Use Searcher to find Library resources Smart searching with Searcher is bookending  the Pop up Library next week (see what I did there?). Get up early on Monday morning and come to the Main Library 10am …Continue reading →

Zombie Apocalypse (or how to access Library resources off campus) It’s happened! 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 yourself …Continue reading →

Reformation Revisited TAGS: Bible | Funk | New College Library | Reformation We were pleased to host a recent visit from the Friends of the Reformation Museum in Geneva at New College Library. The Friends were delighted to be able to view a selection …Continue reading →

Finding newspaper content online TAGS: databases | Library Academic Support | news | Newspapers | online resources Want to get access to a full-text newspaper article when the newspaper website wants you to pay? Want to find out how you can search for newspaper articles about a …Continue reading →

Art images online We are pleased to announce 253 more high resolution images for the University’s Art Collection, available on LUNA, and through the collections.ed.ac.uk portal. These were taken by ECA photographer Thomas …Continue reading →

Cataloguing the HIV/Aids Collections held in LHSA Our story begins in 2011, when the HIV/AIDS epidemic related records held by Lothian Health Services Archive were awarded an inscription on the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register …Continue reading →

Conservation, with Honours With Fresher Week just past, it seems fitting that this post should be based around diplomas – even if graduating does seem a long way off for these new students! …Continue reading →

There’s no business like show business TAGS: ECA Collection | ECA Degree Show | Edinburgh College of Art | Tiina Lilja Tiina Lilja recently graduated in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. Earlier this year, we acquired two of Tiina’s paintings for the University Art Collection as she was an artist we had been …Continue reading →

Referendum TAGS: collections | independence | indyref | referendum | union So, what have our collections to say about the referendum? More than you may think.  The Referendum is not an isolated event but sits within a historic time-line. Our collections …Continue reading →

11th century Celtic Psalter – new book reader object in LUNA TAGS: rare books | Special Collections One of the real treasures of Special Collections is the 11th century Celtic Psalter (Ms 56)- at nearly 1000 years old, it is referred to as the oldest book in …Continue reading →