Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts TAGS: Archives | staff | students | University History               My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art. I am fortunate to be one of two successful applicants for the position of Archival …Continue reading →

Library Tours for Staff 2024 TAGS: helpdesk | law library | library services | library training | staff | tips | tours Are you a new or existing staff member who would like to find out more about the University’s libraries? Join an Academic Support Librarian on a 20 to 30-minute in-person …Continue reading →

New Data Visualisation Intern TAGS: open science | staff It’s often said that the best way to achieve your goals is to visualise success. But what if visualisation is your goal? Then get someone clever to do it for …Continue reading →

ERASMUS work placement visitor from Germany TAGS: librarians | RDM services | staff My name is Judith Dähne (Daehne). I am the Research Data Support Officer of RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. When I started to think about research data management (RDM) around …Continue reading →

New year, new team members! TAGS: staff The Research Data Support team has had some noteworthy changes in the last few months. Longtime staff member Pauline Ward has embraced a new management role as Data Repository Operations …Continue reading →

Simon Smith joins the Research Data Support Team TAGS: staff It has been a long pandemic, and some bright spots are beginning to appear on the horizon. One of them is that we have a new professional joining our team, …Continue reading →

New Research Data Stewards in post TAGS: research support | staff Very soon we will sadly say goodbye to Gina Geffers, who, along with Sam Hillman, have become our first Research Data Steward veterans. But we are very pleased to welcome …Continue reading →

Edinburgh University Union Committee, 1899 TAGS: alumni | staff We recently acquired this photograph.  It shows the committee which had responsibility for running the University Union, one comprised of both staff and students. We have researched each of the …Continue reading →

The Foundation of Anatomy: Class List of Alexander Monro (primus) TAGS: Alexander Monro primus (1697-1767) | alumni | Anatomy | Archives | staff | students From time to time we ‘rediscover’ items in our collections.  It’s not that we didn’t know we had them; rather that they have not come to anyone’s specific attention within …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 →