Upcoming Dealing with Data Conference and RDM Service Launch The Edinburgh RDM team is a-buzz this week with preparations for the launch of our services, which will be carried out by the University’s Principal, Sir Timothy O’Shea in the …Continue reading →

Pop up Library TAGS: pop up library We’re taking over and making over a currently empty area in the Main Library to create a space which gives teams from across Information Services the chance to engage with …Continue reading →

Art Collections go hi-res! The launch of the collections.ed.ac.uk public interface in May was a big success story in itself, but a bullet point below this was that it featured the first ever web …Continue reading →

Edinburgh supports trial data publication I recently read in a Sense about Science tweet that a lone student asked the Principal of the University of Edinburgh if it would join the AllTrials Campaign and it …Continue reading →

A University Library as a Publisher – Workshop, Discussion and SWOT Analysis     The Repository Fringe, an event which has become renowned for its informal, ‘un-conference’ approach and its friendly atmosphere, was held at the University of Edinburgh 30th & 31st …Continue reading →

RDM Roadmap: Completion of Phase 1 The Research Data Management (RDM) Programme is well underway with planning and pilot activity (phase 0 of the RDM Roadmap), and initial roll-out of primary services (phase 1) completed. Services …Continue reading →

New data curation profile in History Margaret Forrest, Academic Liaison Librarian for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, is the latest to contribute a data curation profile. She has interviewed researcher Graham J. Black, who …Continue reading →

Employ.Ed Hidden Collections Intern – Weeks 7 to 8 It is all over now! Or at least, very soon now. The 8 weeks flew past, my internship is nearly over and now all that is left is to take …Continue reading →

Procuring a new Library Management Platform Library staff activity and recent developments Over the past few months, staff in the Library have been compiling requirements for the new library management platform, to replace our current Voyager …Continue reading →

Welcome to the new Research Data Management Service Coordinator: Stuart Macdonald We welcome Stuart Macdonald to the position of Research Data Management Service Coordinator, as a 1-year secondment for the current post-holder. Stuart will continue the work of developing the research …Continue reading →