“An epoch in history” – Charles Lyell in Nova Scotia 1842 TAGS: Archives | Archives Digitisation | Centre for Research Collections | collections | Earth Science | Geology | Image Collections | Nova Scotia | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) We are delighted to welcome Tim Fedak – a Curator and Palaeontologist based at Nova Scotia Museum – to our blog! Tim has been waiting ever so patiently for access …Continue reading →

Since her last blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle has been getting to work assessing and conserving the bound volumes from the R(D)SVS and OneKind archives. In this blog, she explains …Continue reading →

Considering labels TAGS: Archives | Centre for Research Collections | Earth Science | Fossils | Geology | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) | Specimens | Student Experience | University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections The Cockburn Geological Museum at the Grant Institute holds an extensive collection of over 130,000 geological specimens that reflect the whole spectrum of earth science materials, including minerals, rocks and …Continue reading →

Witchcraft, Waulking & Will-o’-the-Wisps – Exploring the Maclagan Manuscripts Have you ever been stuck for a good nursery rhyme to tell your kids? Or needed a cure for a headache that just will not go away? Or perhaps you’ve found …Continue reading →

Welcome and welcome back! Hello, and if this is your first time visiting the Law Librarian Blog, we’re glad you made it! This is where we  post updates about training, resources, library access and …Continue reading →

Student Interns Capture ‘The Student’ In February 2022, PhD students Vesna Curlic and Ash Charlton began their digitisation internships in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s Library and University Collections and the Centre for Data, …Continue reading →

My Experience as a DAMS Metadata Intern My name is Muminah and I’m about to enter my final year of studying Computer Science and Maths. For the past couple of months I’ve worked as a Digital Asset …Continue reading →

An Interesting Introduction to One Health In today’s blog we hear from our new Project Conservator, Mhairi Boyle. Mhairi recently finished a maternity cover post conserving the CRC’s Special Collections and is very excited to be …Continue reading →

Bearing Witness: The Pre-Digitisation Conservation Treatment of The Witness, Part 2 Today we have the second instalment of a two-part series by Projects Conservator Mhairi Boyle. Mhairi spent April 2022 working on The Witness, a collection of Edinburgh-based newspapers held by …Continue reading →

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside The library has access to a new collection from JSTOR. American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside. The first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated person was …Continue reading →