Thesis scanning project: six months in! TAGS: digitisation | PhD | thesis Friday 28 October marked the end of the first quarter of the Library’s PhD digitisation project, with over 3,000 theses scanned to date. After a challenging first few months, the …Continue reading →

Destructive scanning of duplicate theses TAGS: destructive | digitisation | Kodak | Theses Hello, I’m Pete Marsden one of the digitisation assistants working out at the Gyle in West Edinburgh, and this is what I get up to…….. Here is a sneak peek …Continue reading →

What The Copibook Saw TAGS: 1850's | 1910's | 1960's | Copibook | digitisation | Edinburgh | PhD | time-lapse | youtube

Cemeteries in the 60’s TAGS: 1960's | burials | cemeteries | digitisation | Edinburgh | France | Library | memorials | PhD | rare books | Roman | stele | Theses Iron Age burial excavated at Châlons-sur-Marne, France (Ritchie: 1968) Highlights from the PhD digitisation project Exploring the theme of cemeteries and memorials showcases some of the most visually rich and striking theses …Continue reading →

Blood Cells and Blizzards in Antarctica TAGS: Adventure | digitisation | history | science | Thesis digitisation project | Travel writing When I picked up a thesis entitled ‘Eosinphils and Stress’ I did not expect to read sentences like the following; ‘The word “Antarctic” has always been associated with cold, death …Continue reading →

PhD thesis digitisation project begins! TAGS: digitisation | Library Annexe | Project | Theses Stock take completed, equipment purchased and staff in place: the digitisation of the Library’s PhD thesis collection has begun! In January 2016 we secured funding to complete the digitisation of …Continue reading →

1,000 Science and Engineering PhD theses added to ERA TAGS: digitisation | ERA | kb | theses. thesis In the Library’s largest ever one-off digitisation project, L&UC have been working with RedRock, a scanning company and member of the supported business framework, to digitise and make available on-line …Continue reading →

Beautiful Bindings TAGS: Annexe | digitisation | ERA | Library Annexe | thesis As part of our Thesis Scanning Service, when we come across a request for a thesis that has beautiful binding we make sure to scan and include these images in …Continue reading →