry Types Artwork (Typographers)
• Art School and Institutional Archives
Bob Godfrey
Archives and Special Collections
Epsom School of Art and Technical Institute opening arrangements,
1896
Guildford School of Art Class, undated [1970s]
First steps: initiating Archives into the curriculum
• Collaboration with Learning and Teaching Librarians, and Student Services
Faith Cannon, Fine Art student, using Maidstone archives to create digital images
• Promotional exhibitions/displays
Why focus on Student Work?
• Examples for Learning and Teaching• Visual Impact• Academic history/history of Art colleges• Focus on the ‘ordinary’ student – telling a
story
Canterbury School of Art Degree Show, 1982
Travelling Displays: Medway College of Design 1950s-1960s sketchbooks
Travelling Displays: Medway College of Design 1950s-1960s sketchbooks
Visual Reflective Journals
Visual Reflective Journals
Academic Literacy Framework
Key documents usedHigher Education Academy (2006) Student employability profiles: Art and Design. York: Higher Education Academy.
Lea, M. R. & Street, B. V. (1998) Student writing in higher education: An academic literacies approach. In: Studies in Higher Education 23 (2) pp.157-172
QAA (2008) Subject Benchmark Statement: Art and Design. London: The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Stubbings, R. and Franklin, G. (2007) Does advocacy help to embed information literacy into the curriculum? A Case study. In S. Andretta (Ed.), Change and challenge: information literacy for the 21st century. Adelaide: Auslib Press. pp.145-167
University fot the Creative Arts (2006) Teaching and Learning Strategy 2006 Farnham: University for the Creative Arts
University for the Creative Arts (2011) Graduate Employabliity & Entrepreneurship Strategy 2011 Farnham : University for the Creative Arts
Hemmingway, A. (2008) Jobseeking strategies online At http://www.bishopg.ac.uk/docs/careers/General/Job_seeking.pdf (accessed on 20.06.2013)
The framework
Student Journey• Communication • Team / Group Working • Motivation • Problem-Solving • Understanding the
student role • Self-management• Professional practice
Research process & producing work• Concept Development • Note-Taking • Effective Reading Techniques • Presentation Skills • Academic Integrity • Essay & Dissertation Writing • Defining the topic • Finding quality sources of
information • Evaluating information • Synthesis / using evidence • Reflection • Critical thinking and analysis
Katy Simms Final Major Project
Fine Art UCA Rochester 2007
• Gather information
• Select information
• Articulate it
• Refine and expand an idea
Katy Simms Final Major ProjectFine Art UCA Rochester 2007
• Reflect
• Evaluate
• Review
• What have you learned?
• What next?
James Stenhouse Final Major Project ACCESS
Canterbury2012
• Seek information
• Gather information
• Select information to use
• Managing information
• Evaluating information
• Using evidence
DigitisationBeing Double by Katie Simms, Final Major Project (FE Student), undated [2000s]
Digitisation• Advanced Dress Portfolio Examination, 1960s, by Anne Preston, Fashion Student
Copyright
• Creative Commons Licence for known students
• JISC guidelines and disclaimers for orphan works
• Third party material risk assessments
• Password protected URLs
Dissemination and next steps• Initial and on-going digitisation of data
• Depositing of hard copy material in the library
• Internal blackboard links (My UCA)
• Workshops
• Interviews of academics, practicing artists, and students
• Copyright assessment for online access
In Summary…
• Collaboration– Front-Line–Departmental
• Digitisation of the resource
• Accessibility
• Working creatively
Contact us…Rebekah Taylor
[email protected] @RebekahXTaylor
Adele Martin-Bowtell [email protected] @LibrarianAdele
UCAucreative.ac.uk/library @LibraryUCA