British War Medal – a medal of the First World War TAGS: British War Medal | William Hunter (1861-1937) | William McMillan (1887-1977) CAMPAIGN MEDAL AWARDED TO WILLIAM HUNTER (1861-1937) – GREAT WAR The British War Medal was awarded to those who served in the campaigns of the Great War or World War …Continue reading →

Resources for Christian ministry and worship at New College Library TAGS: Biblical Studies | Church of Scotland | CPD | Free Church of Scotland | Hymnology | New College Library Today New College welcomes ministers and worship leaders to a CPD day focusing on Biblical resources. Topics include current scholarship on the Gospel of John and Advent themes in the Hebrew …Continue reading →

New video about the Research Data Service TAGS: RDM services The Research Data Service team is delighted to announce a new resource to help researchers and research support staff become familiar with the wide range of tools and support that …Continue reading →

How to…read your reading list and search for readings in the Library TAGS: Archaeology | Books | classics | DiscoverEd | e-books | e-journals | history | journals Got your reading list but not sure what you’re being asked to read (is it a book, is it an article, is it a bird, is it a plane…)? Or …Continue reading →

Reflections on Repository Fringe 2017 TAGS: arts data | data curation | DataVault | Humanities data | librarians | Repository Fringe | Research Data The following is a guest post by Mick Eadie, Research Information Management Officer at University of Glasgow, on his impressions of Repository Fringe 2017. From the Arts The first day afternoon 10×10 (lightning …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century TAGS: 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | primary source Following a request from a student in HCA I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, Part II: …Continue reading →

Welcome to New College Library 2017 #edwelcome TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | students | welcome A big welcome to all students starting and returning to the University of Edinburgh, at the beginning of Welcome Week 2016. We’re looking forward to meeting you. To help you …Continue reading →

What’s New in DiscoverEd – September 2017 TAGS: Search The latest release of DiscoverEd includes some very useful new features and functionality.  Read on for full details… 1. New Filter for Special Collections Material A new “Special Collections” filter has been added to the Show …Continue reading →

Interactive Integrated Pest Management TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | e-learning | employ.ed | Integrated pest managment | preventive conservation The final post from Sophie Lawson, our conservation Employ.ed intern, in this week’s blog… We are approaching the end of our Conservation E-learning project, with a completed trial resource being …Continue reading →

On trial: Codices Vossiani Latini Online TAGS: Ancient history | Archives | Books | classics | databases | e-books | history | Latin | primary source | rare books Thanks to a request from a member of staff in Classics, we currently have trial access to Brill’s Codices Vossiani Latini Online which publishes all 363 codices which form the …Continue reading →