Training Sessions- Diary Dates TAGS: informationskills | Legal databases | library training Learn something new or simply refresh your memory! There are a couple of online training sessions coming up soon that you may find useful: Using Law Databases (Library Bitesize)-  Wednesday …Continue reading →

Welcome! TAGS: update Welcome to the Law Librarians’ blog, where we will post helpful resources, training materials and news from the library. Our names are Donna Watson and SarahLouise McDonald, and we are …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019 (January 2020): Collaboration Across the Nations TAGS: conference | Dealing with Data | videos Picture the scene: A cold January day, the wind blowing the scarves of the passers-by through the large windows of the Informatics Forum meeting room. The group inside listens, takes …Continue reading →

Rock Star Event On Friday 28th February, over 100 guests attended an event at the Geological Society in London’s Mayfair to celebrate the University’s successful campaign to buy the Charles Lyell notebooks. Eight …Continue reading →

Training researchers for a software and data-intensive world with Edinburgh Carpentries TAGS: Data Science | EdCarp This is guest post from Giacomo Peru and the EdCarp Committee (https://edcarp.github.io/committee/). Sections of this post were published previously on the EPCC blog. The Edinburgh Carpentries (EdCarp) is a training …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019- Call for Contributions *Deadline Extended* TAGS: Collaboration | conference | Dealing with Data | DwD2019 *We have had several requests for an extension to the submission deadline, so, we have decided to extend it until 12 noon on Friday 11th October!* Dealing with Data 2019 …Continue reading →

Crowdsourcing Conservation – Thomas Nelson Collection TAGS: crowdsourcing conservation | rehousing | thomas nelson collection Following on from the popular “Crowdsourcing Conservation” sessions held in February 2017 and 2018, the Centre for Research Collections held seven more crowdsourcing events from October 2018 to March 2019. …Continue reading →

Open Access Scotland Group meeting On 27th March the Scholarly Communications Team at the University of Edinburgh were delighted to host the 6th regular meeting of the Open Access Scotland Group at the impressive Paterson’s …Continue reading →

Edinburgh hosts international IIIF event TAGS: Conferences | Development | IIIF | Library Jointly with the National Library of Scotland, the University hosted the annual IIIF Showcase and Working Meeting from December 3-6. As consortial members, it was a good opportunity for both …Continue reading →

Reflections on Repository Fringe 2017 TAGS: arts data | data curation | DataVault | Humanities data | librarians | Repository Fringe | Research Data The following is a guest post by Mick Eadie, Research Information Management Officer at University of Glasgow, on his impressions of Repository Fringe 2017. From the Arts The first day afternoon 10×10 (lightning …Continue reading →