Events - December 2008
Panizzi Lecture
Reading Bindings: The binder who was not Vincent Williamson
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Event Time: 18.15 -19.30
Location: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: Free (advance booking recommended)
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Sound Cases
Secrets of forensic audio: Gordon Read
Tuesday 2 December 2008
A fascinating insight into the world of surveillance and eavesdropping in accident and criminal investigations. Just how do law enforcers, security and safety investigators use audio enhancements to reveal information previously hidden in sound recordings? Digital signal processing can be used to increase intelligibility for critical listening and transcripts. Learn how a modern audio forensic system can perform complex noise reduction tasks with appropriate processing chains for each job. A demonstration of the abuse of digital audio technology in the forensic arena will also be given.
Gordon Reid is Managing Director of CEDAR Audio, a Cambridge-based audio restoration company whose forensic clients include the Metropolitan Police and the FBI. CEDAR products have been used to clean up the Watergate tapes.
Event time: 13.00 – 14.00
Location: Conservation Centre, Foyle Suite
Price: Free (Places are limited, advance booking essential)
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For future talks please contact: Alison Faraday
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7776
Fax: + 44 (0)207 412 7777
Email: alison.faraday@bl.uk
Talk and Discussion
Taking Liberties
The rights of women: What now?
Thursday 4 December 2008
A hundred years since the height of the suffrage movement, and despite much subsequent legislation to advance gender equality, there is much evidence that the rights of women remain under threat at work and in the home. At the same time many young women are growing up at ignorant of previous struggles, and aping the worst excesses of young males. Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee leads a debate with Helena Kennedy QC, one of Britain's leading lawyers and champion of civil liberties and human rights; Nicola Brewer, chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; Tahmima Anam, writer and author of A Golden Age; and Emily Beardsmore, chair of the British Youth Council.
Event Time: 18.30-20.00
Location: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: £6 (concessions £4) (advance booking recommended)
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Conservation advice clinics:
Caring for your family archive
Saturday 6 December 2008
Many families are now gathering together photographs, documents, sound recordings and other memorabilia to create their own family archive. Appointments are available throughout the day with our team of conservation and sound archive staff for you to learn about how best to care for the objects you treasure.
Valuations are not available.
We cannot provide secure storage for items while you visit other parts of the Library.
Event Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Location: Centre for Conservation, British Library
Price: Free (advance booking essential)
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Taking Liberties
Ours by right: A day for the human family
Sunday 7 December 2008
Bring all the family for a fantastic free afternoon of uplifting music, performances, workshops and more as we mark the 60th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In the grand setting of The British Library entrance hall, enjoy the re-hot sound of Paprika Balkanikus, the superb street dance of Impact, and the world's oldest band – the amazing Zimmers - who prove that people in their eighties and nineties can rock out with the best. Plus some very special surprise appearances on the main stage.
Children and their families can also catch ‘Funny Business' starring brilliant clown Fraser Hooper (aka Strawberry The Clown), or sign up for music or dance workshops with Springs Dance Company.
A memorised performance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, exhibitions, readings, films, stalls all add to the attractions. Both our Cafe and Restaurant will be open for this event. The Cafe will be offering sandwiches, hot soup, Costa coffee and a range of soft drinks. The restaurant will be offering a traditional Sunday Roast from 12.00pm.
This exciting and bold event will invite you to take the chance to consider the universal meaning of human rights in Britain and beyond.
Presented in partnership with The Equality and Human Rights Commission, as part of the events programme for Taking Liberties: the Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights, a free exhibition at The British Library open daily in the PACCAR Gallery, The British Library, until 1 March 2009.
Event Time: 13.00 – 17.00
Location: Entrance Hall, British Library
Price: Free, no booking required but early arrival is recommended to avoid disappointment due to limited capacity. (entry can be be guaranteed)
With thanks to our event participants and supporters: Amnesty International, the British Institute for Human Rights, British Youth Council Children's Rights Alliance for England Christian Aid Department for International Development Every Human Has Rights, Human Rights Watch, Institute for Global Ethics, Justice Liberty, London Youth Oxfam, Save the Children, UNICEF.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission was established in October 2007, it brought together the work of the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality, and the Disability Rights Commission. It is working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, to ensure that everyone, including the most disadvantaged and voiceless, have a fair chance to participate in society. It has additional enforcement powers and responsibilities to tackle inequalities associated with age, sexual orientation and faith. It also has a mandate to promote an understanding of the Human Rights Act.
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Gallery Talks
Magna Carta: the origin of British liberties?
Claire Breay, Head of Mediaeval Manuscripts, The British Library
Tuesday 9 December 2008
Discover more about Taking Liberties by coming along to one of our 30 minute gallery talks given by the exhibition's curators.
Event Time: 13.00 – 13.30
Location: PACCAR Gallery
Price: Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Spaces are limited (these talks are not seated)
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Talk and Discussion
Music at the British Library:
Ben Winters on Korngold and Robin Hood
Tuesday 9 December 2008
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of the Warner Brothers film Robin Hood, Ben Winters will be celebrating this wonderful score and its composer Erich Korngold. Presentations will be made from the Library's sound archive highlighting this superb work.
A reception will be held after this event
Event Time: 18.30 – 19.30
Location: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: £7.50 (concessions £5) (advance booking recommended)
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Panizzi Lecture
Reading Bindings: On the deckle edge, indications of status and economy
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Event Time: 18.15 -19.30
Location: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: Free (advance booking recommended)
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Special Event
Get It Loud In Libraries: Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Sunday 14 December 2008
Come down to the finale of the Get It Loud In Libraries tour and experience culture-bending hip-hop, poetry and words. The critically acclaimed Dan le Sac vs Scroobious Pip are ideally placed and personally motivated to curate this tour, which celebrates the brilliance and beauty of the English language.
This event is part of the Get It Loud In Libraries tour in partnership with the National Year Of Reading.
Event Time: 15.00 -17.00
Location: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: £6 / £5 for Library card holders (advance booking recommended)
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Talk and Discussion
The Big Read: London writers meet the readers
Tuesday 16 December 2008
 To celebrate the close of the National Year of Reading and the culmination of the Camden Big Read, the British Library is hosting an exciting evening with some of London's most innovative and stimulating writers. Participants of this unique event will be able to engage with a diverse panel consisting of Sarfraz Manzoor, journalist and author of Greetings from Bury Park; Stephen Law, editor of THINK and author of The War for Children's Minds; Esther Freud, stage writer and author of Love Falls; Ekow Eshun, Art Director of the ICA and author of Black Gold of the Sun; Diran Adebayo, broadcaster and acclaimed British novelist, author of My Once Upon a Time; and Adam Thirwell, author of Miss Herbert and assistant editor of Areté.
Participants are encouraged to read at least one of the above titles before coming to the event in order to gain the most of this of the extraordinary occasion. The Big Read runs from September to December.
The above titles will be available in Camden libraries and will also be discounted for purchase in the British Library Shop.
Event Time: 18.00 – 21.00
Location: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: Free (advance booking recommended)
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