Cataloguing the correspondence of Thomas Nelson & Sons (cont.) Cataloguing the correspondence of Thomas Nelson & Sons (cont.) Our intern Isabella has now finished her 10-week placement at the CRC, during which she was box-listing part of the records …Continue reading →

FAIR dues to the Research Data Alliance It has been a while since we’ve blogged about the Research Data Alliance (RDA), and as an organisation it has come into its own since its beginnings in 2013. One …Continue reading →

Contributors to the Old Statistical Account: Reverend John Clunie (1757-1819) 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the death of a number of contributors to the Old Statistical Accounts. This provides a perfect opportunity to discover those who wrote the actual …Continue reading →

Board Games at Break                                                   Playful Engagement by Madeleine Leisk …Continue reading →

Open Science Conference 2019 This week, I attended the International Open Science Conference in Berlin.  I attended this event last year, and found it so inspiring, I was keen to attend again this year.  …Continue reading →

Crime and punishment in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland: Prisons This is the last post in our series on crime and punishment in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland, this time focusing on prisons. In the Statistical Accounts there is a …Continue reading →

Archives Internship Opportunity We are delighted to be able to offer an 8-week, archive cataloguing project internship opportunity, working with the Wellcome Research Resource-funded archive project ‘Evergreen: Patrick Geddes and the Environment in …Continue reading →

Research Data Workshop Series 2019 Over the spring of 2019 the Research Data Service (RDS) is holding a series of workshops with the aim of gathering feedback and requirements from our researchers on a number …Continue reading →

DwD2018 – Videos now on Media Hopper Dealing with Data 2018 was once again a great success in November last year with over 100 university staff and Post-Graduate students joining us to hear presentations on topics as …Continue reading →

To the city, in the city, for the city: Patrick Geddes in India TAGS: Edinburgh Global | University of Edinburgh Go Abroad | University of Mumbai Our project archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, travels to India later this week to deliver presentations at the CEPT Archives (Architecture, Planning and Design) in Ahmedabad, and at the ARTISANS’ gallery in …Continue reading →