Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 3:34PM
The retail arm of Dance Books is closing down after 40 years plus of dedicated and wonderful service to the world of dance.
As a result a lot of back stock needs to be cleared and over the next few weeks they’ll be reducing many items to half price or less. You’ll find these clearly marked on their web site catalogue, or you can find the whole lot at:
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:29PM 
‘…IADMS enhances the health, well-being, training, and performance of dancers by cultivating educational, medical, and scientific excellence…’
The IADMS website is a useful place to visit if you are a dance medicine practitioner, dance educator/teacher, dance scientist, or a dancer. It provides a nice range of information on Dance Medicine for both members and non-members of the association:
The IADMS Bulletin for Teachers is a free publication provided by the IADMS to members and non-members, full PDF versions of each issue can be downloaded from the website or you can join the e-mailing list and have a PDF copy delivered straight to your in box...
The resource section of the IADMS websit contains a range of free papers and fact sheets which you an download, print or save for future reference. This area of the website consists of a number of pages, including resources for teachers and resource papers and fact sheets, topics covered include somatics, nutrition, bone health and student research support amongst others. All the documents can be viewed in PDF format or in a browser. You can use this section of the website to view the International Performing Arts Medicine Calendar.
The Journal of Dance Medicine & Science is a quarterly journal published by IADMS and is provided to members of the association as part of their annual subscription. Non-members can subscribe to the journal and it is possible to order back issues.
If you have access to the journal in the collections of your college/university library, via a library in the SCONUL Access scheme or have a collection of the journals at home and want to locate articles of interest - the IADMS website contains the full table of contents of the publication from 1997-2007 (the 2006-2007 listings include abstracts). To view table of contents and abstracts from 2008 issues onwards non-member access is available via Ingenta. The IADMS Newsletter is available to all members of the association and a Newsletter Archive is available on the website, which members can log into. The publications section of the website provides details of all the association’s publications and also provides access to it’s online store. You can become a member of IADMS and receive the full range of benefits, more details can be found on the website.
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 2:50PM 
Think of all the contemporary dance resources hidden away in UK university library collections... wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to access these resources? If you could take a peek where would you go first? :
De Montfort University
University of Kent
Roehampton University
University of Surrey
Well... if you are a student or staff member at a Higher Education Institute (HEI) or university then you can, via a scheme run by SCONUL (Society of College, National & University Libraries).
The SCOUNL Access scheme allows students and staff from member institutions to access and in some cases borrow material from library collections in other institutions.
If you are a member of academic staff, a post-graduate research student, a part-time/distance/placement student or a full-time postgraduate student you can take advantage of the scheme to borrow from other institutional libraries.
If you are a full-time undergraduate student you can use the scheme to access the library collections of another institution on a reference basis.
How to utilise/join the scheme:
Why not check the online library catalogue of any institution you intend to visit in advance, this will allow you to identify useful resources and plan your visit, providing you with more time when you are there. More information and advice on using other libraries can be found on the SCONUL Access website.
It should be noted that this scheme does not allow for access to computer facilities (including electronic resources) which may be held by member libraries.
If your institution is not a member of the SCONUL Access scheme you may be interested in the SCONUL Vacation access scheme for undergraduates and taught postgraduates.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:17PM 
A must visit site for anyone wanting to purchase or source '...books, CDs, DVDs, videos & sheet music on all forms of dance..."
Dance Books Ltd
The Old Bakery
4 Lenten Street
Alton
Hampshire GU34 1HG, UK
Telephone +44 (0)1420 86138
Fax +44 (0)1420 86142
Web-site: www.dancebooks.co.uk
Email: via contact form at www.dancebooks.co.uk/contact.asp
You can place orders online and can set up an account with your first order.
You can also join Dance Book's mailing list to receive occasional emails about new titles.