The ‘Z’ Factor : New College Library’s rediscovered Special Collections TAGS: cataloguing | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh | Funk | library catalogue | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh | Z Collection What are Special Collections? At New College Library we have Special Collections of books, archives  and manuscripts and a small collection of portraits and objects. Much of the book collections have …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : The Dumfries Presbytery Library TAGS: cataloguing | Church of Scotland | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | John Howard | New College Library | rare books | research | Special Collections The Dumfries Presbytery Library is a collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books that was first documented in 1710, with the acceptance of a substantial donation of books from Dr John Hutton. It …Continue reading →

Studying away from Edinburgh over the summer? TAGS: Divinity | inter-library loans | New College Library | research | SCONUL | students | summer | University of Edinburgh If you’re a School of Divinity student moving away from Edinburgh over the summer but continuing to work on your thesis, you’ll be thinking about how to obtain the library …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – June TAGS: Books | Catholic | library catalogue | New College Library | students New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. Currently in the display is …Continue reading →

Researching the motherhood of God TAGS: Church of Scotland | Divinity | hymnbooks | New College Library | research | Theology & Ethics The School of Divinity at New College hosts a colloquium on June 7, 1:00 – 4:30 on Women, Language, and Worship in the Church of Scotland – see the blog or facebook …Continue reading →

New College Library Stack 1 Closure from 14 June TAGS: New College Library | research | students  Stack I is due to be redecorated this summer, and an early warning system for flooding is also being installed in all three Stack floors. To enable these works Stack …Continue reading →

Finding New College theses on the online catalogue TAGS: library catalogue | New College Library | PhD | research | Theses | University of Edinburgh In response to your questions, here’s some tips for finding New College theses on the University of Edinburgh Library catalogue. Personally, I find using the Aquabrowser version of the catalogue …Continue reading →

Summer days at New College Library … and Hymnology collections TAGS: Funk | hymnbooks | hymns | New College Library | Special Collections Summer has arrived!  The weather forecast says 12 degrees today –  but it feels much warmer. The School of Divinity’s exams are over, and the bustle of last week’s General Assembly …Continue reading →

Medieval manuscript on display at New College Library … TAGS: Archives | medieval | New College Library | rare books | Special Collections Now on display at New College Library : the Athanasii Opuscula. This fifteenth century Italian medieval manuscript has a beautiful painted and gold tooled frontispiece and a neat humanistic script. In the …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : the Pamphlets Collection TAGS: Church of Scotland | Funk | New College Library | Pamphlets | research | Special Collections  “… but that religious pamphlets, especially if they had a shade of allegory in them,  were the very rage of the day.”[1] In the days before radio, television and instant …Continue reading →