Virtual Geology TAGS: 3D Digitisation | CHDS | Geology and Geologists | Rigster | Sir Charles Lyell | uCreate It has been a long–held desire for the CHDS to offer a 3D Digitisation service, and although not 100% there yet, we are several steps closer. Back in 2021, Connor …Continue reading →

Highlights of the OneHealth Project TAGS: CHDS | collections | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | OneHealth | OneKind | RZSS | Scotland | University of Edinburgh Library This spring the short but broad digitisation project, OneHealth, reached its end. The OneHealth project was focused on early animal welfare history, utilising new material brought in from a trio …Continue reading →

World Photography Day 2024 TAGS: CHDS | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | High Quality Photography | LUNA | photography | University of Edinburgh Library Today is World Photography Day, ‘an annual celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.’ This year, we’d like to turn the spotlight on the amazing photographers working …Continue reading →

Highlights from The Witness TAGS: CHDS | Edinburgh | photography | scanning | The Witness Newspaper We’ve been working on digitising The Witness for quite some time now. Here’s a little background information from our previous post on the publication: ‘A twice weekly newspaper, The Witness …Continue reading →

Knowledge Exchange Week 2024 – Reflections TAGS: CHDS | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | Digital Imaging Unit | digital library | Edinburgh | Library | University of Edinburgh Library Last month, team members Marian and Miranda attended Knowledge Exchange Week, hosted by the University of Edinburgh. This was the fifth time the event had been held, and the theme …Continue reading →

Skene, Societies and Swedish Serendipity TAGS: CHDS | cultural heritage | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | Edinburgh | High Quality Photography | James Skene | Leith | runestone | Scotland | Skene Album | sweden | Swedish How often do you walk past a 1000 year old rune stone?  The answer is every day, if you work or study near the Main Library! Earlier this year I …Continue reading →

Looking Ahead – Our 2024 Project Preview TAGS: CHDS | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | Digital Imaging Unit | Edinburgh | Esther Inglis | High Quality Photography | LGBTQIA+ | Lothian Health Service Archive | LUNA | Lyell Notebooks | Scotland | Sir Charles Lyell | The Witness Newspaper I began working with the Cultural Heritage Digitisation Services team last November, as a Digitisation Operator. Before joining the team, I was digitising plant specimens in the Herbarium of the …Continue reading →

AHFAP 2023: A Snapshot TAGS: AHFAP | Barbican Centre | CHDS | digitisation | photography | The Association For Historical And Fine Art Photography Conference At the beginning of November, I was given the opportunity to attend the Association of Historical and Fine Art Photography (AHFAP) Conference 2023 at the Barbican Centre in London. The …Continue reading →

Women’s best friend: Histories of Animal Rights, Veterinary Science and Early Suffrage I am a recent addition to the Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service team. I was previously a studio photographer, with an additional specialism in biological and microscopic photography. My scientific artwork …Continue reading →

Image to Text: Exploring Text Extraction Processes in L&UC TAGS: CHDS | digital library | Internship | OCR | Optical Character Recognition Since April I have been an intern with the University of Edinburgh’s Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service (CHDS) and the Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS), looking into text extraction …Continue reading →