100 Great Ideas TAGS: happylibrary We’re always thinking of ways to improve the library, and today we’ve been asking for your ideas.  As part of Innovative Learning Week, we’ve been in the foyer today trying …Continue reading →

All you need is library love TAGS: happylibrary As Valentine’s Day approaches this weekend, we want to let all students know that their library loves them! We were down in the Library Foyer today handing out origami hearts …Continue reading →

Mockingbirds and Cuckoos TAGS: happylibrary The library’s most borrowed books are all textbooks. Of course it is important that our library acts as a resource, but what can it offer you after you have completed …Continue reading →

What can your library do for you? TAGS: happylibrary Did you know that reading is one of the best ways to relax? Even as little as six minutes of quiet reading can be enough to make a difference! The …Continue reading →

Google Scholar – who is referencing us? This is a guest blog post from Laura Keizer, one of our volunteers working in the Centre for Research Collections. Archives are delightful places. Working in such a place regularly …Continue reading →

Win a University of Edinburgh Hoodie! At the Library pop up session this afternoon Leisa and Serena will be there to talk to you about how to get involved with library work and projects. Leisa will …Continue reading →

Graduate Trainee – month one Alice has recently started as our new Graduate Trainee – here she tells us about her first month based at the Centre for Research Collections (CRC). As the first Graduate Trainee …Continue reading →

Centre for Research Collections – an introduction The Centre for Research Collection is the main space for anyone wanting to access Edinburgh University’s incredibly varied heritage collections, which encompass everything from archives, rare books and manuscripts, to historical …Continue reading →

A Famous Economist and His Library Collection Jamie, our Marketing and Outreach Intern, gives an update on his progress. I have passed the halfway point of my internship here at CRC; I feel like time is flying by …Continue reading →

My first week as an intern and how it led to the destruction of a city Jamie started as an intern at the Centre for Research Collections last week, here he tells us about his first few days. I have just finished my first of eight …Continue reading →