Commonplace Book of Harriet Holmes Today we are publishing an article by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement team, on the common-place book of Harriet Holmes, an 1818 – 1820 notebook which references …Continue reading →

New(s) to the Library : More digital newspaper archives I’m pleased to let you know that following successful trials, the Library has been able to purchase two new digital newspaper archives. Expanding our already extensive collection of digital newspaper …Continue reading →

Hans Christian Andersen This month is the 150th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen’s death. To mark the occasion, Ash Mowat, a volunteer in our Civic Engagement team, has written this blog post, exploring …Continue reading →

Fieldwork Internship Journey Written by Katie Shepherd As the RESP continue to add to their collection of oral history archival material, Ailsa and I were commissioned as fieldwork interns to conduct interviews with …Continue reading →

Summer hours at Old College You’d be forgiven for thinking that the warm weather recently means we’re already in the middle of summer, but as the semester is only just reaching its conclusion we do …Continue reading →

An Afternoon with Esther Inglis: Event Summary This post was written by Jaycee Streeter, Outreach and Communications Intern for the Esther Inglis Project. Jaycee is a History MSc student at the University, with research interests in early …Continue reading →

“Happy Notebooking”; reflections on the Lyell Access and Engagement Programme (LAEP) Over the past five years, the University of Edinburgh has undertaken a transformative programme to catalogue, preserve, and enhance access to the Charles Lyell Collection. This final blog marks a …Continue reading →

LibKey Nomad – one click-link to full-text TAGS: e-books | e-resources | full-text | LibKey Nomad | online resources Have you ever had that frustrating experience of searching on the web and finding a useful resource, but not sure whether the Library has access to it? Searching for academic …Continue reading →

Reconstructing Order: Collaboration and Complexity within Sir Charles Lyell’s Archival Legacy The Sir Charles Lyell Project has technically finished, and our final blogs will offer some guidance for access and future use – BUT – we just want to share a …Continue reading →

Meet the RESP Fieldwork Interns Written by: Katie Shepherd, RESP Fieldwork Intern Hello world! I’m Katie, a Masters student at the University of Edinburgh studying Musicology. In collaboration with Ailsa, a final-year undergraduate student in Ethnology, …Continue reading →