Excellent news, Anthony; and thank you and everyone for their efforts.
Perhaps I can save a bit of airfare now...!
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The Department of Communication Arts
Salisbury University
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>>> Anthony McNicholas <[log in to unmask]> 10/20/08 6:43 AM >>>
Microform Academic Publishers would like to inform you of the
availability of
two digitised collections from the BBC Written Archives Centre in
Caversham,
Reading on our website: www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk. Both
collections are
a valuable resource for the study of broadcasting history, media and
communications studies. They are:
BBC handbooks, annual reports & accounts, 1927-2001/2
This collection, covering 1927-2001/2, includes all the handbooks,
annual
reports & accounts published by the BBC since its founding right up to
the
start of the 21st century.
In addition to financial data relating to the BBC's grant-in-aid and how
it was
spent, the collection contains a review of each year's public-service
broadcasting, with detailed schedules, audience research, performance
and
objective tables, as well as commentaries and editorials.
The volumes are arranged chronologically within two groups – BBC
handbooks
and BBC annual reports & accounts. The collection is introduced by Dr.
Hugh
Chignell of the Media School at Bournemouth University.
BBC audience research reports Part 1: BBC Listener Research Department
(1937-c1950)
This collection of reports covers the BBC's internal research into its
audiences
and represents the early research of the BBC's pioneering Listener
Research
Department (LRD) into radio listening in Britain nationwide and at
regional level.
The periods covered are the controversial founding of the Department in
1937,
the turbulent years of the Second World War, through to the early
post-war
period and leading up to the launch of Britain’s first national
television channel.
Included are the weekly audience summaries, together with the weekly,
then
daily listening barometers. Also included are the audience reaction
reports on
particular programmes and special reports on specific themes or issues,
as well
as key policy documents produced by the LRD during these years, tracing
the
early development within the BBC of what is now known as ‘market
research’.
The collection is introduced by Sian Nicholas of the University of
Wales,
Aberystwyth.
In addition to being a valuable resource for broadcasting history, media
and
communications studies, this collection is also an indispensable source
of
information for those with an interest in everyday life in wartime
Britain.
Both of the above collections are available on free trial to
institutions. To
request a trial account, or to place an order, please follow the link
below:
http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/contact.php
Suggestions for new online resources that would be of interest to your
department are always welcome.
Should you require any further information please contact Andy Ford
(email:
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