‘This Single Song of Two’: Centenary of the Marriage of Edwin and Willa Muir TAGS: Edwin Muir | George Mackay Brown | Willa Muir 7 June 2019 marks the centenary of the marriage of Edwin and Willa Muir, one of Scottish literature’s great creative partnerships. Acclaimed in their own right as poet and novelist …Continue reading →

Research Data Workshops: Electronic Notebooks Summary of Feedback In the spring of this year (March & May) the Research Data Service ran two workshops on Electronic Notebooks (ENs) where researchers from all three colleges were invited to share …Continue reading →

Contributors to the Old Statistical Account: Reverend Doctor James Octavius Playfair (1738-1819) This is the second guest blog post from the independent researcher John Moore, who is writing to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of a number of contributors to …Continue reading →

Salvesen Archive – 50 years at Edinburgh University Library – 1969-2019 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHRISTIAN SALVESEN & CO. ARCHIVE AT CRC – MARITIME TRADING AND WHALING MATERIAL 50 years ago in May 1969 former colleagues of the …Continue reading →

Journey to the Centre of the UCF As a brand new library assistant at the University Collections Facility, the biggest challenge I have faced so far has been learning to navigate this somewhat labyrinthine building. Those bewildering …Continue reading →

New training: Assessing Data Quality and Disclosure Risk in Numeric Data The Research Data Service, in collaboration with the UK Data Service, are running workshops on the theme ‘Assessing Data Quality and Disclosure Risk in Numeric Data’. These hands-on sessions introduce …Continue reading →

China Families – New Genealogy Website by Bristol University This is an edited re-blog of a newsletter from the Scotland-China Association. Were your ancestors out in China? If so, track them with China Families: https://www.chinafamilies.net China Families is directed …Continue reading →

All Change – Body Language project extended until July 2020 We are very pleased to announce that a new project archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, has agreed to take on responsibility for our collaborative Wellcome Research Resource-funded archives project ‘Body Language: movement, …Continue reading →

Patrick Geddes Archives project extended until March 2020 With immediate effect our project archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, will be looking after two collaborative Wellcome Research Resource-funded archive projects.  Elaine will continue to work on our own ‘Evergreen: Patrick Geddes …Continue reading →

The Westminster Confession On Wednesday 8th May 2019, The Church of Scotland is hosting a conference, organised by the Theological Forum.  The conference, Westminster, Confessions and the Church, will run at New College, …Continue reading →