{"id":214,"date":"2013-06-14T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/?p=214"},"modified":"2013-09-06T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T11:41:47","slug":"edinburgh-university-introduces-new-thesis-digitisation-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/2013\/06\/14\/edinburgh-university-introduces-new-thesis-digitisation-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh University introduces new Thesis Digitisation Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_215\" style=\"width: 817px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2013\/06\/thesis-scanning-pic.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215\" alt=\"Staff member using the Bookscanner at the Library Annexe\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2013\/06\/thesis-scanning-pic.jpg\" width=\"807\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie demonstrates our beautiful scanner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In October 2012 the Library Annexe began operating a new Thesis Scanning Service. The service has proved popular with theses covering topics from historical re-enactment to earthquakes. And if anyone is fluent in Arabic and can tell us what Al-Hajeri\u2019s (2007) 1200 page thesis is about \u2013 let us know!<\/p>\n<p>Once scanned, a digital copy of the thesis is made available on the university\u2019s institutional repository ERA where they are already seeing increased usage. The eventual aim is to make the entire thesis collection available online.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the service visit the <a title=\"Thesis Scanning Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/subject-guides\/scanning\">Thesis Scanning Service<\/a> webpage and to find out more about the University&#8217;s online repository check out the research already available on <a title=\"ERA homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk\/\">ERA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Maria O&#8217;Hara, Library Annexe Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2012 the Library Annexe began operating a new Thesis Scanning Service. The service has proved popular with theses covering topics from historical re-enactment to earthquakes. And if anyone is fluent in Arabic and can tell us what Al-Hajeri\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/2013\/06\/14\/edinburgh-university-introduces-new-thesis-digitisation-service\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,34],"tags":[24,50,25,49],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2013\/06\/thesis-scanning-pic-e1373460589636.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}