ProQuest’s ‘Black Newspapers’ on trial TAGS: African Studies | databases | history | International Relations | Newspapers | online resources | Politics | Sociology *The Library has now purchased the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), one of the titles in the Black Newspaper Collection. See New to the Library: New York Amsterdam News* The …Continue reading →

Reading the Reformation : John Fisher TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics New College Library’s collections provide a rich resource for and about Reformation theology and its readers. One of these readers was John Fisher  [St John Fisher] (c.1469–1535), bishop of Rochester, cardinal, and martyr …Continue reading →

Reading the Reformation : Luther TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics On 14, 15 and 16 February 2017, the Cunningham Lectures at New College will mark the 500th Luther anniversary, with lectures by Professor Kaufmann covering Europe, Reformation and Luther. New College …Continue reading →

Travel writing from the Holy Land : The William Fulton Jackson Collection TAGS: Biblical Studies | Egypt | Israel | Palestine | twentieth-century A post by guest curator Suzi Higton, School of Divinity The books of intrepid travel writers whose adventures span from Jerusalem to Cairo feature throughout the collections at New College Library …Continue reading →

Winter Vacation at New College Library New College Library will close at 1pm on Friday 23 December 2016 and reopen again at 9am on Wednesday 4 January 2017. More details on opening hours for all University of Edinburgh …Continue reading →

New College Library books recommended by students TAGS: Books | New College Library | students Student recommendations are in at New College Library! The recently purchased Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism, edited by Mark Stoll, is available as an ebook via DiscoverEd. Other …Continue reading →

2017 Library and University Collections calendar: Images from the Directory of Collections TAGS: calendar; 2017; Directory of Collections The 2017 Library & University Collections calendar, which features a wide range of images from the Library’s Directory of Collections, is available to buy now from the Main Library and …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | history | International Relations | Main Library | new | online resources | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small …Continue reading →

Student newspaper digitisation project returns! TAGS: AIIG | alumni | alumni innovation initiative | digitisation | student newspaper The Student newspaper digitisation project is back! Over the next six months we’ll be digitising back issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and making them available online at …Continue reading →

Go global with new BBC Monitoring service trial TAGS: African Studies | databases | Global development | International Relations | media | Newspapers | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | South Asian Studies | trials We have a new trial to BBC Monitoring, accessible from the Eresources trials web page. Please note the steps required to login.