William Drummond book returns home Rare Books and Manuscripts has purchased a book once in the library of William Drummond, the Scottish poet who gave us most of his books in 1626.  This particular book …Continue reading →

1940s Dunfermline College of Physical Education: We’ve Found Another One! TAGS: 1940s | College | Dunfermline | Physical Education Last week I was having a chat with our conservator Emma Davey who sits at the desk next to mine.  In passing she mentioned that she thought her Grandmother, Bettina, …Continue reading →

Blood, Sweat and Photoshop – Preparations for the Degree Show TAGS: Degree Show | Edinburgh College of Art | Tiina Lilja Tiina Lilja is a final year Painting student at Edinburgh College of Art. Earlier this year, we acquired two of Tiina’s paintings for the University Art Collection as she was …Continue reading →

Alan Davie 1920 – 2014 TAGS: Alan Davie | Archives | art | Edinburgh College of Art We were very sad to hear the news about the death of Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) alumnus and fellow, Alan Davie. The close connection between Davie and ECA over …Continue reading →

Waverley 200 Waverley 200: An Exhibition Marking the Bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s Seminal Novel CRC Display Wall, 6th Floor, Main Library, George Square, 2 April-4 July Tis 200 years since … …Continue reading →

Boris Bućan – Printmaker TAGS: Boris Bucan | Edinburgh College of Art | Natasha Russell | Printmaking | Prints Our post today comes from Natasha Russell, Graduate Studio Assistant in Printmaking at ECA. Recently we spent a couple of hours piecing together and marveling at a stack of 18 …Continue reading →

Fifty Years, Fifty Books Opening: 28 March 2014 | Where: Exhibition Gallery, Main Library, George Square | Closing: 14 June 2014 | Curated by: Dr. Joseph Marshall, University of Edinburgh 1962 to 2012 – Fifty Years and Fifty …Continue reading →

Dusting for prints… TAGS: cast collection | Edinburgh College of Art | edinburgh college of art cast collection | Edinburgh University Art Collection | finger prints | morgan kinne We all like to pretend that no-one touches the things in museums. Fact is, like it or not, people do. We have been working with ECA Postgraduate student Morgan Kinne …Continue reading →

New Graduate Trainee post in Centre for Research Collections We are for the first time offering a one-year Graduate Trainee post: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/ Many libraries and colleges offer traineeships – this is unique in that the successful candidate will get …Continue reading →

Library and University Collections sign up to ArchivesSpace TAGS: Archives | catalogues | information systems development | open source | Special Collections At the end of 2013, the University of Edinburgh’s Library and University Collections (L&UC) became the first institution in the UK and Europe to become members of ArchivesSpace. Built for …Continue reading →