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October 11, 2024
Photographing Geology Specimens This image of Quartz crystals was commissioned for exhibition at University of Edinburgh Main Library but has also found a home at the School of Geo Science website http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/facilities/ionprobe/TiQuartzStandards/ The …Continue reading →
Meteorites and Fossilised Rain Drops TAGS: Exhibitions This week the Digital Imaging Unit have been photographing the Gibeon nickel iron meteorite EUCM.110.759. This fell in prehistoric times in Namibia, named after the nearest town. Made into tools …Continue reading →
New Photography for Main Library Exhibition – Collect.ed TAGS: Exhibitions | Library The Digital Imaging Unit have been working on an amazingly diverse range of material recently thanks to a new exhibition being prepared for the Main Library by exhibitions intern Emma …Continue reading →
Gems from the ECA Rare Books Collection The CRC Assistant Rare Books Librarian has been busy cataloguing books from the Edinburgh College of Art Collection again, and has sent a few our way to photograph for upcoming …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,...