Reading Rooms and visiting the Annexe TAGS: Annexe | Library Annexe We run a fast and effective retrieval service for Annexe materials. If you want to consult the whole item we can have it sent to a convenient library location via …Continue reading →

In the beginning was the word : Bibles at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | Funk | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century Yesterday we were pleased to welcome staff and students on exchange from Dartmouth College, USA to a classroom session viewing items from New College Library’s historic Bibles collection. Examples included a …Continue reading →

1906 female medical graduates One of our earliest group photographs of female medical graduates depicts the MBChB class of 1906.  It shows 13 women and bears their signatures. Alice Meredith BURN, New Zealand Agnes …Continue reading →

Ancient Language Encyclopedias from Brill now on trial TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | greek | Hebrew | linguistics | online | University of Edinburgh Trial access is now available to the Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Online, and the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics, published by Brill.Access is via the eresources trials …Continue reading →

Remembering Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire (1879-1915) As today is Remembrance Day, it seems a fitting time to commemorate an early geneticist whose achievements were cut short by war. Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire (1879-1915) was appointed to the …Continue reading →

500 years of Gavin Douglas CRC is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the first translation of Virgil’s Aeneid into Scots, by the Edinburgh poet Gavin Douglas. Gavin Douglas completed his Eneados, a translation of Virgil’s …Continue reading →

Religion by numbers : looking at census data TAGS: census | databases | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | research | Scotland | Statistics | University of Edinburgh Want to find out more about how the religious landscape of Scotland today? A significant seminar “The Religious Life of Scotland Today: Insights from the 2011 Census” is being held on …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – November TAGS: anthropology | Books | Buddhism | Hinduism | New College Library | Religious Studies 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 this month is The anthropology …Continue reading →

Meteorites and Fossilised Rain Drops TAGS: Exhibitions This week the Digital Imaging Unit have been photographing the Gibeon nickel iron meteorite EUCM.110.759.  This fell in prehistoric times in Namibia, named after the nearest town.  Made into tools …Continue reading →

Object Handling at the National Museum of Scotland TAGS: Knowledge Exchange | NMS | Object Handling | Training As part of our continuous personal and professional development, we’re encouraged to attend as many training workshops as we can. Luckily for us, National Museums Scotland run a fantastic (and …Continue reading →