Repairs without the tears It’s a fact. Certain activities within a library are, by necessity, dull. While some may think that book repair falls into that category they would definitely be mistaken. At the …Continue reading →

Christmas is nearly here! TAGS: Archives | Christmas | Dancing | ECA | Moray House | Poems | Revel In celebration of the next week’s big event, we thought we’d bring you a sample of some of the festive bits and pieces in our archive collections. As always, the …Continue reading →

REF 2014 Physical Submission TAGS: REF 2014 The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a system for assessing the quality of research in UK HEIs. It replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and is undertaken by the four UK …Continue reading →

Merry Fishmas to you all! TAGS: Christmas | ECA | Wee Red Herring | Zombies As it’s only a week to go until Christmas, enjoy a festive edition of The Wee Red Herring from the ECA archive, complete with zombies and everything. December 2009 issue …Continue reading →

Art Collections at the Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Party TAGS: ECA | Isobel Turley | Sculpture Party Zane by Isobel Turley The annual Sculpture Party is part of ECA legend. Organised by the Sculpture department, it raises money for the School of Art Degree shows and takes …Continue reading →

New staff member: Kerry Miller TAGS: Library | New Staff | Research Data Library & University Collections has great pleasure in welcoming a new member of staff to its ranks.  Kerry Miller has joined us in the role of Research Data Management Service …Continue reading →

The four quadrants of Research Data Curation Systems TAGS: Library | Research Data The University of Edinburgh, like many other universities, is currently undertaking extensive work to build infrastructure that supports and enables good practice in the area of Research Data Management.  This …Continue reading →

The Power of Google… TAGS: Clave | ECA | Google | Inside Search | Picasso We’ve been using Google Inside Search to help us identify some prints in the collection. All you have to do is upload a photo and magically it can find it …Continue reading →

Collect.Ed Exhibition: Curiosities from the University’s Collections TAGS: Exhibitions | Library “How strange this mass of ancient treasures, mementos of past pains and pleasures.” Charlotte Brontë Opening: 6th December 2013 | Where: Exhibition Gallery, Main Library, George Square | Closing: 1st …Continue reading →

‘The Art Student’ Cartoons for Movember! TAGS: 1950s | Archives | art | Edinburgh College of Art | Movember | The Art Student Today our volunteer Neasa found some interesting cartoons that include some unusual depictions of moustaches in the ECA ‘The Art Student’ magazines from 1950, 1951 and 1952. We hope you …Continue reading →