Photo Bombed A large order from the Lothian Health Services Archive came our way recently, which included postcards from the hospital & group portraits of staff and patients. In amongst them I …Continue reading →

New books for SPS – June TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | e-books | new | Social Work This month we’re featuring a small selection of new titles purchased to support the area of Social Work in the School of Social and Political Science. Language practices in social …Continue reading →

Pipe bombs, hurt sternframes, peas, penguins, stowaways and cookery books: the Salvesen Archive TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive After the recent BBC whaling documentary produced by KeoFilms / KeoNorth– entitled ‘Britain’s whale hunters: the untold story’ – a spike in enquiries about the archive of the former whaling …Continue reading →

Honorary Degree for Sheila Fleet TAGS: Edinburgh College of Art | graduation | jewellery | Sheila Fleet As you may have noticed from our blog and Twitter posts over the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a few exciting graduations happening at the University of Edinburgh. Here’s …Continue reading →

Trials ending this weekend TAGS: Alexander Street Press | Anthropology Online | Black Freedom | China Core Newspapers Full-text Database | China Reference Works Online | China Statistical Yearbooks Database | China Yearbooks Full-text Database | databases | Digital National Security Archive | Ethnographic Video Online Series | History Vault | Immigration | Law and Society since the Civil War | NAACP | Plantations | Politics and Society 1960-1975 | ProQuest | Slavery and the Law | trial | US Military Intelligence Reports 1911-1944 | Vietnam War | Women's Rights | World War II Last chance to try out these databases! From Alexander Press we have 3 databases on trial until Sunday 13th July. Anthropology Online provides a wide range of written ethnographies, field …Continue reading →

New staff member: Stuart Macdonald TAGS: New Staff | Research Data Library & University Collections has great pleasure in welcoming a new member of staff to its ranks.  We welcome Stuart Macdonald to the position of Research Data Management Service Coordinator, …Continue reading →

Welcome to the new Research Data Management Service Coordinator: Stuart Macdonald We welcome Stuart Macdonald to the position of Research Data Management Service Coordinator, as a 1-year secondment for the current post-holder. Stuart will continue the work of developing the research …Continue reading →

University Press Scholarship Online TAGS: anthropology | Archaeology | biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | Computer Science | e-books | Economics and Finance | education | Environmental Science | Film Television and Radio | history | Information Science | Law | linguistics | Literature | mathematics | music | Neuroscience | Palliative Care | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Society and Culture | Sociology | university press We have extended our e-book deal with University Press Scholarship Online  to provide access to over 14,000 key titles across over 25 subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, …Continue reading →

Congratulations to our Divinity Graduates and Dr Rowan Williams TAGS: Church of England | Divinity | New College Library | students New College Library staff would like to congratulate all the Divinity students who will be graduating today, Friday 4 July, and wish them well for the future. Celebrating with them …Continue reading →

Discovering the Orient     On the 2nd June, I was lucky enough to begin employment as the Employ.ed Digital Collections intern for the CRC. Although I begin with a little trepidation – …Continue reading →