The Edinburgh Research Archive is 10 years old! TAGS: edinburgh research archive | open access It may seem strange but back in 2003 Open Access was a relatively new ‘thing’. Prior to 2003 many people still used the term Free Online Scholarship interchangeably with Open …Continue reading →

Library Quality survey – check your inbox! TAGS: LibQUAL | Library | surveys The Library launched the LibQUAL +2013 quality survey today. Check  your inbox! If you have been randomly selected to participate, you will have received an email this morning which contains a link to …Continue reading →

TPDL Conference, Valletta, September 22-26, 2013 The Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries conference (TPDL) was held in Valletta, Malta on 22-26 September, and Digital Development Team manager Claire Knowles got an extra week of summertime …Continue reading →

The Library Quality Survey 2013 TAGS: LibQUAL | Library | survey During October and November (21October- 18 November) the Library will take part in the LibQUAL+ survey.  Complete the survey and you could win an iPad mini. On 21st October undergraduates, …Continue reading →

Issues for research software preservation [Reposted from https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/blog/2013/09/18/research-software-preservation/] Twelve years ago I was working as a research assistant on an EPSRC funded project.  My primary role was to write software that allowed vehicle wiring to be …Continue reading →

The Royal Medical Society publishes new issue Res Medica, the Journal of the Royal Medical Society, founded in 1957 has published its first new issue online using the Library’s Journal Hosting Service. The first new issue features …Continue reading →

RDM in the arts and humanities The tenth Research Data Management Forum (RDMF), organised by DCC was held in St Anne’s College, University of Oxford on 3 and 4 September. Thus follows an account of proceedings, …Continue reading →

First data curation profile created at Edinburgh Following our involvement in the pilot presentation of the “RDM Training for Liaison Librarians” course, and taking inspiration from the existing model at Purdue University in the U.S., three liaison colleagues (Marshall Dozier, Angela Nicholson, Nahad Gilbert) …Continue reading →

The Royal Medical Society publishes journal archives TAGS: journal hosting service | OJS | open access | Open Journal Systems | Res Medica | Royal Medical Society Supported by the Library’s Journal Hosting Service, Res Medica, the Journal of the Royal Medical Society, is publishing its archives online. Res Medica was founded in 1957 with the purpose …Continue reading →

Pretty Things! Yesterday was one of those days that remind me why I love my job. We have been searching out images for use in calendars, cards and prints, and Assistant Rare …Continue reading →