Art Exposed TAGS: Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | fine art | Museums | Naked | Nudes | pop up library A chance to experience rarely seen paintings and objects from the University’s Art Collection Recently we learned that the most searched for term on our brand new Art Collections website was ‘Male …Continue reading →

Full schedule of Pop up Library events published TAGS: pop up library We do an amazing amount of stuff in the Library and Information Services. The Pop up Library will give you  the chance to ask questions and  find out more about …Continue reading →

Next week at the Pop up Library Week 1: 15th September Monday (10-12pm and 2-4pm) Library Pop Introduction – What’s it all about? Watch the 1968 Library film Tuesday AM(10-12pm): Centre for Research Collections PM (2-4pm): Learn …Continue reading →

Freshers’ Week – 1870 style TAGS: Edinburgh | ewart | fresher | Freshers Week | sophia jex-blake | University of Edinburgh This week is one of the busiest times of the year for the University of Edinburgh, and a momentous week for our brand new students – it’s Fresher’s Week! The …Continue reading →

New E-Resources TAGS: anthropology | Communication | education | Irish Times | Kanopy Platform | Media Education Foundation | New York Tribune | ProQuest Historical Newspapers | psychology | Race Studies | Sociology | videos | Weekly Irish Times | Womens' Studies  Media Education Foundation – videos Following a successful trial on the Kanopy platform, we now subscribe to the Media Education Foundation video package.  This has been added to our A-Z …Continue reading →

Crime & Intrigue at the CRC TAGS: crime | fiction | Special Collections Today sees the launch of a new Hercule Poirot novel, penned by crime author Sophie Hannah with support from the Agatha Christie estate. As a die-hard Agatha Christie fan, this …Continue reading →

Library Pop – Get Library Smart! TAGS: information skills | Library Academic Support Come and meet members of the Library Academic Support team at the Pop up Library at 11am on Tuesday 8 September and find out more about the new Get Library Smart information skills resource. Newly …Continue reading →

Trial -19th Century Masterfile TAGS: 19th Century Masterfile | Books | databases | government documents | history | indexes | Newspapers | Paratext | patents | periodicals We have trial access to 19th Century Masterfile  database which contains over 8 million citations and over 60 indexes covering books, newspapers, patents and government documents published during the 19th …Continue reading →

Pop up Library launches with Library Director and 1968 film The Pop up Library launched this morning on the 1st floor of the Main Library with John Scally, the Director of Library and University Collections, joining us to help some …Continue reading →

Welcome to arriving students at New College Library! TAGS: Divinity | Freshers Week | New College Library | students A big welcome to all our new students arriving today. New College Library holds over 250,000 volumes, including rich and unique Special Collections, making it one of the leading theological libraries in …Continue reading →