Main Library - Centre for the History of the Book Seminars, autumn 2010

1-2pm.
Meet at the CRC's reception on level 6.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Tuesday 21 September
Michael Turnbull - "Rosslyn Chapel: New Perspectives"

Friday 8 October
Jonathan Wild (University of Edinburgh) - "The Edwardian Literary Scene"

Friday 22 October
Brian Hillyard (National Library of Scotland) - "Ruddiman's Printing Business"

Friday 12 November
Elizabeth Henderson (University of St. Andrews) - "Brothers in Benefaction: Scot of Scotstarvit and Drummond of Hawthornden"

Friday 26 November
Alison Wiggins (University of Glasgow) - "Bess of Hardwick's Letters (1522-1608): material readings and editing online"

Friday 10 December
Andrew Wiseman (University of Edinburgh) - "A' Cur Clach air a' Chàrn: The Scottish Gaelic Texts Society (1934-2009)"

Ninth UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM 2010)

13-16 September 2010
City Hall,
Cardiff.

More information from the website at:
http://www.allhands.org.uk/registration

Wiley website down

The publishers Wiley's website was upgraded recently. Wiley have taken it down at the time of writing (10:35 Tuesday 10th August) to fix some glitches.

Reaxys Training

Wednesday 4th August
11am-noon
JCMB rm3217

Reaxys staff demonstrating and taking questions.
CrossFire platform for Beilstein and Gmelin ceases at the end of December 2010. Reaxys is how they will be accessed.

Please book via the MyEd event channel:
http://www.myed.ed.ac.uk

Reaxys at:
http://www.reaxys.com
[on-campus or VPN]

Impact Factors - 2009

The 2009 Journal Citation Report is now available on Web of Knowledge.

Click the big red button.

Link to Web of Knowledge from the "W" list at:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-a-z

Tiny book exhibition - Main Library

Tiny and created by artists from all over the world. They have been collected into a travelling exhibition by the University of Akron, Ohio, and this week a representative selection of them is in Edinburgh

The miniature books are on display in the CRC on the Sixth Floor of the Main Library, until Tuesday 20th July, from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Government and research policy guide from the RIN

Government and research policy in the UK: an introduction

Describes the nature, roles and responsibilities of the different Government bodies involved in research policy and funding, and the relationships between them. We hope that it will help researchers and others to understand how policy is made and implemented in key areas such as research infrastructure, career development for researchers and funding.