Christmas in the David Laing manuscripts This is a leaf from MS.33, a 15th century Gradual received by the Library as part of the David Laing bequest in 1878.  We have recently been awarded a substantial …Continue reading →

Christmas is nearly here! TAGS: Archives | Christmas | Dancing | ECA | Moray House | Poems | Revel In celebration of the next week’s big event, we thought we’d bring you a sample of some of the festive bits and pieces in our archive collections. As always, the …Continue reading →

Thinking about a Data Vault TAGS: data asset register | DataVault | Digital Preservation | private data [Reposted from https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/blog/2013/12/20/thinking-about-a-data-vault/] In a recent blog post, we looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether …Continue reading →

Thinking about a Data Vault TAGS: Library | Research Data In a recent blog post, we looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether their primary …Continue reading →

A few of my favourite [festive!] things TAGS: Christmas | Cyprus | Hector and Andromache | mathematics | Newcastle | Professor Godfrey Thomson | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson At the start of the festive period, I had the best of intentions to post a festive blog post for every day of advent.  Alas, there isn’t much mention of …Continue reading →

REF 2014 Physical Submission TAGS: REF 2014 The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a system for assessing the quality of research in UK HEIs. It replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and is undertaken by the four UK …Continue reading →

Merry Fishmas to you all! TAGS: Christmas | ECA | Wee Red Herring | Zombies As it’s only a week to go until Christmas, enjoy a festive edition of The Wee Red Herring from the ECA archive, complete with zombies and everything. December 2009 issue …Continue reading →

Photographing The Apocalypse Circa 1483 TAGS: Albrecht Durer | Anton Koberger | Library Recently the Digital Imaging Unit were asked to photograph all 8 illustrations from the book of the Apocalypse in Anton Koberger’s German Bible of 1483.  Shelf-mark Inc.45.2.  I have selected …Continue reading →

Art Collections at the Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Party TAGS: ECA | Isobel Turley | Sculpture Party Zane by Isobel Turley The annual Sculpture Party is part of ECA legend. Organised by the Sculpture department, it raises money for the School of Art Degree shows and takes …Continue reading →

South Asianist celebrates a century of Indian Cinema The fifth issue of The South Asianist celebrates a century of India cinema with an impressive range of articles, interviews and film reviews. Senior Indian film-music critic, writer and commentator, …Continue reading →