Database trials for Chinese studies We have been offered a free trial of the following e-resources for Chinese studies: The North-China Daily News & Herald Newspapers and Hong Lists (1850~1951) – full text Access on the …Continue reading →

Hybrid open access revenue Photo courtesy of Images_of_Money Over the last few weeks I’ve been preparing and reviewing various compliance and financial reports for funding agencies on their annual open access block grants awarded to our …Continue reading →

Maritime difficulties during the First World War – Christian Salvesen & Co. TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | merchant ships | South Georgia SINKINGS AND LOSS OF LIFE, SHORTAGES OF SUPPLY, AND REQUISITIONING… DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE FIRM OF CHRISTIAN SALVESEN & CO. DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR Contemporary papers within the archive …Continue reading →

Edinburgh DataShare receives ‘Data Seal of Approval’ Earlier this week DataShare received the Data Seal of Approval – a peer review certification for trusted digital repository (TDR) status. The award is reviewed every two-years. Edinburgh DataShare self-assessment …Continue reading →

Finding Deaf Lives in the Statistical Accounts of Scotland, 1791-1845 ‘As recently as the 1970s, deaf history did not exist,’ writes John Vickery Van Cleve (Deaf History Unveiled, 2002), pointing out how, until recently, the history of deaf people and …Continue reading →

Bridging Gaps at the British Museum TAGS: collections | Conferences | Development | Digital | Library The overwhelming setting of the British Museum played host to this year’s Museums Computer Group “Museums and the Web” Conference, and as usual, a big turnout from museums institutions all …Continue reading →

Keeping it in the family TAGS: Bible | Free Church of Scotland | Funk | New College Library | rare books At New College Library we often receive enquiries from individuals interested in researching their family bibles, who have identified that we hold the same or similar edition at New College …Continue reading →

Grand Tour Slide Show Some time ago we digitised the hand coloured glass slides in the Cavaye collection, but we didn’t have time to do the much larger black and white part of the …Continue reading →

Trial access to BrowZine TAGS: BrowZine | current awareness | e-journals A-Z list The Library is running a trial of BrowZine until 18th January.  BrowZine is a new application that allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the library’s scholarly journals …Continue reading →

Gale Cengage E-Resources on Trial TAGS: Chatham House Online Archive | Crime Punishment and Popular Culture | databases | Gale Cengage | State Papers Online We are trialling the following 3 databases until the 31st October.  Access the databases via DiscoverEd or the trials webpage.   Chatham House Online Archive contains the research, publications, speeches …Continue reading →