Medieval manuscripts behaving badly This 15th century manuscript of the Chronicle of England ends with some rather surprising remarks on the flyleaf: Tritu est perire quod facis ingrato [what you do is lost by thankless wear …Continue reading →

Access To Research – A Public Library Initiative TAGS: finch report | open access | public library [This post first appeared online at The Informed Blog and is re-posted here with their kind permission. Since it is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license it doesn’t …Continue reading →

Donate library fines to Book Aid International It is nearly World Book Day! To celebrate it in conjunction with RAG Week, Edinburgh University Library has agreed to donate all library fines paid on Thursday 27th February to Book …Continue reading →

Innovative Learning Week – Online Quiz We’ve been running an online quiz during Innovative Learning Week with questions based on many of our different online resources.  The first nine questions have already been posted on the …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 →

How do you access resources? SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) and Jisc are currently undertaking a usability study into the way that students and research staff in UK Higher Education access online academic resources …Continue reading →

WILD ABOUT THE LIBRARY Joanne Murdie Library Shelver In my spare time I am a volunteer at Edinburgh Zoo where I have the privilege of spending time with and talking to visitors about many …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Open Access update: Jan 2014 TAGS: "open access" "article processing fees" | RCUK | Wellcome Trust To restart the Open Scholarship blog for 2014 we are publishing a monthly series of posts detailing the open access activity that the Scholarly Communications Team is helping to facilitate …Continue reading →

Volunteer of the Month – January 2014 Beth Dumas, CRC Taster Day Volunteer Since October, I have been volunteering with the CRC, doing one or two day sessions with each department and discovering how every job contributes to …Continue reading →

New acquisition: Further papers of Alexander Craig Aitken TAGS: Alexander Criag Aitken | Archives | mathematics | staff The mathematician, statistician, writer, composer and musician, Alexander Craig Aitken, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 1 April 1895. He was of Scottish descent. He attended Otago Boys’ High …Continue reading →