News and Views
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Published Date
- March 17, 2016
An interview with Nitisha, Archives Assistant
One of our volunteers,Whitney, has been interviewing MERL & Special Collections staff about their roles. Today she talks to Nitisha,…
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Published Date
- March 17, 2016
Johannes Kepler – Astronomiae Pars Optica
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The theme of this year’s Science Week taking place from 11-20 March is ‘Science…
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Published Date
- March 15, 2016
From the cradle of printing to binder’s waste: incunable leaves in the John Lewis collection
Written by Erika Delbecque, UMASCS Librarian Earlier this year, we shared some exciting early printing finds from the John Lewis Printing…
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Published Date
- March 10, 2016
The Edinburgh Imperial Atlas: Ancient and Modern
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The ‘Edinburgh Imperial Atlas: Ancient and Modern’ (1859) [Overstone – shelf large 34I/10]…
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Published Date
- February 25, 2016
Travel Thursday – Hungary and Transylvania
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Born in Leicestershire in 1808, John Paget studied medicine at Edinburgh University before…
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Published Date
- February 24, 2016
LGBT History Month: Lord Wolfenden, the man ahead of his time
Written by Adam Koszary, MERL Project Officer. February marks LGBT History Month, and to celebrate it we’re exploring the man…
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Published Date
- February 18, 2016
Archive Animals – Horses
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Unsurprisingly, the Special Collections and Museum of English Rural Life Libraries have a…
