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April 7, 2026
Instruments decanted
All of the instruments have now been safely decanted from St Cecilia’s Hall. Under Jonathan and Darryl’s watchful gaze, the men from Constantine worked carefully and finished ahead of schedule.
Most of the keyboard instruments are now safely in store and we are grateful to colleagues in Special Collections for sharing their space with us. A couple of the smaller instruments will be slotted in at the Reid Concert Hall Museum so that our keyboards are not completely out of sight during redevelopment. Many thanks to all for making this stage of the process go smoothly.
The Euphonicon was perhaps the hardest instrument to get out as it is both tall and extremely heavy.
Opportunity Knocks…
We have been very pleased to welcome some new faces to the conservation studio over the past month – we now have two new conservation volunteers, Olivia and Collette, and our CRC Graduate Trainee, Alice, who have been spending one-day a week with us in conservation. They have all been doing a fantastic job with their current project of surface cleaning and re-housing a series of Library Correspondence, dating from the 1930-40s, from the University’s Archive Collection. You will be able to read more about their work and their own perspective on their time in the studio in an upcoming blog post.
Our volunteer, Olivia, busy surface cleaning and rehousing the University’s Library Correspondence.
We are excited to be able to add further to this bustle of activity – we are now advertising a 10-week conservation internship at the Centre for Research Collections. This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified, or soon-to-be qualified, paper conservator to further their experience in their chosen field, as well as gain wider experience of working in the Special Collections and higher education sectors.
The successful intern with have the opportunity to work on the University of Edinburgh’s Thomson-Walker Collection; a collection of some 2500 prints bequeathed to the University by Sir John William Thomson-Walker (1871-1937), an eminent surgeon and print collector. This internship will see the prestigious print collection assessed for its conservation and storage requirements, with the first phase of appropriate treatment undertaken.
This is a particularly exciting time for us in the studio, not only to have an important collection receive conservation attention, but to also to have the chance to pass on valuable experience and skills to those who are just beginning their conservation careers.
To read more about the conservation internship, please visit: http://www.ed.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.154060!/fileManager/Thomson-Walker%20Internship%20Advert.pdf
If you wish to apply, please get your applications sent in by 28th November!
Post by Emma Davey, Conservation Officer
Trial – Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online
We have trial access to the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online until the 11th December.
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique work that brings together the latest research from across a range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of Ancient Greek. It is an indispensable research tool for scholars and students of Greek, of linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature.
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A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.
Trial – IMD World Competitiveness Online
We have trial access to IMD World Competitiveness Online until the 13th December.
World Competitiveness Online is a unique and comprehensive database on the competitiveness of nations. It includes an 19-year time series from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report published by IMD since 1989.
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A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.
Loeb Classical Library Online – new e-book collection
Following a very successful trial we have now subscribed to the Loeb Classical Library.
The Digital Loeb Classical Library contains more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek and English texts aiming to be a virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin Literature, epic and lyric poetry, history, travel, philosophy and oratory, medical writers and mathematicians, and the Church Fathers who make particular use of pagan culture. Readers can browse, search, bookmark, annotate and use a Greek keyboard.
Access is available from our E-books A-Z lists as well as from several of our subject A-Z lists. Individual records for each of the e-books will be made available in the new year once the publisher makes available catalogue records.
Trial – Cambridge Law Reports
We have trial access to Cambridge Law Reports until the 12th January.
Cambridge Law Reports offers fast and easy access to key reports, including the content of the leading International Law Reports series. The database provides users with extensive search options and a unique browse feature to quickly find required content using variables such as keyword, the parties involved, judge’s name, court or year of case.
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A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.
Trial – Punch Historical Archive
We have trial access to Punch Historical Archive until the 6th December.
From 1841 to 1992 Punch was the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire – imitated, parodied and pirated from America to India and Japan.
The Punch Historical Archive will allow users to navigate and search all issues, seasonal numbers and almanacks of this iconic publication, providing a unique insight into the politics, culture and society of the 19th and 20th centuries
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A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.
Trial – Oxford Reports on International Law
We have trial access to Oxford Reports on International Law until the 31st March.
Oxford Reports on International Law brings together decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts, and ad hoc tribunals. In this resource, the full scope of international case law is available in one place, accompanied by expert analysis and cross-case navigation via the Oxford Law Citator. New cases are added daily, making Oxford Reports on International Law the most up-to-date source of international case law available.
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Photographing the Josephine Baker Bronze by Eduardo Paolozzi
An exciting new exhibition on the 6th floor of the main library in the Centre for Research Collections opens on the 13th November 2014 and runs until 27th of February 2015. The exhibition will include a selection of Edinburgh Universities collection of Paolozzi plaster maquettes which are wonderful three dimensional drawings of his ideas. The Digital Imaging Unit was tasked to photograph the Josephine Baker Bronze to coincide with this exhibition. We have produced a short day in the life film of the Digital Imaging Unit at work on the Paolozzi Bronze which you can see below. A larger better quality version is available by clicking the vimeo link below the film.
I first became aware of Paolozzi through an exhibition held at the Royal Scottish Academy for the Edinburgh 1984 International Festival called "Recurring Themes” , I still own the catalogue. His work and life made a lasting impression on me as a young man. The early collage work blew my mind and the way he fed pop culture back to ourselves dismantled and rearranged raising questions about pop culture itself was remarkable. Read More
Trial – World Newspaper Archive
We have trial access to the World Newspaper Archive until the 12th December.
Please see the SPS Librarian blog post for full details.
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