Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages TAGS: Walter de la Mare The English writer Walter de la Mare was born 150 years ago this week on 25 April 1873. To mark his anniversary, we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, …Continue reading →

The History of Access to University Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been researching the history of access to study at University, via our University Archives and shares …Continue reading →

Volunteering at the CRC: Charlotte’s experience TAGS: Archives | children's books | illustrators | Theatre Today we’re introducing Charlotte Holmes, a postgraduate student who is doing some volunteer work under the supervision of archivist Aline Brodin. Her main task is to catalogue and box-list two …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive: March 2021 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | ERA | March 2021 | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Archive: March 2021 • https://era.ed.ac.uk March saw a record number of downloads for ERA, with a 10% increase on the previous best of May 2020 and a 27% increase …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Explorer: March 2021 TAGS: Edinburgh Research Explorer | March 2021 | open access | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Explorer: March 2021 • www.research.ed.ac.uk The dip in download numbers which seemed to inflict Research Explorer from the last quarter of 2019 onwards, due to some heavy-handed filtration implemented …Continue reading →

Art and The Playfair: Speaking to Absent Volumes, or How to Find Books in the Library, Old Style TAGS: Art project | artists' books | catalogues | Edinburgh College of Art | Inventories | Playfair library During the academic year 2019-20 Rare Books worked with a group of third year students from Edinburgh College of Art.  The project was to produce an artist’s book in response …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: December 2020 TAGS: December 2020 | downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Downloads: December 2020 • www.research.ed.ac.uk • www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk • Looking at how Edinburgh Research Explorer and ERA have performed over the last year. • Research Explorer hasn’t had the best of years, the …Continue reading →

Good Riddance to an ‘Intolerable’ Year: James Hogg Bids Farewell to 1831 To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Hogg (1770-1835), we are featuring a peculiarly timely manuscript from Edinburgh University Library’s collections. Hogg’s poem ‘1831’ will strike a …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: November 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | November 2020 | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Downloads: November 2020 • www.research.ed.ac.uk • www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk • Looking at how Edinburgh Research Explorer and ERA have performed over the last year relative to other institutions across the UK. Overall they’ve …Continue reading →

The Scotichronicon and the Goblin Ha’ – witchcraft and hobgoblins in our manuscripts! TAGS: Archives In popular culture, archives sometimes have a cryptic reputation: if some filmmakers were to be believed, in the middle of dust and darkness would rest ancient manuscripts and parchments containing …Continue reading →