Keeping in with the old One of the delights of the New College Library archives is that it contains information on an array of subjects not just theological or religious topics. This is thanks in …Continue reading →

Compliments of the Season TAGS: Annexe | Christmas | General Collections Did you know that the Christmas card is an English invention? John Calcott Horsley, painter and illustrator designed the very first card for the commission of Sir Henry Cole, the …Continue reading →

IIIF – International Image Interoperability Framework TAGS: Conferences | Development | Digital | IIIF | images | LUNA The adoption of IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) has been gaining momentum over the past few years for digitised images. Adoption of IIIF for serving images allows users to rotate, …Continue reading →

Statistical Accounts Online Service Redevelopment Christmas is coming and, while the goose is getting fat, the Edina elves will be sharing some of the festive traditions described in the accounts on twitter and Facebook. As …Continue reading →

MANTRA @ Melbourne The aim of the Melbourne_MANTRA project was to review, adapt and pilot an online training program in research data management (RDM) for graduate researchers at the University of Melbourne. Based …Continue reading →

Oh Christmas Tree! TAGS: archive | David Laing | Manuscripts | rare books | Special Collections Christmas has well and truly arrived at the Main Library with the installation of a 12 foot Christmas tree. This year we decided to use images from the CRC collections …Continue reading →

Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: August – October 2015 The RDM Roadmap 2.0 has been completed, approved, and published online and work has started on achieving the deliverables. A copy of the Roadmap is publicly available on the RDM …Continue reading →

Cut it out! TAGS: Archives | Covenanters | Gaelic | Manuscripts | Presbyterian I have been making my way through the manuscripts collection in an effort to identify material, see what conservation needs there are and generally acquaint myself with the collections. This …Continue reading →

Home Front – Theatrical group – ‘The Eves’, 1916-1917 AN ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA TELLS THEIR STORY For the war effort, various Home Front groups and organisations produced entertainments to raise funds for the Red Cross and other …Continue reading →

June Baker Trust – Emerging Conservator Grant TAGS: Emerging Conservator | June Baker Trust | survey In this week’s blog post, we hear from Project Conservator, Emily Hick, who recently carried out a self-led continuing professional development project at the CRC, which was funded by the …Continue reading →