South Asia Archive online trial extended TAGS: databases | Social & Political Sciences | South Asian Studies Have you heard about the trial of the South Asia Archive for University of Edinburgh users? Scroll down the page to find the link at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials. This trial access has …Continue reading →

Studying relationships? New SPS e-journals available TAGS: e-journals | journals | Social & Political Sciences Two new SPS e-journals are now available to University of Edinburgh library users via the online library catalogue. Families, Relationships and Societies – an international Journal of research and debate is …Continue reading →

New Graduate Trainee post in Centre for Research Collections We are for the first time offering a one-year Graduate Trainee post: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/ Many libraries and colleges offer traineeships – this is unique in that the successful candidate will get …Continue reading →

The love story of Hector and Andromache… TAGS: CRC | Edinburgh University Special Collections | Hector and Andromache | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | University of Aberdeen | University of Edinburgh | Valentines Day Valentines Day.  A wonderful time of year when  we can indulge in levels of cynicism and sarcasm simply unacceptable at any other!  However, here in the archives our hardened hearts …Continue reading →

Facit Calculator Photography TAGS: Godfrey Thomson Project The Digital Imaging Unit recently had the mechanical calculating machine from the Godfrey Thomson Project to photograph. The calculator has this beautifully resolved logo which struck me as a little …Continue reading →

SCAPE workshop (notes, part 2) Drawing on my notes from the SCAPE (Scalable Preservation Environments) workshop I attended last year, here is a summary of the presentation delivered by Peter May (BL) and the activities that …Continue reading →

Innovative Learning Week at the Library TAGS: contact | Events | Library Innovative Learning Week is now less than a week away and Information Services have a number of events available for both staff and students. Some of the events require booking …Continue reading →

The Hen Who Made History…Nearly TAGS: alan greenwood | Edinburgh | egg laying | egg production | eggs | eglantine | genetics | institute of animal genetics | L1641 | poultry | poultry breeding | poultry research centre | world record Edinburgh holds a number of world records in genetics and animal breeding, which, considering its historic significance in the history of the science in Britain, is not all that surprising. …Continue reading →

How do you access resources? SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) and Jisc are currently undertaking a usability study into the way that students and research staff in UK Higher Education access online academic resources …Continue reading →

Gathering Intelligence: A free seminar regarding Thomson’s life and work TAGS: Archives | archives seminar | CCACE | Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology | Centre for Research Collections | differential psychology | education | epidemiology | history of education | Professor Godfrey Thomson | Professor Ian Deary | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | psychology | Scottish mental surveys | seminar | Statistics Our Wellcome Trust funded project*, ‘Documenting the Understanding of Human Intelligence: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson’, is on course to deliver on all its objectives …Continue reading →