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The student common area
There is unique collection of Magazines including an archive collection of “Plays and Players” dating from the 1960s. A collection of Dancing Times from the 1940s is also in the archive. Back editions of contemporary magazines such as Total Theatre and Theatre Research International Current magazines are included. Students should ask for the magazine catalogue to find out what this archive offers. Contemporary magazines often yield the latest research and magazine archives can give a very personal eyewitness account of twentieth century theatre, not available in books.
A daily quality newspaper is available and the weekly theatre paper, “The Stage”. Other magazines and periodicals are also available.
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Library Hours
Monday to Thursday 7.45am – 7pm Friday 7.45am – 3pm
City, University of London Library
All students will be issued with a university library card which gives them access to City’s extensive collections.
Specialist Libraries
Students can join the lending library at the Barbican Centre EC2. This has a Video Library containing classic performances from the world of Film, Theatre, TV, Opera and Ballet. It has an Arts Library with a wide choice of books on painting, sculpture, theatre, cinema and ballet whilst the Music Library provides books, scores, cassettes and compact discs. The Music Performance Research Society’s pioneering collection of live performances is to be found here. Well worth a visit!
Membership of Encyclopaedia Britannica and online library databases such as questia.com are strongly recommended.
Student Common Area
There is a student common area on the 2nd floor. This space is shared with students from both schools. Although this is a meeting place for students, it is also designated as a quiet study area, so you must respect others’ need to concentrate.
If you need somewhere to rehearse, ask the Admin Office if there are rooms available. If you see others rehearsing, feel free to ask them to do the same!
The computers and printers in the common area are available all day for student use. In order to use the school computers you must have a Network Account. Your account will be set up during the first week of term and you will be issued with your own user-name and password. Printer and photocopier credit can be purchased from a machine on the second floor near the common room, or from the librarian.
The Network account will provide you with access to all of our software packages, including the ArtsEd Intranet. ArtsEd will not be held responsible for any loss of data. You should save all your work onto USB memory sticks or external hard drives.
