What AI did next : exploring AI’s role in European theological libraries TAGS: AI | cataloguing | conference | theology I was privileged to attend the BETH = Bibliotheques Europeennes de Theologie conference in Stavanger, Norway, 20-23 September 2025, which had the theme of exploring AI’s role in Theological libraries. …Continue reading →

Managing Collections: Edinburgh College of Art TAGS: Archives | Archives Appraisal | cataloguing | Edinburgh College of Art | reboxing | rehousing | university archives One of our largest and most complex collections is that of the Edinburgh College of Art (hereafter named ECA). Transferred to Heritage Collections in 2012 following the merger of the …Continue reading →

Decoloniality and the library (CILIPS Conference 2021) TAGS: cataloguing | decolonialising | information literacy | students | subject headings On 7 June I attended a CILIPS conference session on Decoloniality and the library: the case at Goldsmiths, University of London, by Marilyn Clarke, Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths, University …Continue reading →

February 2020 Journal Club : AI and Metadata TAGS: AI | cataloguing | Discovery | metadata | Theses What do cataloguing and cars have in common? One answer is that developments in artificial intelligence are changing both of them. Our February Journal Club discussed three recent articles about …Continue reading →

October Journal Club : “Unhiding” Special Collections TAGS: cataloguing | digitisation | Discovery | Special Collections Our second meeting of the Journal Club in 2019/20 met on Wednesday 2 October to talk about improving access to Special Collections. Our discussion article was: Marcella Tam (2017) Improving …Continue reading →

An insight into Joseph Joachim’s life and work – Sarah and Devon’s experiences as CRC interns TAGS: Archives | cataloguing | internships | Joseph Joachim | students Earlier this year, our two interns Sarah and Devon spent a few months re-housing and listing the papers of the Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), recently donated to the CRC. …Continue reading →

“Sorry, Foakes Jackson, I am for real”* TAGS: Archives | cataloguing | Judaism | railway history | research | William Fulton Jackson Our colleague, Patrick Murray, has begun work cataloguing the W. F. Jackson collection, initially, as part of the Funk Cataloguing Project. This collection has been at New College for many …Continue reading →

‘In a World full of infinite choice, context – not content – is King’ TAGS: Archives | cataloguing | context | metadata | standards Yesterday we discussed contextual cataloguing in the group. By this I mean creating meaningful catalogues with interconnections, or a web of relationships so that a collection or item is put …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : The Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library TAGS: cataloguing | Free Church of Scotland | Funk | New College Library | Patristics | rare books | Special Collections The Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library is a collection of handsomely bound volumes, particularly rich in patristic and theological texts. The rare books in the collection include Knox’s Liturgy (1611), the …Continue reading →

Once in a blue moon? Surprises in the New College Library stacks … TAGS: astronomy | Books | cataloguing | library catalogue | New College Library | science | twentieth-century | University of Edinburgh The 31st of August is scheduled for a ‘blue moon’ over Scotland. A blue moon traditionally occurs whenever two full moons happen in a single month – an unusual occurence, …Continue reading →