New research data management tool on one-year trial: protocols.io Information Services aims to offer a research data service that meets most of the data lifecycle needs of the majority of UoE researchers without interfering with their freedom to choose …Continue reading →

LLC related database trials There are quite a few database trials going on at the moment that are relevant to subject areas in the LLC School. The trials can be accessed from the Library’s …Continue reading →

Research Data Service achieves ISO 27001 accreditation for Data Safe Haven facility Following a five day on-site audit by Lloyd’s Register, the Information Security Management System (ISMS) which forms the basis for the Data Safe Haven facility for University of Edinburgh researchers …Continue reading →

Collaborating on data in a modern way Between mid-September and mid-October, the Research Data Support team hosted an international visitor. Dr Tamar Israeli, a librarian from Western Galilee College in Israel, spent four weeks in Edinburgh to increase her …Continue reading →

Conserving the Mackinnon Collection TAGS: Conservation Internship | Mackinnon collection | National Manuscript Conservation Trust This week, Claire Hutchison describes the start of her eight-week internship working to conserve the Mackinnon collection… I am four weeks into my internship at the CRC and absolutely loving …Continue reading →

A narrative on the whaling industry: as told through a whale catch log-book and other items in the Salvesen Archive TAGS: factory-ship | log-books | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive | whaling WHALING AS TOLD THROUGH A CATCH LOG-BOOK – THE FANGST DAGBOK of SOUTHERN HARVESTER, SEASON 1948-49, A FLOATING FACTORY OPERATED BY THE SOUTH GEORGIA CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF CHRISTIAN SALVESEN …Continue reading →

Three Decades @ the Crossroads of IP, ICT and Law conference At the beginning of the month, the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), part of the Faculty of Law of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium, celebrated …Continue reading →

Research Data Workshops: DataVault Summary Having soft-launched the DataVault facility in early 2019, the Research Data Support team -with the support of the project board – held five workshops in different colleges and locations to …Continue reading →

FORCE2019         From 15th – 17th October, Library & University Collections played host to FORCE2019 – a leading international conference bringing together an interdisciplinary group of professionals interested …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019 – Registration now open! Collaboration Across the Nations: Managing, sharing and securing research data across space and time UPDATE – DwD 2019 Postponed Due to the strike action which is scheduled to happen on …Continue reading →