Spotlight on Fiddles at St Cecilia’s Hall Guest post from Olivia Thorne, a museums placement student at St Cecilia’s Hall As a classically-trained cellist, the image that springs to mind for me when I hear the word …Continue reading →

70,000 high-quality images from National Palace Museum in Taipei TAGS: art | calligraphy | Chinese | museum BBC News reported yesterday that the National Palace Museum in Taipei has placed 70,000 high-quality electronic images in a free-to-download archive so that online users can enjoy its exhibitions. It also …Continue reading →

Korean newspapers online TAGS: database | Korean | trial The Library has arranged a free trial of two digitised Korean newspapers, Choson Ilbo Archive and  Dong-A Ilbo Archive. The digitised full-text content of both newspapers date back to 1920, each …Continue reading →

Journal of Medical Entomology – archive access now available TAGS: e-journal archive | Entomological Society of America | Journal of medical entomology | Online ISSN 1938-2928 | Oxford University Press | Print ISSN 0022-2585 The Library has purchased the archive of Journal of Medical Entomology, 1964-1995, we now hold a full run of this journal online. Journal of Medical Entomology publishes research related to …Continue reading →

“Manuscripts rare for the writing” and The Skeleton in the Library Cupboard: the Early Library Records Project   The Library holds a very rich collection of the records of its own activities, stretching right back to the charter of Clement Littil’s bequest in 1580, which started the …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh joins ICPSR for access to a wealth of datasets The Data Library is pleased to announce it has secured access to a world-renowned data repository on behalf of the Research Data Service. The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social …Continue reading →

New e-journal – BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning TAGS: BMJ Publishing | BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning | e-journal | Online ISSN: 2056-6697 | ssociation for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) The Library has taken out a subscription to BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning focuses on the use of simulation and innovative technology as …Continue reading →

Jewish Studies Collections at New College Library : archives TAGS: Archives | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library Currently on display at New College Library for the British Association for Jewish Studies Conference to Edinburgh at New College is this lovely manuscript item from New College’s historic archive collections, …Continue reading →

On trial: primary source collections from British Online Archives TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | databases | Europe | First World War | history | International Relations | primary source | social history Following a request from staff in HCA, the Library currently has trial access to two digital primary source collections from British Online Archives, Conscientious Objection during the World War 1 …Continue reading →

Jewish Studies Collections at New College Library : nineteenth and twentieth centuries TAGS: Holocaust | Israel | Jewish | Judaism | middle east | New College Library | nineteenth-century | twentieth-century The British Association for Jewish Studies Conference to Edinburgh at New College today covers a wide range of topics under its theme of ‘Jews on the Move’ including the theme of …Continue reading →