Data Vault Community Engagement Event Over the next few months we will be hosting a series of workshops, with the aim of engaging with the community to refine the Data Vault platform solution developed so …Continue reading →

LOCH Project at ELPUB 2015!        Last week I attended the 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB 2015), which took place at the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valetta, Malta.  The theme …Continue reading →

British Newspapers Part III and IV – 1780-1950 TAGS: Gale Cengage | history | Newspapers We have recently purchased British Newspapers Part 3 and 4 – 1780-1950. British Newspapers Part III contains  the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Leeds Intelligencer, Yorkshire Gazette, Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury. …Continue reading →

The Music of Archives For the past few years, we have had one of our volunteers, Fiona Donaldson, working with Deputy University Archivist, Grant Buttars, to develop a usable catalogue to our Tovey Collection, …Continue reading →

Mass Observation Parts III and IV now available TAGS: database | e-books | history | Humanities | Mass Observation | Social Sciences We have recently purchased two extra collections within Mass Observation – Mass Observation Parts III and IV.  Access this resource via the database A-Z list and DiscoverEd. Detailed information about …Continue reading →

“You’ll never guess who I met today…” At the beginning of August I took on the role of New College Collections Curator looking after the archives held at New College Library and in the Centre for Studies …Continue reading →

L.H.S.A. is A-OK! TAGS: conservation | lothian health services archive Throughout 2015, I have been involved in many different projects within the CRC. However, I have mostly been working with collections from the Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA). Overall I …Continue reading →

Project makeover TAGS: JISC | JISC Data Vault Now that the Data Vault project has received second round finding, we thought it was time for a makeover! We’ve been working hard with our designers, and now have a …Continue reading →

Data Vault receives round 2 funding! TAGS: JISC | JISC Data Vault We’re pleased to announce that following the second round of project pitching in London on the 13th and 14th of July, the Data Vault project has been awarded further funding. …Continue reading →

Second General Military Hospital, Craigleith TAGS: Archives | CRC | Untold stories | WW1 In this edition of Untold Stories, Louise (Archivist at Lothian Health Services Archive) looks at the history of one of the many military hospitals in our region: During the current …Continue reading →