MANTRA shortlisted Research Data MANTRA (http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/) is a free, non-credit course designed for postgraduate students and early career researchers which provides guidelines for good practice in research data management. (Flickr Image by …Continue reading →

New RDM tools and services: awareness raising sessions The University is investing in a new research driven research data management (RDM) service to cover all the Schools/Research Institutes and Centres in three Colleges. This will allow researchers to …Continue reading →

Dabbling in data visualisation Martin Hawksey from CETIS at University of Strathclyde gave a talk to Information Services staff last week on this popular topic. Following the talk, a small group including the Data …Continue reading →

New Cambridge History of the Bible – and more TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | online | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity The online version of the New Cambridge History of the Bible  : From 600 to 1450  by Richard Marsden, E. Ann Matter is now available to University of Edinburgh users …Continue reading →

ECA Collection at the Annexe: British Art TAGS: Annexe | British Art | Carnegie Trust | ECA | ECA Collection | Edinburgh College of Art A series of articles on the relationship between the Library Annexe and the ECA. Among the items from the ECA Collection being stored at the Annexe are some stunning examples …Continue reading →

Encyclopedia of Ancient History Online is now available TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | early christianity | online | Patristics | research | University of Edinburgh The Encyclopedia of Ancient History Online (Wiley Blackwell)  is now available  to University of Edinburgh users – find it on the library catalogue. If access isn’t clear, try clicking on …Continue reading →

An insight into institutional RDM I attended the Jisc Managing Research Data Programme Workshop in Birmingham on 25-26 March on behalf of the University of Edinburgh and gained a real insight into how other institutions are …Continue reading →

Sharing Edinburgh’s RDM lessons with other Scottish HEIs In the interest of sharing Research Data Management (RDM) lessons with the wider community, Edinburgh University hosted a seminar for Higher Education Information Directors Scotland (HEIDS) and Scottish Confederation of …Continue reading →

Curriculum development for digital curators The Framing the Digital Curation Curriculum Conference, held in the grand surroundings of Banca CR Firenze, Florence on 6-7 May 2013, was organised by the DigCurV project funded by the …Continue reading →

11th Century Manuscript Digitisation Complete Hello & welcome to our very first Post! It seems appropriate to kick off this blog with the exciting news that we have just completed the digitisation of one of …Continue reading →