Introducing new support team members Since mid-January, two new Research Data Service Assistants have joined the busy ‘virtual team’ working across divisions of Information Services to provide user support for RDM and Data Library enquiries …Continue reading →

My dear Playfair TAGS: Archives | New College Library | twentieth-century A guest post from Eleanor Rideout, Helpdesk Assistant – New College Library One of my favourite things about working with historical collections is the unexpected find, like this letter of …Continue reading →

Victory Medal (aka Inter Allied Victory Medal) – a medal of the First World War TAGS: Victory Medal | William Hunter (1861-1937) | William McMillan (1887-1977) CAMPAIGN MEDAL AWARDED TO WILLIAM HUNTER (1861-1937) – GREAT WAR The Victory Medal was also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal. It was awarded to those received the 1914 Star …Continue reading →

The Return of the Sailor: William Gifford Wyllie’s MD ‘War neuroses. 150 cases in h. m. navy’ The wounded soldier in the lower left angle was suffering from shell-shock [1] 2017 marks the centenary of the fourth year of British fighting in World War I. It was …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | gender studies | history | International Relations | new | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small …Continue reading →

Printmaking: Identification, Preservation and Creation TAGS: art | Edinburgh | festival of museums | linocut | Printmaking | University of Edinburgh Immerse yourself in all things print! Join our conservators, Emily and Katharine, for an evening of preservation and printmaking. For centuries artists have been using different printing techniques to depict …Continue reading →

Voyages of Discovery In this weeks’ blog post we are pleased to welcome our newest member of staff, Juliette Lichman. When not working on new orders, she has been preparing old ones to …Continue reading →

Research Data Management Forum: Third meeting – 28/03/2017 Harkening back to a bygone era of libraries, when books were printed on paper and research data management meant not accidentally burning your notes with your candle, the third meeting …Continue reading →

Finding my way around the map and atlas collection TAGS: atlas | Maps | surface cleaning | tear repair | University Collection Facility We catch up with Helen, our Projects Conservator at the University Collections Facility (UCF), in this week’s blog… As the Rationalisation Projects Conservator my role is to make sure that …Continue reading →

Celtic Knot – Wikipedia Language Conference Registration is now open for the Celtic Knot – Wikipedia Language Conference that will be taking place on Thursday 6th July 2017 in the Edinburgh Business School.