Data-X Symposium Registrations have been coming in thick and fast for the Data-X Symposium to be held on 1 December, Main Lecture theatre, Edinburgh College of Art (programme below). Data-X is a …Continue reading →

ProQuest e-resources trials extended! TAGS: Britain | databases | history | International Relations | Magazines | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history | United States *The Library now has permanent access to Women’s Magazine Archive I and II, News, Policy and Politics Magazine Archive and Historic Literary Criticism (via ProQuest One Literature). We also have …Continue reading →

Student newspaper digitisation project returns! TAGS: AIIG | alumni | alumni innovation initiative | digitisation | student newspaper The Student newspaper digitisation project is back! Over the next six months we’ll be digitising back issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and making them available online at …Continue reading →

Scanning Scanty Moustaches: some medical theses from the turn of the century A large proportion of the earliest thesis we have digitised from the turn of the century are medical thesis. However, they little resemble the modern medical thesis being produced today. …Continue reading →

Thesis scanning project: six months in! TAGS: digitisation | PhD | thesis Friday 28 October marked the end of the first quarter of the Library’s PhD digitisation project, with over 3,000 theses scanned to date. After a challenging first few months, the …Continue reading →

The Association For Historical And Fine Art Photography Conference 2016. “Photography delivers the curatorial message”. TAGS: AHFAP | Centre for Research Collections Digital Imaging Unit | The Association For Historical And Fine Art Photography Conference | University of Edinburgh Digital Imaging Unit | University of Edinburgh Library This year’s conference was hosted by The Imperial War Museum London. Diane Lees Director-General of the Imperial War Museums opened this year’s conference with the idea that “Photography delivers the …Continue reading →

Panoramas and Portraits: 1860’s China Following on from a visit from the Confucius Institute in September, it was agreed we should digitize our volume of photographs from Lord Elgin’s 1860 military campaign in China. Our …Continue reading →

Research Data Management (RDM) Forum TAGS: data | data curation | RDM The RDM Forum is a newly created platform that brings together from across the University researchers and research & IT support staff whose role involves helping academics in managing their research …Continue reading →

Paper and Water: Conservation Principles TAGS: interaction of paper and water | paper and water: a guide for conservators This week’s blog post comes from Special Collections Conservator, Emily, who recently attended a conservation training workshop in Edinburgh… Earlier this year in September, I attended a two-day course organised by …Continue reading →

Research Data Management (RDM) Forum RDM Forum is a newly created platform to bring together both researchers and research & IT support staff from across the University whose role involves helping academics in managing their …Continue reading →