Finding Deaf Lives in the Statistical Accounts of Scotland, 1791-1845 ‘As recently as the 1970s, deaf history did not exist,’ writes John Vickery Van Cleve (Deaf History Unveiled, 2002), pointing out how, until recently, the history of deaf people and …Continue reading →

Bridging Gaps at the British Museum TAGS: collections | Conferences | Development | Digital | Library The overwhelming setting of the British Museum played host to this year’s Museums Computer Group “Museums and the Web” Conference, and as usual, a big turnout from museums institutions all …Continue reading →

Jisc Data Vault update Posted on behalf of Claire Knowles Research data are being generated at an ever-increasing rate. This brings challenges in how to store, analyse, and care for the data. Part of …Continue reading →

Research Data Alliance – report from the 6th Plenary The Research Data Alliance or RDA is growing about as fast as the data all around us. It got off the ground in 2012 with the support of major research …Continue reading →

Concert to raise money for St Cecilia’s Hall Redevelopment Bacchus is a pow’r divine…! is a fundraising concert starring Andrew Kennedy, Winner of the Song Prize in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (2005), which promotes the University of …Continue reading →

(VIDEO) Back to the Statistical Future A few weeks ago, we took the Statistical Accounts to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the Beltane network’s Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas. Board member Helen Aiton and EDINA’s Nicola Osborne wrote and presented …Continue reading →

Where’s Dolly? Another metadata game TAGS: crowdsourcing | dolly the sheep | Library | library labs | Metadata Games | roslin | science on a plate | Towards Dolly The Towards Dolly project, showcasing research from genetics at the Roslin Institute, has helped surface lots of interesting material within the library, not least at the current exhibition. One of …Continue reading →

From Devon to Bombay: F.A.E. Crew’s war Francis Albert Eley Crew (1886-1973) had a distinguished career at the University of Edinburgh as director of the Institute of Animal Genetics and Buchanan Professor of Animal Genetics, and later …Continue reading →

LOCH Project Update – September 2015 The three partners in the LOCH Project have all had busy few months, using the Summer to gear up for Open Access implementation in the new semester.   Events In …Continue reading →

Encouraging ‘deposit on acceptance’ by email Earlier this year we published a report “A year in the life of Open Access support: continuous improvement at University of St Andrews” which described development of our OA support …Continue reading →