Documenting I.C.28 TAGS: Anatomy | bodysnatchers | bones | Burke | Burke and Hare | Centre for Research Collections | Centre for Research Collections Digital Imaging Unit | CHDS | collections | composite | conservation | crime | cultural heritage | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | Digital Imaging | Edinburgh | edinburgh crime | High Quality Photography | Library | medical history | National Museum of Scotland | photography | Scotland | skeleton | skull | true crime | University of Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh Digital Imaging Unit | University of Edinburgh Library | victorian Last summer, I spent five days photographing the skeleton of William Burke to document recent conservation as a record for future collection care. The remains had been conserved and cleaned …Continue reading →

Righting Letters – Conserving the Lyell Collection TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | conservation | rehousing | SirCharlesLyell | University of Edinburgh Today we have the first installment of a two-part series from Sarah MacLean. Sarah is here on an 8-week internship funded by the NMCT to help with the conservation of …Continue reading →

New home for Edinburgh Research Data Blog! TAGS: blog | data | datablog | Edinburgh | Edinburgh DataShare | Edinburgh DataVault | Edinburgh Research Data Blog | MANTRA | Research Data | Research Data Management | Research Data Service | University of Edinburgh Tempus fugit. This Data Blog, which has been going since 2013 is now moving to Edinburgh University Libraryblogs. This follows the 2018 organisational merger of the Data Library team at …Continue reading →

Semply the Best: A Collection in Need of Some Love TAGS: large scale survey | School of Divinity | Semple Collection | surface cleaning | University of Edinburgh This week’s blog comes from Project Collections Assistants Anna O’Regan, Winona O’Connor and Max Chesnokov who worked with Preventive Conservator Katharine Richardson on a project back in 2019 to survey …Continue reading →

The Christmas Book Flood TAGS: Christmas | UCF | University Collections Facility | University of Edinburgh Here at the UCF, things are feeling firmly festive – the tiny office tree has been bedecked, mince pies are heaped in the break room, and staff are sporting some …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 →

Impact of the War on the University and the Art College TAGS: Edinburgh College of Art | education | First World War | university | University of Edinburgh The following was written by Gillian McDonald, a MSc Scottish Studies intern, who spent some time in early 2013 looking at selected items in the archives of the two institutions …Continue reading →

Spotlight on our Centre for Research Collections TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Archives | Asia | Books | Britain | Centre for Research Collections | correspondence | cultural history | Europe | history | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | medieval | primary source | rare books | social history | Special Collections | Spotlight on | United States | University of Edinburgh On Tuesday 30th January we’ll be holding a Discovery Day event in the Main Library where representatives from 3 publishers of digitised primary source collections and our very own Centre …Continue reading →

New extended opening hours for New College Library in 2018 TAGS: New College Library | students | University of Edinburgh Students told us that they were finding it hard to access course readings held at New College Library because the library opening hours were more limited than other University Library …Continue reading →

Printmaking: Identification, Preservation and Creation TAGS: art | Edinburgh | festival of museums | linocut | Printmaking | University of Edinburgh Immerse yourself in all things print! Join our conservators, Emily and Katharine, for an evening of preservation and printmaking. For centuries artists have been using different printing techniques to depict …Continue reading →