Cemeteries in the 60’s TAGS: 1960's | burials | cemeteries | digitisation | Edinburgh | France | Library | memorials | PhD | rare books | Roman | stele | Theses Iron Age burial excavated at Châlons-sur-Marne, France (Ritchie: 1968) Highlights from the PhD digitisation project Exploring the theme of cemeteries and memorials showcases some of the most visually rich and striking theses …Continue reading →

Lynda.com: now launched! Following its recent ‘soft launch’, Lynda.com, a new service that provides access to an extensive library of high quality video courses in technology, creative and business skills, is now available for …Continue reading →

Cambridge Shakespeare: free book chapters and articles As we mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, Cambridge University Press is offering free chapters from their prestigious books and articles from Shakespeare Survey every month to …Continue reading →

Compressing collections to create more study spaces – update 14 July 2016 Over recent weeks we have been progressing well with our project to compress the Library collections on the 2nd floor. We now have lots of empty shelves (photo below) so …Continue reading →

John Buchan and his ‘Battle of the Somme’ (1916) TAGS: Battle of the Somme | John Buchan (1875-1940) IN HIS WORK BUCHAN FAILED TO TELL HIS READERS THAT THERE HAD BEEN OVER 57,000 CASUALTIES ON THE FIRST DAY ALONE The end of this week sees the 100th anniversary …Continue reading →

Blood Cells and Blizzards in Antarctica TAGS: Adventure | digitisation | history | science | Thesis digitisation project | Travel writing When I picked up a thesis entitled ‘Eosinphils and Stress’ I did not expect to read sentences like the following; ‘The word “Antarctic” has always been associated with cold, death …Continue reading →

Main Library Summer Improvements –Temporary Disruptions to Users The Main Library is embarking on a programme of works to bring significant improvements for library users by increasing the number of study spaces by 350 and providing additional power …Continue reading →

Changes to the existing new journals and new books display As part of the Main Library work over the summer to create additional study spaces for Library users, the existing New Journals and New Books displays on the first floor …Continue reading →

Mass digitisation at the Library Annexe On Wednesday 22 June, Hannah Mateer and I welcomed the KEW attendees to the Library Annexe at South Gyle. Hannah gave a tour of the Annexe space and services while …Continue reading →

A Fond Farewell Friday arrived all too soon and before we knew it the first of our Knowledge Exchangers was having to depart for the airport. After a morning of workshops and metadata …Continue reading →