Donate library fines to Book Aid International It is nearly World Book Day! To celebrate it in conjunction with RAG Week, Edinburgh University Library has agreed to donate all library fines paid on Thursday 27th February to Book …Continue reading →

Out of the mouths of babes… Special Visitors at our Cabinet of Curiosities On February 6 the exhibitions team at the Main Library Exhibition Gallery welcomed the P3 and 4’s from Campie Primary School in Musselburgh. …Continue reading →

SCAPE workshop (notes, part 2) Drawing on my notes from the SCAPE (Scalable Preservation Environments) workshop I attended last year, here is a summary of the presentation delivered by Peter May (BL) and the activities that …Continue reading →

New Data Curation Profile: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in Health Rowena Stewart, Academic Support Librarian, Information Services, has contributed a new data curation profile to the DIY RDM Training Kit for Librarians on the MANTRA website. Rowena was one of …Continue reading →

New voices join the St Cecilia’s Hall fundraising canon! A fundraising update by Leisa Thomas, Development Officer Fundraising continues to go from strength to strength and we are delighted to announce three major grants from Scottish Trusts that have …Continue reading →

Building for a New Audience A post by Sarah Deters, Audience Development Assistant, MIMED Why is the St Cecilia’s Hall Redevelopment project so important to Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh (MIMEd)?  There are a number of …Continue reading →

SCAPE workshop (notes, part 1) The aim of the SCAPE workshop was to show participants how to cope with large data volumes by using automation and preservation tools developed and combined as part of the SCAPE …Continue reading →

New acquisition: Further papers of Alexander Craig Aitken TAGS: Alexander Criag Aitken | Archives | mathematics | staff The mathematician, statistician, writer, composer and musician, Alexander Craig Aitken, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 1 April 1895. He was of Scottish descent. He attended Otago Boys’ High …Continue reading →

Come work with us – Data Library Assistant post Data Library Assistant EDINA and Data Library, Information Services £25,759- £29,837 per year Full Time, Fixed Term: 36 months Ref: 022330 The Data Library is working with others in Information …Continue reading →

Searcher Review 2014 TAGS: Discovery | EDS | library resources | Searcher The library is working on a review of Searcher, our branded EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Over the next few months the Library will make a series of changes to Searcher. …Continue reading →