Instruments decanted All of the instruments have now been safely decanted from St Cecilia’s Hall.  Under Jonathan and Darryl’s watchful gaze, the men from Constantine worked carefully and finished ahead of schedule. …Continue reading →

Opportunity Knocks… We have been very pleased to welcome some new faces to the conservation studio over the past month – we now have two new conservation volunteers, Olivia and Collette, and …Continue reading →

Trial – Punch Historical Archive TAGS: Arts | Gale | media | perceptions of science and technological change | political and social history | Punch Historical Archive We have trial access to Punch Historical Archive until the 6th December. From 1841 to 1992 Punch was the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire – imitated, parodied …Continue reading →

‘Emma Gillies: Rediscovered’ – Ceramics Exhibition at the Main Library TAGS: art | Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | Exhibitions Emma Smith, Exhibitions Officer, writes about the 2014 winter exhibition at the University of Edinburgh Main Library Over the last two years, significant research has been carried out into the …Continue reading →

We want more corpses In 1828 the University of Edinburgh’s medical students were desperate to get their hands on cadavers – so they could study Anatomy from real subjects.  This amazing document, measuring 190 …Continue reading →

Explore your Archives! TAGS: Archives | Archives and Records Association | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh College of Art | explorearchives | The National Archives Next week is Explore your Archives Week, join us in celebrating our archives at the Centre For Research Collections!

Annexehalloween 2014 TAGS: Annexe | halloween | Library Annexe | staff Previous pumpkin carving competitions at the Library Annexe have proved popular and we always enjoy the opportunity to flex our creative muscles during our lunch breaks. As such, the annual …Continue reading →

A few words on witchcraft from New College Library TAGS: halloween | witchcraft There’s a new display in the New College Library entrance of some of our historic publications that explore the world of witchcraft. These include: Scot, Reginald. The discovery of witchcraft …Continue reading →

Halloween Zombie Apocalypse (or how to access Library resources off campus) Halloween! Zombies! Candy! The Zombie Apocalypse is here and the real question is how do you survive both the zombies and your studies at the same time?  Stay calm … arm …Continue reading →

Science From The Tomb… TAGS: ancient egypt | beatty | Edinburgh | genetics | halloween | institute of animal genetics | mummies | reproductive physiology It’s nearly Hallowe’en, when spooky subjects are foremost in our minds. An ideal time, then, to look at some rather unusual correspondence from the Richard Alan Beatty archive about Egyptian mummies! At first …Continue reading →