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 →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: September 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | gold open access | green open access | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications | September 2020

Edinburgh Research Archive downloads: August 2020 TAGS: August 2020 | downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | ERA | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications

Edinburgh Research Explorer downloads: August 2020 TAGS: August 2020 | downloads | Edinburgh Research Explorer | gold open access | green open access | open access | repository | Scholarly Communications

Bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘The Abbot’ TAGS: Corson Collection | Joseph Mallord William Turner | Mary Queen of Scots | Sir Walter Scott This week marks the bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s twelfth novel The Abbot, published in Edinburgh on 2 September 1820 and in London two days later. Alone among the Waverley …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive downloads: July 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | ERA | July 2020 | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications

Edinburgh Research Explorer downloads: July 2020 TAGS: downloads | Edinburgh Research Explorer | gold open access | green open access | July 2020 | open access | repository | Scholarly Communications

The Humble Spider – A Measure of Moral Character in Physical Education TAGS: andrew carnegie | Carnegie Dunfermline Trust | Corson | DCPE | DCPE OSA | Dunfermline | Dunfermline Abbey | Dunfermline College of Physical Education | Dunfermline College of Physical Education Old Students' Association | folklore | Physical Education | Robert the Bruce | Sir Walter Scott | spider | Tales of A Grandfather In this week’s blog post we take a closer look at the Dunfermline College of Physical Education Archives and attempt to join up the dots between the humble spider and …Continue reading →