Dealing with Data 2015 – Presentations now available On the 31st August, over one hundred researchers from across the breadth of the University of Edinburgh met together in the Informatics Forum to discuss the challenges of dealing with …Continue reading →

Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: June – July 2015 May 2015 saw the end of the current Roadmap period and we are now into a period of consolidating work that has already been done and organising future work for …Continue reading →

Of Pibrochs and Preachers: Music and Folk Culture in the Old Statistical Accounts Perhaps particularly in a post-Christian society it is stereotypes we live with, rather than the nuanced reality of religion. Listening to the thoughts of ministers by reading the Old Statistical …Continue reading →

Data Vault Community Engagement Event Over the next few months we will be hosting a series of workshops, with the aim of engaging with the community to refine the Data Vault platform solution developed so …Continue reading →

LOCH Project at ELPUB 2015!        Last week I attended the 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB 2015), which took place at the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valetta, Malta.  The theme …Continue reading →

L.H.S.A. is A-OK! TAGS: conservation | lothian health services archive Throughout 2015, I have been involved in many different projects within the CRC. However, I have mostly been working with collections from the Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA). Overall I …Continue reading →

Statistical Accounts at the Fringe: Back to the Statistical Future As always, August in Edinburgh is abuzz with lots of exciting theatre and shows. We were delighted to have the opportunity to present our own show again this year, once more …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2015 – Programme Date:                     Monday 31 August 2015, 9:30 – 16:30 Location:             Informatics Forum and Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh Bookings for the Dealing with Data conference are now closed.  The event …Continue reading →

REF Open Access Planning Workshop – 5th August Yesterday the LOCH Project held a workshop at Edinburgh College of Art, looking specifically at issues to do with planning for the implementation of the Open Access requirements in the …Continue reading →

More of Sinclair’s Questions Discovered The first blog about the Statistical Accounts of Scotland service described how in May 1790, Sir John Sinclair wrote to every Church of Scotland Minister in each of the 938 …Continue reading →