Planned changes to New College Library photocopying services TAGS: copy cards | external users | New College Library | photocopying | students The University is introducing a new system of copying and printing over the summer of 2012. New Xerox multi-function devices (MFDs) are due to be installed for the beginning of …Continue reading →

New JSTOR collections benefit e-journals for Divinity TAGS: Divinity | e-journals | journals | online | research | students | University of Edinburgh Are you a fan of JSTOR electronic  journals ? In 2012 the University of Edinburgh purchased the JSTOR Collections V & VIII. This has increased the coverage of backruns of a number …Continue reading →

New College Library Archives TAGS: Alec Campbell Cheyne | Archives | Church of Scotland | Covenanters | Divinity | James Renwick | James Whyte | John McIntyre | New College Library | online | Thomas Chalmers | Tom Allan | University of Edinburgh Did you know that New College Library holds significant collections of archives and manuscripts? These  collections include the papers of Thomas Chalmers, J.H. Oldham, James S. Stewart and Norman W. …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – August TAGS: atheism | Books | Divinity | library catalogue | New College Library | Philosophy | science | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. Currently in the display is …Continue reading →

A nineteenth century view of Islam at New College Library TAGS: islam | New College Library | nineteenth-century | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh | Z Collection In this month of Ramadan, I thought I would feature this recently catalogued item from New College Library’s Z-Collection that gives a nineteenth century Western view of Islam. An history …Continue reading →

30th anniversary of the translation of the New Testament into Scots TAGS: Bible | Books | New College Library | Scotland | Scots | Special Collections Currently on display in the Funk Reading Room exhibition case at New College Library is the 1983 translation of the New Testament into Scots by William Lorimer. This marks the …Continue reading →

How an Olympic champion became a missionary TAGS: Archives | Books | China | donations | missionary | missions | New College Library | Olympics | summer | University of Edinburgh The BBC Scotland programme Eric Liddell: A Champion’s Life http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lb63b  on BBC2 tonight (Monday 23rd July) at 10pm features items from University of Edinburgh Collections. New College Library recently received …Continue reading →

New College Library Stacks now open TAGS: Books | Divinity | New College Library | research | students New College Library’s Stack I is now open. Apologies to all who have been inconvenienced by the closure of Stack I during the last five weeks. The New College Library …Continue reading →

Islamic Collections at New College Library TAGS: Books | Divinity | islam | journals | New College Library | Religious Studies | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Muslims all over the world join together this week for Ramadan, the greatest religious observance in Islam.  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims fast during …Continue reading →

New College Library is open throughout the Edinburgh Festival TAGS: current-events | Edinburgh | New College Library | summer Edinburgh Festival time is coming, and the Assembly Hall on the Mound will once again be a Festival venue.   As well as the Assembly Hall, the Rainy Hall and …Continue reading →