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 →

New acquisition: Further papers of Alexander Craig Aitken TAGS: Alexander Criag Aitken | Archives | mathematics | staff The mathematician, statistician, writer, composer and musician, Alexander Craig Aitken, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 1 April 1895. He was of Scottish descent. He attended Otago Boys’ High …Continue reading →