Yesterday’s News? Find out more about historic newspapers online Do you want to read about history in the making? University of Edinburgh users have access to large collections of online newspaper archives, going back to the nineteenth century and beyond. …Continue reading →

We feel very Olympic today TAGS: Library Annexe | medals | Moray House | Scholarly Communications | Winter Olympics Our newest Library Assistant at the Library Annexe is Marko Mlakar, who joins us at Edinburgh from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Marko worked at the University of Edinburgh last year as an …Continue reading →

New books for SPS in Main Library – February TAGS: Books | Library | monographs | new | Social & Political Sciences Over 150 books from subject areas within SPS were added to the Library collections last month.  Here is just a small selection: Cybersecurity and cyberwar : what everyone needs to …Continue reading →

Have you heard of BoB? TAGS: databases | media | online resources It’s a bit like BBC iPlayer but can offer you much, much more. BoB (Box of Broadcasts) National is an online off-air recording and media archive service for UK higher …Continue reading →

New Data Curation Profiles: Edinburgh College of Art Jane Furness, Academic Support Librarian, Edinburgh College of Art, has contributed two new data curation profiles to the DIY RDM Training Kit for Librarians on the MANTRA website. One data …Continue reading →

‘The old conditions cannot continue, and some new form of political and economic existence must be found’ TAGS: CRC | Dr Friedrich M Urban | Edinburgh University Special Collections | Nuremberg rally | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | World War II All of history seems to be contained in the letters of ordinary people living in extraordinary times.  We may know what backdrop will emerge, but there are seldom enough traces …Continue reading →

New journal publishes using library service: Journal of Lithic Studies TAGS: journal hosting service | journals | OJS | opean access | Open Journal Systems | publishing The Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of Lithic Studies. The Journal of Lithic Studies is published online by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Open Access update: Feb 2014 TAGS: article processing charges | open access | PURE | RCUK | Wellcome Trust As of 27th Jan there are approximately 75,700 records in our Current Research Information System (PURE), of which 15,486 have open access documents available to the general public (20% open …Continue reading →

Volunteer of the Month – February 2014 Claire Rochet, Musical Instrument Museum Edinburgh Volunteer I have been working with the Musical Instrument Collection since October and I had the chance as a volunteer to explore different areas …Continue reading →