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 →

CHDS DAMS Internship Experience TAGS: Anatomy | Archipelago | Art Collections | CHDS | DAMS | Digital Asset Management | Internship | LUNA | Museums Collection | Special Collections Over the past 6 months, I have had the pleasure of working with the Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service team as a DAMS (Digital Asset Management System: software used to manage …Continue reading →

Stories To Tell: South Asian Heritage Month TAGS: Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Burma | databases | e-resources | history | India | Kashmir | Library | Nepal | online resources | Pakistan | resources | Sikkim | South Asia | South Asian Heritage Month | South Asian Studies | Sri Lanka From 18 July to 17 August it is South Asian Heritage Month, a chance to celebrate and raise the profile of British South Asian history, arts, culture and heritage. This …Continue reading →

CRC: A Space Odyssey – Day in the Life of a Collections Management Technician  TAGS: appraisal | Archives | Archives Appraisal | Collections Management | University of Edinburgh My name is Jasmine, and I’ve been working here at the University for five and a bit months as the Collections Management Technician. I’m the other half to Robyn Rogers’ …Continue reading →

New! Mass Observation Project, 1981-2009 TAGS: 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Britain | databases | digital archive | history | new | online resources | primary sources | qualitative social data | social history | Sociology I am happy to let you know that following a successful trial, that ended last month, the Library has now purchased Mass Observation Project, 1981-2009 from AM Digital, which allows you …Continue reading →

New Data Visualisation Intern TAGS: open science | staff It’s often said that the best way to achieve your goals is to visualise success. But what if visualisation is your goal? Then get someone clever to do it for …Continue reading →

New College Library Library is moving August / September 2023   In January 2020 the majority of New College Library General Collections were relocated to 40 George Square to provide a Library service for the duration of a major Estates …Continue reading →

On trial: Brepolis online databases TAGS: Books | Celtic | databases | Latin | Manuscripts | medieval | online *The Library now subscribes to both Monumenta Germaniae Historica and Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature. Find out more at New to the Library: Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature and Monumenta Germaniae Historica.” …Continue reading →

Library summer opening and changes to service TAGS: Library | Main Library | news | opening hours | resources | Site Libraries Although this blog mainly focuses on the work of the ASL team (who are library focused but often work remotely) we realise that many readers may associate this blog with …Continue reading →