New Jisc agreement makes artists' resource available
A new Jisc agreement brings a wide range of essential visual arts publications, toolkits and other resources to the UK higher and further education community. A-N resources is published by the Artist Information Company, widely acknowledged to be a key UK agency for supporting artists and promoting and shaping visual arts practice. The breadth and depth of the content means that it can be used across a wide range of subject and curriculum areas at all levels including: art and design; fine art; visual arts; design management textile design and public art.
Features that make up this online resource include online access to the current and back issues of the monthly a-n Magazine, allowing all staff and students to keep up to date with the latest arts news, reviews, artists’ UK and international networking initiatives, events, visual arts opportunities and art jobs; unlimited concurrent access for the whole institution to the a-n web site which includes information about professional opportunities, online resources highlighting artists’ strategies for exhibiting and selling their work, and access to the Artist’s Toolkits, designed to improve artists’ professional skills and working relationships.
Anne Siswell, Head of Library Systems, Bath Spa University, welcomed the agreement and the substantial savings it would mean for her library, saying: “This is a useful service at a very affordable price, providing access to the journal and issues of professional practice that are relevant to our students.”
Previously an annual fee of £50 would secure access to the resource for just one person; by subscribing through the Jisc agreement, everyone in a Band G institution, for example, can gain access for as little as £200 + VAT per annum.
To take advantage of a no obligation 30 day free trial, please contact trial_access@jisc.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can subscribe today to ensure that you have immediate access for the start of the new academic year. See Subscription details and pricing information.