Thompson Dunlop Conservation internship at St Cecilia’s Hall 2019 Article written by Riccardo Angeloni in 2019 One from the archives this week! In this article we’ll transport you back to July 2019 (months before Covid-19 even existed, imagine that!) …Continue reading →

What is a Legal Deposit Library? TAGS: Law libraries | Legal Deposit When speaking to students who live in Edinburgh library staff tell them that they can join the National Library of Scotland (NLS). At the minute that’s not strictly true – …Continue reading →

Data Safe Haven new remote access feature The Research Data Service team is pleased to announce the availability of a new remote access feature of the University of Edinburgh Data Safe Haven (DSH). In response to the …Continue reading →

Discovering ProQuest Primary Sources TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | Iran | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history | United States Looking for primary sources and historical documents for your dissertation or research project? Interested in finding out more about how to search some of the primary source databases you have …Continue reading →

New Scan & Deliver Service The semester has been a busy start for everyone! Due to government restrictions there have been limits placed on accessing our print resources, but as of the 18th January a …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: December 2020 TAGS: December 2020 | downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Downloads: December 2020 • www.research.ed.ac.uk • www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk • Looking at how Edinburgh Research Explorer and ERA have performed over the last year. • Research Explorer hasn’t had the best of years, the …Continue reading →

De Gruyter – upgraded e-Journal package TAGS: Architecture & Design | Arts | Asian & Pacific Studies | Business Economics | Chemistry | Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies | Computer Sciences | Cultural Studies | De Gruyter | e-journals | Engineering | GeoSciences | German Studies | history | Industrial Chemistry | Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies | Jewish Studies | Law | Library & Information Science | Life Sciences | Linguistics & Semiotics | Literary Studies | Materials Sciences | mathematics | Medicine | Philosophy | Physics | Social Sciences | Sports & Recreation | Theology & Religion We have signed up for the new 2021-2023 De Gruyter Journal and Open Access Transformational Agreement via JISC.  This agreement provides for a 100% conversion of subscription fees into open …Continue reading →

AAAS TAGS: e-journals | Library | science Following a successful trial last year, we now subcribe to Science Immunology and Science Robotics, both published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Science Immunology – …Continue reading →

Welcome back, and the Law Library during Lockdown Hello, and welcome back! This semester is set to be another strange one as we begin in ‘lockdown’ conditions in line with Scottish Government restrictions. This means that for the …Continue reading →

Thank you Acceptance in Lieu scheme The Charles Lyell archives feature in the Arts Council England’s Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu annual report 2020/21 . Both schemes are remarkably important in ensuring important cultural …Continue reading →