Searcher: BIG change The Library is working on a review of Searcher, our branded EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). We are making some changes which we hope improves your experience of using Searcher. Default …Continue reading →

Code4Lib Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Code4Lib conference taking place in Raleigh, North Carolina. To quote from their website, Code4Lib “is a volunteer-driven collective of hackers, designers, …Continue reading →

University of Edinburgh Open Access update: March 2014 TAGS: "open access" "article processing fees" As of 31st March there are approximately 76,800 records in our Current Research Information System (PURE), of which 16,795 have open access documents available to the general public (22% open …Continue reading →

Writing the North: manuscripts travel to Shetland Special Collections has loaned five manuscripts to Shetland Museum and Archives for their new exhibition, “Writing the North”, which celebrates the literature of Orkney and Shetland.  This exhibition is part …Continue reading →

ST CECILIA’S HALL SUCCESSFUL WITH HLF ROUND 2 FUNDING The transformation of Scotland’s oldest purpose built concert hall into a centre of excellence for the study, display and enjoyment of historic musical instruments has taken a major step forward …Continue reading →

Fifty Years, Fifty Books Opening: 28 March 2014 | Where: Exhibition Gallery, Main Library, George Square | Closing: 14 June 2014 | Curated by: Dr. Joseph Marshall, University of Edinburgh 1962 to 2012 – Fifty Years and Fifty …Continue reading →

Searcher Review 2014: Refine your search TAGS: Discovery | Limiters | Searcher | Searcher Review When you use Searcher, you’ll  usually return a large amount of results.  The limiters on the right of the screen make it easy for you to refine your search results. …Continue reading →

New Data Curation Profiles: Edinburgh College of Art Jane Furness, Academic Support Librarian, Edinburgh College of Art, has contributed two new data curation profiles to the DIY RDM Training Kit for Librarians on the MANTRA website. One data …Continue reading →

New journal publishes using library service: Journal of Lithic Studies TAGS: journal hosting service | journals | OJS | opean access | Open Journal Systems | publishing The Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of Lithic Studies. The Journal of Lithic Studies is published online by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology …Continue reading →

Access To Research – A Public Library Initiative TAGS: finch report | open access | public library [This post first appeared online at The Informed Blog and is re-posted here with their kind permission. Since it is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license it doesn’t …Continue reading →