Welcome back, and the Law Library during Lockdown Hello, and welcome back! This semester is set to be another strange one as we begin in ‘lockdown’ conditions in line with Scottish Government restrictions. This means that for the …Continue reading →

Referencing and Beyond Reading Lists TAGS: informationskills | library training | mediahopper | OSCOLA | reading list | Referencing | research | videos Last week the Law Librarians held a Referencing training session- focussing on OSCOLA! If you didn’t get a chance to come along then don’t worry as we will be uploading …Continue reading →

Dissertation Festival: 26th October – 6th November TAGS: dissertation | information skills | library services | research | subject guide Are you writing a dissertation this year? Do you want to find out more about the library resources available to support your dissertation? From the 26th October to the 6th …Continue reading →

Training Sessions- Diary Dates TAGS: informationskills | Legal databases | library training Learn something new or simply refresh your memory! There are a couple of online training sessions coming up soon that you may find useful: Using Law Databases (Library Bitesize)-  Wednesday …Continue reading →

Welcome! TAGS: update Welcome to the Law Librarians’ blog, where we will post helpful resources, training materials and news from the library. Our names are Donna Watson and SarahLouise McDonald, and we are …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019 (January 2020): Collaboration Across the Nations TAGS: conference | Dealing with Data | videos Picture the scene: A cold January day, the wind blowing the scarves of the passers-by through the large windows of the Informatics Forum meeting room. The group inside listens, takes …Continue reading →

Rock Star Event On Friday 28th February, over 100 guests attended an event at the Geological Society in London’s Mayfair to celebrate the University’s successful campaign to buy the Charles Lyell notebooks. Eight …Continue reading →

Training researchers for a software and data-intensive world with Edinburgh Carpentries TAGS: Data Science | EdCarp This is guest post from Giacomo Peru and the EdCarp Committee (https://edcarp.github.io/committee/). Sections of this post were published previously on the EPCC blog. The Edinburgh Carpentries (EdCarp) is a training …Continue reading →

Crowdsourcing Conservation – Thomas Nelson Collection TAGS: crowdsourcing conservation | rehousing | thomas nelson collection Following on from the popular “Crowdsourcing Conservation” sessions held in February 2017 and 2018, the Centre for Research Collections held seven more crowdsourcing events from October 2018 to March 2019. …Continue reading →

Open Access Scotland Group meeting On 27th March the Scholarly Communications Team at the University of Edinburgh were delighted to host the 6th regular meeting of the Open Access Scotland Group at the impressive Paterson’s …Continue reading →