E-Resources Access Alert – EZProxy issues TAGS: downtime | ezproxy | outage There are currently intermittent access problems to e-resources via EZProxy links which are being investigated by our IT team. Eg http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/ may not work but if you drop the “http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=” …Continue reading →

Opening Doors with Bluetooth Beacons TAGS: beacons | Bluetooth | Doors Open Day 2015 | library tour | mobile app Location-based intelligence is a growing area of importance in the academic library environment (as identified in the most recent NMC Horizon Report) and we’ve been exploring how Bluetooth beacons can …Continue reading →

Trial access to IBIS World TAGS: IBISWorld | Industry Reports | Interview preparation | Multidisciplinary We have trial access to IBISWorld until 4th December.  Update : Subscription started January 2016. IBISWorld is an online industry intelligence solution. Covering 432 UK industries at SIC L5, each …Continue reading →

10,000th open access item added to the Edinburgh Research Archive Thanks to a major digitisation project being undertaken by Library & University Collections we are proud to announce our 10,000th open access item has recently been deposited in the Edinburgh …Continue reading →

Theatre in Video In 2013 we acquired Theatre in Video which contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world’s leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video …Continue reading →

William Henry Playfair, architect On 2 Nov 2015, the CRC hosted a seminar which looked at the figure of William Henry Playfair (1790-1857), discussing his life and work and looking in some detail at …Continue reading →

LibQUAL+ Survey 2015 If you have been selected to complete the survey, please do before the 15th November. You could win one of four £50 prizes. Prizes include either a Blackwell’s vouchers or …Continue reading →

Sound as a Snake: conservation techniques for unusual materials One of the MIMEd instruments that went under conservation treatment this month by conservator Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet is a Chinese sanxian (MIMEd 437). The instrument, played both as a …Continue reading →

Billy Graham and Tell Scotland Saturday 7 November marks the 97th birthday of the famous evangelist Rev Billy Graham. He is probably best known for his crusades during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. He visited …Continue reading →

New exhibition showcases unique items from the University’s Anatomical Museum The Visual Dissection – The Art of Anatomy exhibition in the Main Library will give visitors an extremely rare opportunity to see a range of collections from the University’s Anatomical …Continue reading →