The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to finding resources for Creative Industries - KCB101.
Books
These books are shelved at the locations indicated - GP: Gardens Point, KG: Kelvin Grove and CA: Carseldine. Items marked Ref are shelved in the Reference Collection.
| Title | Call number | Location |
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| Creative gndustries - general | ||
| John Hartley (ed.) (2005) Creative Industries, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell | 306 564 | KG |
| Holden, J. & DEMOS, (2004) Capturing cultural value: how culture has become a tool of government policy. | Online | Online |
| The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life , New York : Basic Books | 305.5 110 /A | KG |
| J. Hartley & R.E. Pearson (eds.) American Cultural Studies: A Reader, Oxford : Oxford UP | 306.0973 59 | KG, GP |
| The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators , London: Earthscan | 307.76 501 | KG |
| Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas , London: Penguin | 658.575 119 | KG, GP |
| Caves, Richard (2000). Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce, Boston : Harvard University Press | 338.47700973 6 | KG |
Leadbeater, Charles (1999). Living on Thin Air: The New Economy. Penguin, London . |
330.9049 7 | KG, GP |
Coyle, Diane (1999). The Weightless World. Capstone, London. |
330.9 280/A | KG, GP |
Barr, Trevor (2000). newmedia.com.au: The Changing Face of Australia ’s Media and Communications . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. |
302.230994 37 | KG, CA |
| Proposal writing guides | ||
Professional Practice Kit sheets for visual artists (Includes: 2. A guideline for preparing grant applications) |
706.8 5 | KG |
| Proposal writing / Ivan Kostolany | 658.15224 68 | CA |
| Proposal writing / Soraya M. Coley | 658.15224 20 | KG, GP |
| Proposal writing : the art of friendly and winning persuasion | 658.453 6/A | GP |
| Arts funding | ||
| Survival of the fittest: the artist versus the corporate world , Strawberry Hills, N.S.W. : Currency House, 2004 | 700.994 47 | KG |
| Don't give up your day job [electronic resource]: an economic study of professional artists in Australia / David Throsby and Virginia Hollister. | Online | |
| A guide to contracts for business arts partnerships / [Winsome McCaughey ... et al.]. | 344.94097 5 | KG |
| Management and the arts / William J. Byrnes. | 700.68 27/3 | KG |
| A handbook of cultural economics / edited by Ruth Towse. | 338.477 17 | KG |
| Arts & economics : analysis & cultural policy / Bruno S. Frey. | 700.103 81/2 | KG |
| Creative industries project examples | ||
| Because we live here : five creative years of local communities, industry and the arts working together in Western Australia 1997-2001 , Fremantle (W.A.): Fremantle Arts Centre, 2002. | 700.9941 4 | KG |
| Creative connections : business and the arts working together to create a more inclusive society: a report , London : Arts & Business, c2001. | 306.470941 2 | KG |
| The YouthPower guide : how to make your community better : a manual based on the work of the YouthPower Project of El Arco Iris Youth and Community Arts Center, a program of Nueva Esperanza, Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts. Amherst : UMass Extension, University of Massachusetts, 2000. | 307.33620973 5 | GP |
| The city cultures reader / edited by Malcolm Miles and Tim Hall with Iain Borden. | 307.76 529/2 | KG, GP, CA |
| Urban futures : critical commentaries on shaping the city / edited by Malcolm Miles and Tim Hall. | 307.76 531 | KG |
| Face to face : making dance and theatre in the community / Judi Fisher and Beth Shelton. | 792.22099451 1 | KG |
| Poster design | ||
| Displaying your findings: a practical guide for creating figures, posters, and presentations / Adelheid A.M. Nicol and Penny M. Pexman. | 150.728 1 | KG, CA |
| Scientist's guide to poster presentations / Peter J. Gosling. | 808.0665 28 | GP, CA |
Journals
Journals comprise articles about current developments and research in a subject area. Browsing relevant journals is a good way of keeping up to date in your area.
