Open [access, data, source]: science & data in the 21st century Organised by Jo Young and Graham Steel of the Informatics Forum to mark Open Access Week this event drew a diverse audience from inside and outside the University. In his …Continue reading →

Display of new purchases today Today at 2pm there’s an opportunity to see new purchases in rare books and manuscripts, made with support from the College of Humanities and Social Science in 2012-13.  Everyone is …Continue reading →

New Book Display: Black History Month TAGS: Black history | Black History Month | history; Main Library | new books During  October, the Main Library have been displaying books which have been donated to the Library by the University’s African Caribbean Society (in association with EUSA Global). There are approximately …Continue reading →

The Edinburgh Research Archive is 10 years old! TAGS: edinburgh research archive | open access It may seem strange but back in 2003 Open Access was a relatively new ‘thing’. Prior to 2003 many people still used the term Free Online Scholarship interchangeably with Open …Continue reading →

Library Quality survey – check your inbox! TAGS: LibQUAL | Library | surveys The Library launched the LibQUAL +2013 quality survey today. Check  your inbox! If you have been randomly selected to participate, you will have received an email this morning which contains a link to …Continue reading →

Bibliometrics in Libraries, 12 September 2013 TAGS: Bibliometrics | Citations | Library On the 12 September, I attended the second Bibliometrics in Libraries workshop hosted by the University of Sussex, this was a one day event sponsored by Elsevier for those who …Continue reading →

TPDL Conference, Valletta, September 22-26, 2013 The Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries conference (TPDL) was held in Valletta, Malta on 22-26 September, and Digital Development Team manager Claire Knowles got an extra week of summertime …Continue reading →

The Library Quality Survey 2013 TAGS: LibQUAL | Library | survey During October and November (21October- 18 November) the Library will take part in the LibQUAL+ survey.  Complete the survey and you could win an iPad mini. On 21st October undergraduates, …Continue reading →

The Royal Medical Society publishes new issue Res Medica, the Journal of the Royal Medical Society, founded in 1957 has published its first new issue online using the Library’s Journal Hosting Service. The first new issue features …Continue reading →

Open Access milestone: 10,000th deposit TAGS: open access We are delighted to announce that this month we have deposited the 10,000th open access article in our Current Research Information System (PURE). All this content is made publicly available …Continue reading →