Home University of Edinburgh Library Essentials
April 26, 2024
ICOM UK 2023 TAGS: anti-racism | conference | Decolonisation | ICOMUK2023 Today’s blog comes from Collections Registrar Morven Rodger, reflecting on the 2023 ICOM UK Conference in Glasgow, addressing legacies of colonialism nationally and internationally. In August 2018, while on a …Continue reading →
New! Kenya and Zimbabwe under colonial rule, in Government reports TAGS: 20th century | African Studies | Archives | Black history | colonial studies | databases | Decolonisation | history | International Relations | new | online resources | Politics | primary sources | Social & Political Sciences I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to two digital primary source collections covering colonial rule in African countries in the 20th century. The two …Continue reading →
New to the Library – Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa (Aluka) TAGS: 20th century | Africa | Apartheid | Archives | Black history | correspondence | databases | Decolonisation | history | journals | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history I’m happy to let you know that following a request from a member of HCA staff the Library now has a subscription to the digital primary resource Struggles for Freedom: …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Rediscovering the Poetry of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, a 19th-Century Edinburgh Writer and Musician
Today we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...
The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together
In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training...
