Standing on the shoulders of giants: Phonetics Recording Archive The University of Edinburgh’s proud heritage of academic and research achievements is underpinned by the calibre of the outstanding staff that have worked and taught within its walls. One such …Continue reading →

The Lysenko Controversy: Soviet Genetics and Edinburgh TAGS: 1939 | crew | Edinburgh | genetics | geoffrey beale | internation genetics congress | lysenko | mendel | mendelism | propaganda | russia | soviet | stalin | USSR | vernalisation Britain has been fortunate in the freedom it has enjoyed to carry out scientific research; something which has not always been the case with other parts of the world. The …Continue reading →

The e-Journal of East and Central Asian Religions publishes first issue TAGS: Asian Studies | journal hosting service | journals | OJS | open access | Open Journal Systems The e-Journal of East and Central Asian Religions has published its first issue supported by the  University’s  Journal Hosting Service . The Library now supports seven journals on the platform. …Continue reading →

A letter from Pip TAGS: 20th century history | Birth control | Carlos Paton Blacker | CRC | Edinburgh University Library | Eugenics | Eugenics Society | Godfrey Thomson | Intelligence testing | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | Royal Commission on Population | University of Edinburgh | Wellcome Library | Wellcome Trust Some of the most interesting letters in Thomson’s collection were sent to his widow following his death in 1955.  The following, from psychiatrist and secretary of the Eugenics society Carlos …Continue reading →

Training subject librarians in RDM I have just completed running the MANTRA course for librarians http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/libtraining.html with my team of 8 subject librarians at Stirling University.  A member of the Research Office attended one session and …Continue reading →

Library and University Collections sign up to ArchivesSpace TAGS: Archives | catalogues | information systems development | open source | Special Collections At the end of 2013, the University of Edinburgh’s Library and University Collections (L&UC) became the first institution in the UK and Europe to become members of ArchivesSpace. Built for …Continue reading →

Exhibition Archive: The Model (22/11/13 – 9/12/13) Edinburgh College of Art TAGS: Anatomy | Edinburgh College of Art | Gray's School of Art | The Model The Model, curated by Gordon Brennan (Head of Painting) and Neil Lebeter (Art Collections Curator), brought together models from across University Collections; ranging from Geology, Veterinary Science Anatomy, Music and …Continue reading →

Repairs without the tears It’s a fact. Certain activities within a library are, by necessity, dull. While some may think that book repair falls into that category they would definitely be mistaken. At the …Continue reading →

My First MOOC! TAGS: Library | MOOCs The University of Edinburgh has been an early adopter of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and offers courses through both the Coursera and FutureLearn platforms.   Library services need to constantly …Continue reading →