New journal for World Christianity TAGS: Africa | Divinity | journals | missions | New College Library | World Christianity Recently added to the collections for Divinity at New College Library is the Journal of African Christian thought : journal of the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre for Mission Research and Applied Theology. …Continue reading →

Display of new purchases today Today at 2pm there’s an opportunity to see new purchases in rare books and manuscripts, made with support from the College of Humanities and Social Science in 2012-13.  Everyone is …Continue reading →

Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth: Collections Connections TAGS: Archives | art | Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson | Edinburgh College of Art | Letters | Venice Biennale We’ve mentioned before how we work across the collections to tell the stories about the life, times and doings at ECA. So we thought we’d show you some of the …Continue reading →

RDM reflection – finishing the data life cycle Research Data Management and I were a chance acquaintance. I was asked to stand in for one of the steering group despite having some very tenuous qualifications for the role. …Continue reading →

New Photography for Main Library Exhibition – Collect.ed TAGS: Exhibitions | Library The Digital Imaging Unit have been working on an amazingly diverse range of material recently thanks to a new exhibition being prepared for the Main Library by exhibitions intern Emma …Continue reading →

New Book Display: Black History Month TAGS: Black history | Black History Month | history; Main Library | new books During  October, the Main Library have been displaying books which have been donated to the Library by the University’s African Caribbean Society (in association with EUSA Global). There are approximately …Continue reading →

The Edinburgh Research Archive is 10 years old! TAGS: edinburgh research archive | open access It may seem strange but back in 2003 Open Access was a relatively new ‘thing’. Prior to 2003 many people still used the term Free Online Scholarship interchangeably with Open …Continue reading →

Edinburgh College of Art Collections TAGS: Edinburgh College of Art Please forgive the takeover of the Library & Collections blog by ECA Collections! We thought you might like to see a few highlights from our posts over on the ECA …Continue reading →

Mystery Children’s Book Illustrations TAGS: Archives | Edinburgh College of Art | M. B. Matheson We can’t find anything about the author/ illustrator M. B. Matheson from Lockharton Crescent, Edinburgh so far in staff and student lists. So we’re asking for your help. Do any …Continue reading →

From the Art Collection #75 TAGS: Edinburgh College of Art | From the Art Collections | James McGlade Mastaba by James McGlade First published 3.10.2013