Edinburgh Research Explorer | ER-data: Jan. – June 2019 TAGS: Edinburgh Research Explorer | green open access | June 2019 | open access | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Explorer • www.research.ed.ac.uk • ERdata: Jan. – June 2019 The first six-months of 2019, as now seems inevitable, have proved to be the busiest six-months in Edinburgh Research Explorer’s brief history, …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Data Safe Haven: a new facility for sensitive data Information Services has implemented a remote-access “Safe Haven” environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about the University’s secure management and processing of …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive Statistics: June 2019 TAGS: downloads | edinburgh research archive | June 2019

Connecting with Patrick Geddes and friends: the intern experience Phew!  That was a fast 8 weeks! As our archive cataloguing project intern, Sorina Mihai, nears the end of her internship, we invited her to share the highs and lows …Continue reading →

IIIF Conference, Göttingen, June 2019 TAGS: Archives | Conferences | Development | IIIF | Manuscripts | Museums The Western European heatwave coincided perfectly with this year’s IIIF Conference in Göttingen, causing many a delegate to hastily clamour to the thrift stores to obtain more appropriate attire for …Continue reading →

Movers and Shakers Movers and Shakers by Madeleine Leisk CC BY-NC   Summer is the time when our day-to-day service at the University Collections Facility is at its quietest. The undergraduate cohort has …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Explorer Statistics: June 2019 TAGS: downloads | Edinburgh Research Explorer | June 2019

Introducing Whiiif – Full text searching across image-based collections TAGS: API | collections | Development | digital scholarship | IIIF | images | library labs | OCR | open source | technology | whiiif Background For historical collections digitisation projects inside the library, we are increasingly looking to provide OCR transcriptions of the documents alongside the digital images. In many cases, this can enhance …Continue reading →

New E-Journal – North American Journal of Celtic Studies TAGS: North American Journal of Celtic Studies | Print ISSN: 2472-7482 Electronic ISSN: 2472-7490 The Library now subscribes to the North American Journal of Celtic Studies. The North American journal of Celtic studies (NAJCS) is devoted to the study of all of the disciplines that fall …Continue reading →

Scientific Analysis of Heritage Collections using XRF – Employ.ed Internship 2019 TAGS: Employ.ed Internship | X-ray Fluorescence | XRF This week’s blog post comes from Cameron Perumal who recently began a 10-week Employ.ed internship in the Conservation Studio at the CRC…  Two weeks into my Employ.ed internship, and I …Continue reading →