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Digitising the Bulletin TAGS: | | | | “The University of Edinburgh Bulletin (EUA IN1/PUB/4) is the institution’s internal magazine, covering news from around the University.  It was established in 1964, succeeding the University of Edinburgh Gazette which …Continue reading →

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Reflectance (Transformation Imaging) Reflections TAGS: | | | Reflectance Transformation Imaging, or RTI as it is more commonly known, is described as ‘a computational photographic method that captures a subject’s surface shape and color and enables the interactive …Continue reading →

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Getting to Grips with Goobi on the Lyell Albums TAGS: | | | | If you have been following the CHDS blog for the past few years you will have seen some of our content relating to the digitisation of the Charles Lyell Collection …Continue reading →

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Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography Conference 2024 TAGS: | | | The Cultural Heritage Digitisation service team have attended the annual Association for Historical & Fine Art Photography conference for well over a decade and have contributed to presentations at the …Continue reading →

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Virtual Geology TAGS: | | | | | It has been a long–held desire for the CHDS to offer a 3D Digitisation service, and although not 100% there yet, we are several steps closer. Back in 2021, Connor …Continue reading →

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Highlights of the OneHealth Project TAGS: | | | | | | | This spring the short but broad digitisation project, OneHealth, reached its end. The OneHealth project was focused on early animal welfare history, utilising new material brought in from a trio …Continue reading →

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World Photography Day 2024 TAGS: | | | | | Today is World Photography Day, ‘an annual celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.’ This year, we’d like to turn the spotlight on the amazing photographers working …Continue reading →

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Highlights from The Witness TAGS: | | | | We’ve been working on digitising The Witness for quite some time now. Here’s a little background information from our previous post on the publication: ‘A twice weekly newspaper, The Witness …Continue reading →

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Knowledge Exchange Week 2024 – Reflections TAGS: | | | | | | Last month, team members Marian and Miranda attended Knowledge Exchange Week, hosted by the University of Edinburgh. This was the fifth time the event had been held, and the theme …Continue reading →

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Skene, Societies and Swedish Serendipity TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | How often do you walk past a 1000 year old rune stone?  The answer is every day, if you work or study near the Main Library! Earlier this year I …Continue reading →

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Default utility Image Cataloguing the private papers of Archibald Hunter Campbell: A Journey Through Correspondence My name is Pauline Vincent, I am a student in my last year of a...
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