Google Glass, gaming and Gallimaufry TAGS: gallimaufry | gamification | Google Glass | technology Last Monday was no typical day at the office: after an early start at the Imperial War Museum exploring its First World War exhibition with Google Glass, I finished the …Continue reading →

Library burnt to the ground! The Student, 25/10/84 TAGS: 1984 | The Student In this week’s digitised edition of The Student 1984: The Main Library (almost) burns to the ground The Campaign for Real Lager provides a guide to the best fizzy stuff …Continue reading →

Scotland: “still a long way to go”: The Student, 18/10/84 TAGS: 1984 | alumni | The Student The digitised 18 October 1984 edition of The Student is now available to read online. Catching the headlines this week: Secretary of State for Scotland George Younger describes the “massive …Continue reading →

Freshers, Festival, Football: The Student, 11 Oct 1984 TAGS: 1984 | alumni | The Student Hot off the press (and a day early!), the 11 October 1984 edition of The Student is now available to read online https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/thestudent/. Featuring the surprising success of Big Country, …Continue reading →

1984 – The Student’s perspective TAGS: 1984 | alumni | The Student Which iconic university building was described by a young student journalist in 1984 as a place “where students go to recover from hangovers”? What did students of the 1980s do …Continue reading →

Metadata Games at #Librarypop! TAGS: images | metadata | Tagging Following on from last month’s successful Metadata Games experiment, we ran another two sessions during Fresher’s Week as part of the Pop Up Library. More than 20 people, including 16 …Continue reading →

Metadata Fun and Games TAGS: crowdsourcing | images | metadata Earlier this week we ran a 1980s-inspired crowdsourcing ‘Metadata Game’ to enhance the description of items within our online image collection http://images.is.ed.ac.uk. The good folk of Library and University Collections …Continue reading →

2015 Calendar: Images from the David Laing Collection TAGS: Calendar | Fundraising | Laing The new Library and University Collections Calendar, 2015: Images from the David Laing Collection, is now available to buy online and from a number of locations across the University. Featuring …Continue reading →

Digital Preservation Training Programme: London (7-9 April 2014) TAGS: Digital Preservation | Digital Preservation Training Programme | DPTP | OAIS | Open Archival Information System | Training | ULCC | University of London Computer Centre The University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) recently ran its award-winning Digital Preservation Training Programme and I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship from the Digital Preservation Coalition to …Continue reading →

October 1985 Prince Philip as president of a British Republic; EUSA bans sale of alcohol; terracotta army invades Edinburgh!