Author: <span>CHDS</span>

Library

I have been volunteering with the Digital Imaging Unit for about a year, during which time I have been researching and adding metadata to their digital collection, as well as…

Archive Collections Edinburgh College of Art School of Biological Sciences School of History, Classics and Archaeology

The Digital Imaging Unit recently had the mechanical calculating machine from the Godfrey Thomson Project to photograph. The calculator has this beautifully resolved logo which struck me as a little…

Museum Collections School of History, Classics and Archaeology School of Mathematics

Over the years several Darwin originals have made their way to us for photography- a handwritten sheet from the manuscript of ‘On the Origin of Species’, his class cards, letters…

Archive Collections Book Collections School of Biological Sciences School of Geosciences School of History, Classics and Archaeology

More Religious pamphlets for the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) came our way this week, mostly from New College Library. I always find the titles so fascinating, and some of…

Book Collections School of Divinity School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Edinburgh College of Art News

Have you been doing too much of this recently? And started the year with a splitting headache… Or maybe you got stranded by the winter storms…. And had to be…

Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh Medical School News School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Recently the Digital Imaging Unit were asked to photograph all 8 illustrations from the book of the Apocalypse in Anton Koberger’s German Bible of 1483.  Shelf-mark Inc.45.2.  I have selected…

Book Collections Edinburgh College of Art Library Manuscript Collections School of Divinity School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Last week I was sent a wonderful book, Deletrix – a collaboration between the artist Joan Fontcuberta, Catalan PEN and Arts Santa Mònica and it explores censorship and violence done…

Book Collections Edinburgh College of Art Manuscript Collections School of Divinity School of History, Classics and Archaeology School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures School of Social and Political Science

The new Library and University 2014 calendar is now on sale. This year’s theme is Bygone Edinburgh, with all images coming from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. Highlights include…

Edinburgh College of Art Library News