Back to the Wall: A Year of Experimenting with the Main Library’s Digital Wall
The Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service (CHDS) has managed the Main Library’s Digital Wall since it was installed in late 2019.1 …Continue reading →
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“Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia” – the Edinburgh Award
We know that many students are involved in activities alongside their studies such as volunteering, part-time work, and getting involved in the University community. To help these activities to stand out from the crowd, our University has a new Award for “Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia” to sit beside other available Edinburgh Awards– the Edinburgh Award […]
Read moreRecovering Histories – Improving Equality and Diversity Online
Three students co-authored an application to take part in a Student Experience Grant project over a 14-week time period, learning how to edit Wikipedia and how to fill in diversity gaps on the website: Eleanor– PhD Student researching LGBTQ+ History. Sian – PhD student researching Black History. Kirsty – Undergraduate student researching Gender History. Each […]
Read moreRecovering Histories – Improving Equality and Diversity Online
Three students co-authored an application to take part in a Student Experience Grant project over a 14-week time period, learning how to edit Wikipedia and how to fill in diversity gaps on the website: Eleanor– PhD Student researching LGBTQ+ History. Sian – PhD student researching Black History. Kirsty – Undergraduate student researching Gender History. Each […]
Read moreBloomsbury Professional Ebooks: formerly on LexisLibrary
We want to alert students to a change we’re dealing with regarding Bloomsbury Professional ebooks which were formerly offered on …Continue reading →
Read moreNew to the Library: BFI Player
We are happy to let you know that the Library has a pilot subscription to the fabulous BFI Player, a …Continue reading →
Read more100 MOOCs more
University of Edinburgh has been publishing MOOCs as open educational resources for 10 years. Huge thanks go to all the academic teams who choose this route to share the knowledge they have created with learners all over the world.
Read moreOn trial: Latin American Newspapers, Series 1
Thanks to a request from HCA staff the Library currently has trial access to Latin American Newspaers: Series 1 from …Continue reading →
Read more#OER23: Open Education and Open Source
Although I’m barely back into the UK, I’ve decide that the resting and relaxing thing to do is to pack up again and head further northwards to the OER23 conference. For many of us this is the touchstone conference, offering not just an opportunity to … Continue reading #OER23: Open Education and Open Source
Read moreOn trial: Colonial Caribbean
Thanks to a request from HCA staff the library currently has trial access to Colonial Caribbean from AM Digital, which …Continue reading →
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