Do it like they do on the DiscoverEd channel TAGS: Annexe | collections | DiscoverEd | Library | Library Annexe | Search | University of Edinburgh DiscoverED, the University of Edinburgh’s new one step information, discovery and delivery service, is now on-line and fully operational. You can request Library Annexe items using the new service; all …Continue reading →

Fairbairn as Student TAGS: Archives | University of Edinburgh | William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn In the academic year 1907/8, the 17 year old WRD Fairbairn matriculated to study in the Arts Faculty at the University of Edinburgh.  This followed 11 years schooling at Merchiston …Continue reading →

Recycling at the Annexe (It’s easy bein’ green) TAGS: Annexe | Dunbar | Estates | Green | John Muir | Library Annexe | Litter | Recycling | University of Edinburgh | Waste We’re happy to report that the Library Annexe has joined University’s (recycling) efforts to make our planet a wee bit more sustainable. Every little step in the right direction helps, …Continue reading →

Merry AnneXMAS! TAGS: Annexe | Christmas | Edinburgh College of Art | Library Annexe | Maurice Sendak | Merry Christmas | Punch | University of Edinburgh Merry Christmas from Edinburgh’s Library Annexe! Here are a few festive images from some of the books that can be found within our general lending collections:       Images …Continue reading →

Favourite character from a Scottish book TAGS: Annexe | Book Week Scotland | Catalogue | David Lyndsay | Grant Morrison | Library Annexe | OPAC | Scottish Book Trust | The Invisibles | University of Edinburgh | Voyage to Arcturus As part of Book Week Scotland, the Scottish Book Trust are holding a vote to discover the most loved characters in Scottish fiction. Here, the Library Annexe staff put forward …Continue reading →

Book Week Scotland 2014 TAGS: Book Week Scotland | ECA | Edinburgh College of Art | Library | Love | Scottish Book Trust | University of Edinburgh Today marks the start of Book Week Scotland; the annual celebration of books and reading, as organised by the Scottish Book Trust. Part of the activity for 2014 includes the …Continue reading →

Welcome to the Main Library TAGS: Library | University of Edinburgh On Monday the 08/09/14 the DIU team set our time-lapse camera up in the main library forum to capture the first day of freshers week. It turned out to be …Continue reading →

Freshers’ Week – 1870 style TAGS: Edinburgh | ewart | fresher | Freshers Week | sophia jex-blake | University of Edinburgh This week is one of the busiest times of the year for the University of Edinburgh, and a momentous week for our brand new students – it’s Fresher’s Week! The …Continue reading →

Centre for the Study of World Christianity Update TAGS: andrew walls | Annexe | Catalogue | Christianity | CSWC | Library Annexe | new college | Projects | University of Edinburgh With the print collections of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity (CSWC) Library, set up by Professor Andrew F. Walls, now having been in our care at the …Continue reading →

The simple art of reference writing TAGS: CRC | Edinburgh University Library | Karl Ferdinand Braun | Professor Godfrey Thomson | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | University of Edinburgh | William Henry Hadow As I am now coming to the end of my time in Edinburgh cataloguing the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson, references aren’t terribly far from my mind! But I …Continue reading →