| Title | Dewey number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| International Journal of Cultural Studies | Online and P 306 496 | Online and KG |
| M/C [electronic resource] : a journal of media and culture | Online | Online |
| Media, culture & society | P 302.23 3 | KG |
| Technology and culture | Online and P 303.483 16 |
Online and KG,CA |
| Continuum : an Australian journal of the media | Online and P 791.4 16 |
Online and KG |
| Cultural critique | Online and P 306 309 | Online and GP |
| Perfect beat: the journal of research into contemporary music and popular culture | P 781.63 38 | KG |
| Journal of consumer culture | P 306.3 204 | KG |
| International journal of arts management | Online and P 700.68 31 |
Online and KG |
| International journal of cultural policy : CP | Online and P 306.4 301 | Online and KG |
| Studies in popular culture | KG | |
| International arts manager | P 700.68 21 | KG, GP |
| Lowdown : Youth performing arts in Australia | P 790.206094 1 | KG |
| Public art review | P 709.73 86 | KG, GP |
| Public culture : bulletin of the Project for Transnational Cultural Studies | P 306.47 18 | CA |
| Bulletin / Queensland Community Arts Network | P 700.9943 4 | KG |
Subject headings
To find resources on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Alternatively, you can browse the shelves at the following locations:
Journal databases
QUT staff and students can access the databases from within QUT libraries or remotely from your School, home or office via the Internet. Most databases require your QUT username and password. Access to the databases is available from the Databases page.
These are a range of databases that will provide information to support Creative Industries KCB101 learning:
| Database title | Description |
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| Art Index | Indexes 260 international art publications, including advertsing and graphis design journals. |
| ABI/Inform Global (via ProQuest) | Indexes approximately 1,300 business and marketing periodicals from around the world. |
Academic Search Elite (via EBSCOhost) |
A cross disciplinary database on the EbscoHost platform indexing 2,900 journals from 1984 onwards with almost 1,300 providing fulltext as html with graphics or PDF. |
| Austats | Australian Bureau of Statistics data |
| Australian and New Zealand Reference Centre | Australia and New Zealand specific newspapers & newswires, magazines, reference books, and company information. It provides local perspectives on current events, business, sports, and many other subjects. |
| Business Source Elite | Subjects include: accounting; banking; finance; international business; management; marketing; real estate; regional studies; sales; trade and technology. |
| Factiva |
An interdisciplinary news, current affairs and research database providing access to nearly 8000 publications including Creative Review, Adnews, and Campaign. |
| Informit Databases | Including APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service), Arts Management, Multiculturalism, and Australian Education databases. |
| ProQuest Databases | Including ProQuest Arts, Academic Research Library, ABI Inform (Business) and Humanities, Social Sciences and Education databases. |
For more recommended databases, see the Databases Subject Guide
Online resources
The Internet provides access to a large range of resources for Creative Industries research. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process.
| Web site | Description |
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| Proposal writing guides | |
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This publication explains the types of activities supported by the Community Cultural Development Board and helps potential applicants determine the most appropriate grants category for their project. Includes project examples and community cultural development application tips. |
Project proposal basics - From Funders Online
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Information on the basics of proposal writing. |
Proposal writing short course - From the Foundation Centre |
A short online course in proposal writing. |
| Writing a funding proposal - From CIVICUS | A guide to planning and writing a funding proposal. It includes information on follow-up required, a list of do's and don'ts for proposal writing and an example of a funding proposal. |
| Grant writing basics | An information sheet for writing proposals by Arts Nexus |
| Creative industries project examples | |
| Projects, Australian Council | Information about hundreds of successful arts projects. |
| Read about projects which have been supported by the Arts Council of England. |
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| Out of the hopeless box. Creative neighbourhoods: an evaluation [electronic resource]. | The Creative neighbourhoods programme supported six partnership projects in London. The programme was aimed at young people at risk of offending and (in some areas) combating racism. |
| The impact of folk festivals [electronic resource]. Arts Council of England, 2004. | This report is based on a major independent research study undertaken by Morris Hargreaves McIntyre. This report demonstrates that the previously unassuming role played by Folk Festivals is in fact a key factor in the countrys cultural economy. With this final completed report Folk music, dance and song and in particular festivals , can stand proud with many other arts forms that culturally, artistically, organisationally and now economically add to the wealth of Arts in England today. |
| I liked everything [electronic resource]: celebrating new audiences. Arts Council of England, 2004. | A wide range of arts organisations from across the North West participated in the Regional Challenge New Audiences programme, which looked at ways of developing audiences through 35 action research projects during 2001/2. This publication looks at the programme and is aimed at anyone embarking on an audience development project. |
