Thus strangely are our souls constructed TAGS: happylibrary We had a fantastic time participating in Festival of Museums at the weekend! From photography to pirates, there was something for everyone! The finale of the weekend was a talk …Continue reading →

George, in Focus: Hidden Text Revealed TAGS: George Focus | hidden text | Imaging techniques | Infra-red | MA-XRF | Photoshop | Recueil de Desseins Ridicules In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily, discusses how she is using different imaging techniques to reveal concealed script. I was recently challenged with a seemingly impossible task in …Continue reading →

New to the Library: IndiaStat TAGS: data | databases | India | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | South Asian Studies | Statistics I’m pleased to let you know that following requests from students in SPS and a successful trial last year the Library has now subscribed to IndiaStat. Access is available through …Continue reading →

New College Library welcomes the General Assembly 2016 TAGS: Church of Scotland | New College Library New College Library welcomes attendees of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which will take place between 21 and 27 May 2016. Church of Scotland visitors to the Library are …Continue reading →

5 things to remember if using the Library this summer TAGS: alumni | Books | borrowing | e-journals | ebooks | graduates | opening hours | SCONUL | summer This post was originally published in May 2016. This Friday, 20th May, is the official last day of semester, so well done for making it this far! Though many of …Continue reading →

PhD thesis digitisation project begins! Stock take completed, equipment purchased and staff in place: the digitisation of the Library’s PhD thesis collection has begun! In January 2016 we secured funding to complete the digitisation of …Continue reading →

Lions and snakes and penguins (oh my!) TAGS: happylibrary As you may have seen in our earlier blog post, this weekend (May 13th-15th) is Festival of Museums! This year’s theme is adventure and we have lots of exciting events …Continue reading →

PhD thesis digitisation project begins! TAGS: digitisation | Library Annexe | Project | Theses Stock take completed, equipment purchased and staff in place: the digitisation of the Library’s PhD thesis collection has begun! In January 2016 we secured funding to complete the digitisation of …Continue reading →

The Greatest Gaelic Book Collector? Professor Donald MacKinnon (1839–1914), the University of Edinburgh, and the MacKinnon Collection TAGS: Book collecting | Crofters | Gaelic | Highlands | Professor of Celtic | Scotland We have recently completed the online cataloguing of the MacKinnon Collection, of books of and about Scottish life and literature, and rich in books in Gaelic.  Our colleague and expert …Continue reading →

Al-Biruni live on LUNA We are thrilled to announce that we now have online the entire manuscript of Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, his ‘Chronology of Ancient Nations’. Al- Biruni was a famous astronomer and polymath …Continue reading →