“New” Staff Member: Ianthe Sutherland Ianthe Sutherland has re-joined Library & University Collections in the role of Library Digital Developer in Claire Knowles’ team. There are loads of projects for her to get started on …Continue reading →

What would you work for? TAGS: Library One of the benefits of a blog as a publishing platform, is that we can use it for a whole range of tasks, from publishing news about new acquisitions or …Continue reading →

Searcher Review 2014 TAGS: Discovery | EDS | library resources | Searcher The library is working on a review of Searcher, our branded EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Over the next few months the Library will make a series of changes to Searcher. …Continue reading →

Beautiful Bindings TAGS: Annexe | digitisation | ERA | Library Annexe | thesis As part of our Thesis Scanning Service, when we come across a request for a thesis that has beautiful binding we make sure to scan and include these images in …Continue reading →

The e-Journal of East and Central Asian Religions publishes first issue TAGS: Asian Studies | journal hosting service | journals | OJS | open access | Open Journal Systems The e-Journal of East and Central Asian Religions has published its first issue supported by the  University’s  Journal Hosting Service . The Library now supports seven journals on the platform. …Continue reading →

My First MOOC! TAGS: Library | MOOCs The University of Edinburgh has been an early adopter of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and offers courses through both the Coursera and FutureLearn platforms.   Library services need to constantly …Continue reading →

Thinking about a Data Vault TAGS: Library | Research Data In a recent blog post, we looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether their primary …Continue reading →

South Asianist celebrates a century of Indian Cinema The fifth issue of The South Asianist celebrates a century of India cinema with an impressive range of articles, interviews and film reviews. Senior Indian film-music critic, writer and commentator, …Continue reading →

Thinking about Research Data Asset Registers TAGS: Library | Research Data In my last blog post, I looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether their primary …Continue reading →

Hydra, SPSS journal, publishes second issue TAGS: journal hosting service | journals | OJS | open access | Open Journal Systems | SPSS Hydra, the postgraduate journal for the School of Social and Political Science has published its second issue on the University’s Journal Hosting Platform. Hydra’s mission is to strengthen dialogue in …Continue reading →