Celebrating Success: Lyell’s Offprint Collection Fully Documented Hello, we are interns Claire and Harriet, who have now been working for 5 months on Charles Lyell’s Offprint collection held by Heritage Collections. In our first blog post, we …Continue reading →

Neptune 1820 Convict Ship Voyage Ash Mowat is a volunteer with the Civic Engagement team and in this blog explores the journals of James Mitchell from the 1820 convict ship voyage to New South Wales. …Continue reading →

Music for Esther Inglis: August events The Esther Inglis project has been gathering momentum behind the scenes, with plans now in place for an international colloquium, an online exhibition taking shape, many new digitisations of Esther …Continue reading →

Sir James Young Simpson In light of the upcoming 300th anniversary of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Medicine in 2026, volunteer Ash Mowat looks to the archives to find out about Sir James …Continue reading →

Grand debut into Heritage: A Peek into my Collections Care Assistant Role Isabela Tapia Hernandez The Collections Care Assistant role was created for our students to explore the cultural heritage sector through employment and support their career aspirations post-graduation. This is the …Continue reading →

Reflections on a Journey in Conservation: My Time as a Collections Care Assistant Back in March we welcomed our new Student Collections Care Assistants; Abigail Miskin, Ella Joyce and Isabela Tapia Hernandez. Four months on and it is time to say goodbye and …Continue reading →

RESP Outreach Intern – End of Internship Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern With the launch event completed, my internship was coming toward its end. After six months, I was surprised at how quickly it had gone …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Osmosis We are happy to let you know that the Library has a subscription to Osmosis, a health education platform of 1,800 animated videos and 22,000 integrated practice questions, covering subjects …Continue reading →

Is that Vegan…? Conscious conservation changes during the One Health Project and beyond. By Amanda Dodd, Projects Conservator, Heritage Collections In this week’s blog, Amanda Dodd reviews the work she did on the One Health Project with a particular focus on this use …Continue reading →

Recreating Connections: Exploring Charles Lyell’s Offprint Collection An offprint is a separate printing of a work that originally appeared as part of a larger publication, such as an academic journal, magazine, or edited book. Offprints are used …Continue reading →