Image to Text: Exploring Text Extraction Processes in L&UC TAGS: CHDS | digital library | Internship | OCR | Optical Character Recognition Since April I have been an intern with the University of Edinburgh’s Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service (CHDS) and the Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS), looking into text extraction …Continue reading →

New trial: Oxford Encyclopedia of EU Law TAGS: databases | feedback | International Law | new resource | research | study | trials You may be interested to know about a trial we have currently running for the Oxford Encyclopedia of EU Law. From the publishers’ website: A year ago, the Oxford Encyclopedia of …Continue reading →

Coming full circle TAGS: open data | research support The ins, outs and upside downs of Digital Research Services and lessons learned in the process. I’ve spent the past three months working as a Researcher-in-Residence for Digital Research Services …Continue reading →

Pseudoscience and the supernatural: from phrenology and eugenics to ghosts, deceptions and mistakes, UFOs and conspiracy theories (Part 3) Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been looking into the relationship between pseudoscience and unexplained phenomena. In Part 1 of this blog post, …Continue reading →

New Resource: Law Library of Congress Reports (HeinOnline) TAGS: databases | heinonline | Legal databases | online resources | research   Recently HeinOnline has added the Law Library of Congress Reports to its online databases offerings. From Hein’s website: The Law Library of Congress was established in 1832 as a separate department …Continue reading →

Lyell’s Islands We’ve been lucky to have had Harriet Mack, who is heading into her 3rd Year of a joint honours degree in Archaeology and Classics working with us as our Lyell …Continue reading →

Pseudoscience and the supernatural: from phrenology and eugenics to ghosts, deceptions and mistakes, UFOs and conspiracy theories (Part 2) Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been looking into the relationship between pseudoscience and unexplained phenomena. In Part 1 of this blog …Continue reading →

New resource: Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge TAGS: Diversity | ebooks | law library | library services | research | resources | revision In January the School of Law was fortunate to host the book launch event for Professor Folúkẹ́ Adébísí’s Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility.  From the publisher: …Continue reading →