ECA Collection at the Annexe : Dame Blackadder TAGS: Annexe | ECA | ECA Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | Scottish Art A series of articles on the relationship between the Library Annexe and the ECA. One of the gems being stored out at the Annexe amongst the ECA Collection is the …Continue reading →

Research Data Management: good news fit to print! Congratulations to Digital Curation Centre staffer Sarah Jones, who co-authored an article about UK University RDM initiatives with Jisc Programme Manager Simon Hodson in the Guardian Higher Education Network pages …Continue reading →

John Calvin – Works and Correspondence now available online TAGS: Christianity | church history | Church of Scotland | Divinity | online | Presbyterian | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh Newly available to University of Edinburgh users is the online version of the Works of John Calvin, including the Institutes of the Christian Religion. This is the edition of the …Continue reading →

The Centre for Research Collections has launched a competition online using DIU Images! The Centre for Research Collections is trying to find one image from the vast and immensely diverse Collections to stand out and proudly represent it. Some of the highlights captured …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – July TAGS: Books | Divinity | library catalogue | New College Library | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. New in this month  is …Continue reading →

Online Collections Directory We have started to publish our online Collections Directory, starting with up to date descriptions of all the main Rare Book Collections. This is part of a major project to …Continue reading →

New exhibition on display on the 6th Floor of the Main Library Welcome to the Centre for Research Collections’ Display Wall where you can discover some of the hidden treasures from the many different collections we are home to. This short-term exhibition …Continue reading →

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 →