Subject disciplines & download figures TAGS: downloads | open access One line summary Disciplines without dedicated subject repositories seem to provide the most popular items downloaded from our institutional service. The general trend Whilst looking at the top 99 most …Continue reading →

2014 download statistics from research.ed.ac.uk TAGS: downloads | open access As well as reporting on the number of open access uploads to our institutional repository we now have the facility to report on the other end of the spectrum – …Continue reading →

Colophon and Logotype TAGS: collections | colophon | Library | logotype | rare books Having a background in Fine Art through study at Glasgow School of Art I am very aware of the striking visual content that passes through the Digital Imaging Unit on …Continue reading →

Non-standard research outputs TAGS: arts data | data curation | DCC | Humanities data I recently attended (13th May 2014) the one-day ‘Non-standard Research Outputs’ workshop at Nottingham Trent University. [ 1 ] The day started with Prof Tony Kent and his introduction to …Continue reading →

Maori Moko – Capturing the New Zealand Collection An update from the CRC Cataloguing Interns Beth and Fiona Moko or tatooing is a crucial part of Maori culture, reflected in many of their carvings and art work, and …Continue reading →

It’s Not All Books… As photographers for the Special Collections in the University of Edinburgh Main Library, we’ve seen a fair amount of beautiful books and manuscripts, but the diversity of the collections, both …Continue reading →

The New College Library Strong Room revisited TAGS: Divinity | museum | New College Library | preservation A guest post from our Museums Studies student volunteers, Charlotte Johnson and Liz Louis. Back in December we wrote a blog post on the beginning of our journey working with …Continue reading →

European Parliament elections 2014 – suggested resources for your research TAGS: academic support librarian | elections | European parliament | International Relations | online resources | Politics Voting will take place in the UK on Thursday 24th May for the European Parliament elections 2014. If you are thinking of voting or interested in doing research in this area …Continue reading →

‘The object of art is to give life shape’: Festival of Museums Fun! TAGS: Alan Davie | Archives | art | Collage | Edinburgh College of Art | Eduardo Paolozzi | festival of museums On Saturday we hosted a talk and create workshop at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) with Drawing and Painting Lecturer Joan Smith. This was to celebrate the 1940s for the …Continue reading →

Research and Refugees – Edinburgh genetics during the 1940s TAGS: 1940s | c.h. waddington | charlotte auerbach | chromosome theory | Edinburgh | f.a.e crew | festival of museums | fly room | george clayton | h.j. muller | home guard | inheritance | institute of animal genetics | j.m. robson | mendel | mustard gas | mutation | roslin | second world war | t.h. morgan Last Friday I delivered a talk on genetics in Edinburgh during the 1940s as part of the Scotland-wide Festival of Museums, for which Edinburgh University Library and Collections took the 1940s …Continue reading →