Reading the collections, Week 31: The Lawrence Levy Collection
In the 1980s there was precious little golf on the TV in the UK. There was no internet and the newspapers were, with the exception of Today, black and white […]
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New publishing initiatives: from authoring to archiving and beyond
Following on from our recent post on Outernet two recent announcements about new research publication platforms have attracted attention in the Open Access community: Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO)…
Reading the Collections, Week 29: Brontë Book Covers
For this post we will take a look at some of the different bindings and covers of Wuthering Heights in our collections. Some of these covers, pictured above, may look […]
RCUK Executive Response to the Burgess Review
As expected the Research Councils UK Executive has responded to the independent Burgess Review of its Open Access policy that we blogged in April. The Executive accepts and will act on all the recommendations. Its…
Contemporary Calotypists visit Special Collections to View Early Calotypes and Photographic Prints
This past week, Special Collections helped host the bi-annual meeting of The Calotype Society, a modern day take on the original photographic exchange circles that sprung up here in Scotland […]
Reading the Collections, Week 27: University Calendars and the office of Bedellus
At the end of July, John Jardine, University Bedellus, retired after 29 years’ service with the University. In that role as mace-bearer, almost the personification of the corporate identity of […]
The Open comes to St Andrews
Since the Open Golf Championships are here again in St Andrews this week, and there are golfers everywhere, here’s a photo of Old Tom Morris eyeing up his putt on the Old Course, c.1890. This is from a lovely…
Lighting the Past completes the Shewan Collection
Of all the collections to be catalogued by the Phase 1 team, the Shewan Collection will probably be the only one where every item has passed through my hands as […]
Taming the Leviathan
If you are looking for something to do in Fife this Easter weekend, then why not visit the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther to see Poles Apart: changing attitudes to whaling in the 20th century!