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Colleagues, If you are willing, would you please forward this call for entries to your students, across your institution and to relevant lists. Many thanks and my apologies to those who find this cross posted to them. British Library Archival Sound Recordings Prize for Student Work Win a Wii. Students are invited to submit an example of their work that has made use of any recording on the British Library's Archival Sound Recordings resource. (http://sounds.bl.uk/). Archival Sound Recordings makes selections of music, spoken word and environmental sounds from the British Library Sound Archive available online. All recordings are available to licensed UK higher and further education institutions. Staff and students can log in using their Shibboleth or Open Athens password to play or download recordings for academic use. Criteria: Work may take the form of research essays, articles as well as multimedia productions that use and repurpose these sources (NB: any use is subject to copyright and can only be used within an academic context). Entry is open to anyone enrolled in a UK higher or further education institution until March 2009. Deadline for submission is 23rd March 2009. Written work should be between 1500-2500 words in length and any multimedia production should not exceed a total audio time of 10 minutes inclusive of extracts. Criteria for evaluation are: Style and clarity of presentation Evidence and extent of use of chosen sound resource Understanding and insight into chosen sound resource Originality of project The judges will comprise members of the British Library and the ASR User-Panel. The winning submission as well as a selection of runner-up work will be made available in various forms by the British Library and used to promote this valuable resource. Where to submit: Send your entries in hard copy or as electronic attachment to: Dr. Paul Long Senior Lecturer Birmingham School of Media Birmingham City University Perry Barr B42 2SU tel: 0121-331-5468 [log in to unmask] http://interactivecultures.org/ ________________________________ Birmingham City University is the new name unveiled for the former University of Central England in Birmingham For more information about the name change go to http://www.bcu.ac.uk/namechange/official_announcement.html Birmingham City University is the new name unveiled for the former University of Central England in Birmingham For more information about the name change go to http://www.bcu.ac.uk/namechange/official_announcement.html