ASCUS talk: Genetics in the Archives: Inspiring New Art TAGS: Archives | artwork | epigenetics | genetics   Another way we promote the project is by giving talks and last Wednesday we had the exciting opportunity to collaborate with both ASCUS: the Art and Science Collaborative and …Continue reading →

Complete the Library survey TAGS: feedback | LibQUAL | Library | survey If you have been randomly selected to participate in the survey, you will have now received two emails containing a link to the survey. Please take 15 minutes to complete  …Continue reading →

Kirsty Bailey – October 2013 Norman Dott Project Volunteer From March 2013 I have been volunteering on the Norman Dott project, cataloguing patient case notes using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) …Continue reading →

A few of my favourite things…III TAGS: Burschenschaften | CRC | duelling | Edinburgh University Library Special Collections | Godfrey Thomson | Mensur | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | Student clubs | University of Strasbourg | University of Strasburg In his mid 20s, Thomson found himself studying for a PhD under the formidable talents of Nobel Prize winining physicist, Karl Ferdinand Braun, at the University of Strasburg.  Today’s object …Continue reading →

Happy Halloween/Samhuinn from the Annexe TAGS: Annexe | Library Annexe The results of our now annual Annexe pumpkin carving competition.   Ohh spooky. Stephanie Farley (Charlie), Library Annexe Assistant

Marking the Millennium? TAGS: Edinburgh This week’s images all come from a lovely photograph album commissioned by the University in 1900 (Shelfmark EUA CA1/2). We don’t have much information about this volume but we think …Continue reading →

Open Access Futures in the Humanities and Social Sciences Last Thursday I attended a particularly interesting session on Open Access Futures in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Senate House in London.  Organised by the LSE Public Policy Group …Continue reading →

Open [access, data, source]: science & data in the 21st century Organised by Jo Young and Graham Steel of the Informatics Forum to mark Open Access Week this event drew a diverse audience from inside and outside the University. In his …Continue reading →

Science as an open enterprise – Prof. Geoffrey Boulton As part of Open Access Week, the Data Library and Scholarly Communications teams in IS hosted a lecture by emeritus Professor Geoffrey Boulton drawing upon his study for the Royal Society: …Continue reading →

Alan Greenwood’s ‘Mexican Misadventure’ TAGS: 1958 | alan william greenwood | conference | congress | floods | james ebeneezer wilson | mexico | mexico city | poultry Many of the scientists who feature in our collections were extremely well-travelled, and their archives abound with information about the conferences, congresses and conventions which they attended all over the …Continue reading →