Tackling Lyell’s Specimens with Lizzie (& Vernon’s) help! Using funding awarded by the Institute of Sedimentologists, Lizzie Freestone worked during the Summer of 2024 as the Charles Lyell Web Development Intern. Read on to learn all about her …Continue reading →

Managing Collections: Edinburgh College of Art TAGS: Archives | Archives Appraisal | cataloguing | Edinburgh College of Art | reboxing | rehousing | university archives One of our largest and most complex collections is that of the Edinburgh College of Art (hereafter named ECA). Transferred to Heritage Collections in 2012 following the merger of the …Continue reading →

Highlights of the OneHealth Project TAGS: CHDS | collections | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | OneHealth | OneKind | RZSS | Scotland | University of Edinburgh Library This spring the short but broad digitisation project, OneHealth, reached its end. The OneHealth project was focused on early animal welfare history, utilising new material brought in from a trio …Continue reading →

Collections Care Task Days TAGS: Collections Management | paper conservation | Preventative Conservation | rehousing | surface cleaning | technician In this post, Technician Robyn Rogers discusses the first events in series of Collection Care Task Days at the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections.

Highlights from the 2024-25 Digital Research programme at the University of Edinburgh TAGS: research support | workshops This is a guest blog from Dr Eleni Kotoula, Lead Digital Research Facilitator, Digital Research Services Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have access to a wide range of digital …Continue reading →

5 things: getting the best out of your library TAGS: Books | databases | digital skills | DiscoverEd | dissertation | Dissertation Festival | E-book | e-books | e-journals | e-resources | information literacy | Library | LibSmart | new students | online resources | returning students | students | using the library Welcome, and welcome back, to all students starting the new academic year this week! Whether you are one of the many descending on campus or one of our online or …Continue reading →

A Murder in the Archives TAGS: Alexander Guthrie | Clement Litill | David Rizzio | gifts | Mary Queen of Scots | murder | Reformation It began as a simple cataloguing exercise.  I noticed that a significant document in University of Edinburgh’s history had no representation in our online catalogue and set out to remedy …Continue reading →

Kyushu University Library and iSchool Visit TAGS: librarians | RDM services | research support Recently, a delegation of 5 librarians visited Library Research Support in Argyle House on 30 July. Led by Emi Ishita, a Professor in the iSchool and working with the Library …Continue reading →

Fantasia: An Exhibition for Young Artists by our Gold Arts Award students Over the past year, a group of young people between the ages of 14-17 have been completing their Gold Arts Award through our ‘Arts All Around’ programme: a partnership between …Continue reading →

Exploring Scotland, Uncovering America: Enriching Lyell’s Legacy Thank you to guest blogger, Andrea Edwards, who shares her experience of spending the ‘summer’ working on the Charles Lyell correspondence… Hi! My name is Andrea Edwards. I am an …Continue reading →