Graveyards and ghosts in web archiving TAGS: Digital Preservation | halloween | International Digital Preservation Day | web archiving October 1969 was a busy month. Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired for the first time; Steve McQueen, Trey Parker and PJ Harvey were born; and on a dark, dark night …Continue reading →

Halloween Highland Superstitions TAGS: halloween | UCF | University of Edinburgh The day of Halloween is upon us and here at the UCF we’re marking the occasion the only way we know how…with some seriously spooky books! A quick click through …Continue reading →

Annexehalloween 2014 TAGS: Annexe | halloween | Library Annexe | staff Previous pumpkin carving competitions at the Library Annexe have proved popular and we always enjoy the opportunity to flex our creative muscles during our lunch breaks. As such, the annual …Continue reading →

A few words on witchcraft from New College Library TAGS: halloween | witchcraft There’s a new display in the New College Library entrance of some of our historic publications that explore the world of witchcraft. These include: Scot, Reginald. The discovery of witchcraft …Continue reading →

Science From The Tomb… TAGS: ancient egypt | beatty | Edinburgh | genetics | halloween | institute of animal genetics | mummies | reproductive physiology It’s nearly Hallowe’en, when spooky subjects are foremost in our minds. An ideal time, then, to look at some rather unusual correspondence from the Richard Alan Beatty archive about Egyptian mummies! At first …Continue reading →