RDM Training for Undergraduate Students RDM Training for Undergraduate Students The Research Data Service at the University of Edinburgh provides research data support and training for staff and postgraduate students. Yet, over the last year …Continue reading →

Ban Dainagon Ekotob : a premium replica of the late 12th-century Japanese emakimono (picture scroll) TAGS: japan | Japanese The Library has just purchased a beautiful reproduction of a late 12th-century Japanese emakimono (絵巻) – a set of 3 illustrated narrative picture scrolls called Ban Dainagon Ekotob (伴大納言絵詞 The …Continue reading →

The Edinburgh School of Social Study and Training Foundations: Social work training at the University of Edinburgh has gone through several guises since it was first taught in 1918.  Initially it was established as the Edinburgh School of …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019- Call for Contributions *Deadline Extended* TAGS: Collaboration | conference | Dealing with Data | DwD2019 *We have had several requests for an extension to the submission deadline, so, we have decided to extend it until 12 noon on Friday 11th October!* Dealing with Data 2019 …Continue reading →

‘Body Language’ exhibition launches to resounding gong! Project archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, dances us through the magic of the ‘Body Language’ exhibition launch. A sudden booming and magical gong hushed invited guests.  Its exotic timbre reverberated throughout the …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Data Safe Haven: a new facility for sensitive data Information Services has implemented a remote-access “Safe Haven” environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about the University’s secure management and processing of …Continue reading →

Connecting with Patrick Geddes and friends: the intern experience Phew!  That was a fast 8 weeks! As our archive cataloguing project intern, Sorina Mihai, nears the end of her internship, we invited her to share the highs and lows …Continue reading →

IIIF Conference, Göttingen, June 2019 TAGS: Archives | Conferences | Development | IIIF | Manuscripts | Museums The Western European heatwave coincided perfectly with this year’s IIIF Conference in Göttingen, causing many a delegate to hastily clamour to the thrift stores to obtain more appropriate attire for …Continue reading →

Movers and Shakers Movers and Shakers by Madeleine Leisk CC BY-NC   Summer is the time when our day-to-day service at the University Collections Facility is at its quietest. The undergraduate cohort has …Continue reading →

Introducing Whiiif – Full text searching across image-based collections TAGS: API | collections | Development | digital scholarship | IIIF | images | library labs | OCR | open source | technology | whiiif Background For historical collections digitisation projects inside the library, we are increasingly looking to provide OCR transcriptions of the documents alongside the digital images. In many cases, this can enhance …Continue reading →