Meeting the challenges facing ecclesiastical libraries TAGS: Divinity | partnership working | rare books BETH are a European group of national organisations representing librarians working in theological college, seminary, Church and monastic libraries. Solo librarians or librarians working in small teams are characteristic of …Continue reading →

Digital Witness TAGS: Church of Scotland | Divinity | Free Church | Hugh Miller | new college | Presbyterian | The Witness Newspaper We have started digitising The Witness newspaper! This twice weekly newspaper was created by the Church of Scotland in 1840 and edited by Hugh Miller (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Miller ), an influential …Continue reading →

Finding Resources: Subject Guides TAGS: Archaeology | biology | Business | Chemistry | classics | cultures | databases | digital skills | DiscoverEd | Divinity | e-books | e-journals | e-resources | ECA | Economics | Engineering | GeoSciences | Health in Social Science | history | Informatics | information literacy | Language Sciences | languages | Library | literatures | Medicine | Moray House | online resources | Philosophy | Physics | psychology | social and political science | student blog | subject guides | Veterinary medicine Where to start? Following on from my general tips for finding resources and navigating the online library, this blog post will cover why you should check out Subject Guides, and …Continue reading →

New College marks its 175th Anniversary with online exhibition  TAGS: Archives | Divinity | nineteenth-century | photographs | twentieth-century   It all began with The Disruption. Not 2020’s lockdown but The Disruption of 1843 when ministers and elders left the Church of Scotland to set up the Free Church of Scotland. …Continue reading →

New College Library is moving! TAGS: Divinity | New College Library Outside the David Hume Tower A major Estates project means that we must move the New College Library collections and services. What this means for you • New College Library …Continue reading →

Digital Resource trials for Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies May 2018 TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | greek | HCA | Hebrew | Jewish We have four new digital resource trials for Biblical Studies this month. They’re all accessible from the E-resource trials web page. Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts offers …Continue reading →

Martin Luther in his own words #Reformation500 TAGS: church history | Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century Today the School of Divinity will mark 500 years since Martin Luther nailed the Ninety Five Theses to the door of Wittemberg Church with a public lecture from Durham University’s …Continue reading →

Welcome to New College Library 2017 #edwelcome TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | students | welcome A big welcome to all students starting and returning to the University of Edinburgh, at the beginning of Welcome Week 2016. We’re looking forward to meeting you. To help you …Continue reading →

Reading the Reformation : Philipp Melanchthon TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) was born on 16 February 1497, to become a Greek scholar and Protestant theologian, and a powerful force in Reformation debate. A colleague of Luther’s at the University …Continue reading →

Reading the Reformation : John Fisher TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics New College Library’s collections provide a rich resource for and about Reformation theology and its readers. One of these readers was John Fisher  [St John Fisher] (c.1469–1535), bishop of Rochester, cardinal, and martyr …Continue reading →