{"id":11,"date":"2016-02-09T11:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T11:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:28:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2016\/02\/Librarians_are_human_lego_librarian_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Librarians_are_human_lego_librarian_cropped\" width=\"349\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>HCA Librarian blog has now moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/<\/a> on the University of Edinburgh&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blogs.ed<\/a>.<br \/>\nThis HCA Librarian blog, on the LibraryBlogs site, is no longer being updated. So to keep up to date please go to the new HCA Librarian blog at <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the HCA Librarian blog. I\u2019m Caroline Stirling and I am the Academic Support Librarian for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA).<\/p>\n<p>In this blog I plan to highlight new and existing Library resources for HCA, including both online and print resources. To let you know about trial access to new e-resources and any major updates or changes in the Library\u2019s services, policies or resources. To promote some of the Library exhibitions and events that may be of interest. And hopefully shed light on some of the interesting and unique collections at the University Library.<\/p>\n<p>As Academic Support Librarian for HCA my role is to provide library support for teaching, learning and research within the School, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>facilitating communication between the Library and the School<\/li>\n<li>providing information skills training to HCA students and staff as required<\/li>\n<li>advising HCA staff and students on Library policies and procedures<\/li>\n<li>overseeing the School\u2019s annual Library funds and collections development<\/li>\n<li>providing support to online distance learning students as well as campus-based students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am also currently the Academic Support Librarian for the School of Social &amp; Political Science (SPS), as a job-share.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact me at <a href=\"mailto:caroline.stirling@ed.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caroline.stirling@ed.ac.uk<\/a><br \/>\nOr you can follow me on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCAlibrarian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HCAlibrarian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HCA Librarian blog has now moved to https:\/\/blogs.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/ on the University of Edinburgh&#8217;s blogs.ed. This HCA Librarian blog, on the LibraryBlogs site, is no longer being updated. So to keep up to date please go to the new HCA Librarian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7dF2q-b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4102,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/4102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}