| Cream of the crop [electronic resource] : case studies in good practice in arts development in rural areas of the North West of England. Arts Council of England, 2004. | Case studies in good practice from nine arts organisations in the North West working within the rural sector. |
| Celebrating disability arts [electronic resource]. Arts Council of England, 2003. | This publication looks at 30 years of pioneering work in the development of disability arts by companies and individuals it is part of the Arts Council 's work linked to the European Year of Disabled People. |
| The arts in urban renaissance [electronic resource] . Arts Council of England, 2003. | Outlines the role of the arts within urban renewal and development in the South East of England |
| Culture and learning [electronic resource] : creating arts and heritage education projects . Arts Council of England, 2002. | Guide to help people working in the arts and heritage sectors to plan and deliver high quality education projects, with the aim of increasing access for as many people as possible. |
| Arts organisations | |
| Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Education and the Arts, develops and implements cultural policy and administers cultural funding and capital works programs that support arts and cultural development for the benefit of the community | |
| The Australia Council is a service organisation enriching the life of the nation by supporting and promoting the practice and enjoyment of the arts. The Australia Council is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body. | |
| fuel4arts.com is an Australian organisation that delivers free audience and market development tools and ideas to professional arts marketers and artists. | |
| Arts Council England | Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts. Between 2003 and 2006 we will invest £2 billion of public funds in the arts in England. We believe that the arts have the power to transform lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country. |
| Queensland Government Innovation Start-Up Scheme | The Innovation Start-Up Scheme is a Queensland Government initiative to help promote innovation and commercialisation in the Smart State. |
| Queensland Government Grants and subsidies | Locate State Government business and industry grants and funding programs ; Free, up-to-date information about State and Commonwealth Government support programs & Information about assistance and funding available to community organsiations . |
| Brisbane Powerhouse | An initiative of Brisbane City Council, the Powerhouse exposes and celebrates the diversity of contemporary arts in Brisbane and connects it to the rest of the country and the world |
| Festival calendars | |
| Events Calendar, Australia Council | Arts festivals, forums, exhibitions and performances from around Australia and beyond. |
| Brisbane Festivals | Brisbane continues to surprise and impress with a full smorgasbord of top class events. We have created this feature so you can find out more about the impressive range of city wide festivals on offer. |
| A listing of Brisbane events by Brisbane City Life | |
| Australian Festivals | The Australian Festival Poster and online database is a directory designed to aid artists/performers, festival/event organisers and festival goers. Information incuded online and in the printed poster includes; application deadlines, contact details, specific festival information, genres, dates, location and more. |
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The Brisbane Writers Festival, a barometer of ideas, attracts a large, culturally-aware audience. |
| Calendar of UK Arts Festivals | This list covers UK-based arts festivals that regularly programme international work. |
| Grants information | |
| Support for the Arts Handbook 2005, Australia Council |
The Support for the Arts Handbook gives people and organisations the information they need to seek support from the Australia Council, primarily through its grant categories. |
Grant finder, Australia Council
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Australia Council's guide to eligibility for grants. |
I made it - so can you, Arts Council England, 2004 |
A collection of case studies featuring artists and arts organisations from the East Midlands who have benefited from Grants for the arts awards. |
| Creative industries policy resources | |
Creative Queensland - The Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 |
Creative Queensland - The Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002 is the first whole-of-Government policy which sets the directions for the Queensland Government's future investment in arts and cultural development. |
| Creative Industries, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, UK | Our role is to assist the creative industries by raising their profile and helping them achieve their full economic potential. |
| Poster design | |
Communicating your research results through a poster presentation |
A visitor to a poster does not want to read it, but to inspect it. Thus, the key to creating an effective poster presentation is visual simplicity achieved without loss of information content. |
| A quick guide to designing an effective poster presentation. | |
| Designing effective posters | An on-line tutorial about effective poster design. |
| Developing a poster presentation | A powerpoint presenation outlining the key attributes of a poster. |
| Guidelines for making a good poster | Quick tips for good poster design. |
| Poster presentations | A guide to designing effective posters with some examples. |
| Preparing a quality poster presentation | Criteria for good poster design. |