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December 13, 2024
1893: A story of scary librarians and brave students New College Library and its students have always had a special relationship. Recently, for example, our students chose their preferred most iconic items from our special collections and contributed to …Continue reading →
Queens and female coders TAGS: Edinburgh University Art Collection | Edinburgh University Library | International Women's Day | Music Museum | St Cecilia's Hall Recommended library museum piece to view on International Women’s Day Today is International Women’s Day. And this year, which just happens to be 100 years since women have had the …Continue reading →
Meet the Collections Managers TAGS: Course reading | Library Resources Plus | pop up library Hannah and I can’t wait to meet some of our users tomorrow, when we do our Pop Up Library session on the 1st floor of the Main Library. We will …Continue reading →
‘It’s life Jimmy, but not as we know it’ – Science Fiction in Scotland TAGS: Edinburgh National Library of Scotland exhibitions current events Visited the new Treasures exhibition at the NLS today, featuring Science Fiction from Scotland. I think the Curator’s had a lot of fun putting this selection together. On the one …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that...
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles
In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...