William Soutar’s Caricatures of Hugh MacDiarmid TAGS: Hugh MacDiarmid | Scotish Literary Papers | William Soutar A few days ago I gave a talk to the Friends of William Soutar in Perth on the friendship between Soutar and his fellow Scots poet Hugh MacDiarmid, as illustrated …Continue reading →

Journal of Lithic Studies: First issue published on journal hosting service TAGS: Archaeology | journal hosting service | lithic studies | OJS | open access The first complete  issue of the Journal of Lithic Studies (JLS) has been published supported by the Library’s Journal Hosting Service. The first issue focuses specifically on presentations from the …Continue reading →

8000th full text item added to the Edinburgh Research Archive TAGS: Internship | open access To round off the week we’re delighted to have just archived our 8000th full text item in the Edinburgh Research Archive. The item to receive this prestigious accolade is a …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Open Access update: April 2014 TAGS: article processing charges | open access | RCUK Green Open Access As of 30th April there are approximately 78,340 records in our Current Research Information System (PURE), of which 18,321 have open access documents available to the general …Continue reading →

New Guide to Scottish Literary Papers TAGS: George Mackay Brown | Hugh MacDiarmid | Norman MacCaig | Scottish Literary Papers | Sydney Goodsir Smith A new online guide to some of our major collections of Scottish literary papers is now available on the Centre for Research Collections website. It provides an overview of fourteen …Continue reading →

IDCC 2014 – take home thoughts TAGS: Conferences | IDCC14 | research | Research Data A few weeks ago I attended the 9th International Digital Curation Conference in San Francisco.  The conference was spread over four days, with two days for workshops, and two for …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 →

International Earth Day TAGS: open access | PhD | world earth day Tuesday 22nd April has been designated by the UN as International Mother Earth Day. It is a day of action where people from all over the planet do something on behalf of …Continue reading →

Digital Preservation Training Programme: London (7-9 April 2014) TAGS: Digital Preservation | Digital Preservation Training Programme | DPTP | OAIS | Open Archival Information System | Training | ULCC | University of London Computer Centre The University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) recently ran its award-winning Digital Preservation Training Programme and I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship from the Digital Preservation Coalition to …Continue reading →

Library2 Feasibility Study – progress With Page/Park Architects, Library, Archives and Museums staff have been undertaking a feasibility study into the future of services and facilities currently provided from our Library Annexe buildings. Under the …Continue reading →