Crime and punishment in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland: Causes of crime and crime prevention This is the second in our series of posts on crime and punishment in 18th-19th century Scotland. This time we are looking at what the parish reporters thought were the …Continue reading →

Edinburgh hosts international IIIF event TAGS: Conferences | Development | IIIF | Library Jointly with the National Library of Scotland, the University hosted the annual IIIF Showcase and Working Meeting from December 3-6. As consortial members, it was a good opportunity for both …Continue reading →

Dealing With Data 2018: Summary reflections The annual Dealing With Data conference has become a staple of the University’s data-interest calendar. In this post, Martin Donnelly of the Research Data Service gives his reflections on this …Continue reading →

Crime and punishment in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland: Levels and types of crime This is the first post in an exciting new blog series focusing on crime and punishment in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland. During the next few weeks we will be …Continue reading →

New video: the benefits of RDM training A big part of the role of the Research Data Service is to provide a mixture of online and (general/tailored) in-person training courses on Research Data Management (RDM) to all University …Continue reading →

uCreate Studio – open for making! uCreate Studio is the University of Edinburgh’s community makerspace and located in Room 1.12 of the Main Library, and offers equipment, advice, trainng and support to help you make just …Continue reading →

Icky Sticky Tape This week’s blog has been written by Lisa Behrens, a book and paper conservation student from Stuttgart in Germany, who spent four weeks at CRC’s conservation studio earlier this summer. …Continue reading →

Women in Scotland: the poor and women’s health We continue with the theme of women in Scotland, this time focusing on poor women and what society did to help them, and women’s health. Poor women Many parishes reported …Continue reading →

Revealing and Expanding Diversity in our Library Collections: Black History Month 2018 It’s Black History Month, and to celebrate diversity in the University’s collections we now have a new book display in the Main Library foyer. This follows on from the success …Continue reading →

‘Moving forwards towards perfection’: Dunfermline College of Physical Education TAGS: andrew carnegie | carnegie baths | Dunfermline | flora ogston | hockey | Physical Education | Scotland | turkish bath On this day (4th October) in 1905, the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust College of Hygiene and Physical Training (later renamed Dunfermline College of Physical Education) was founded. It was opened by …Continue reading →