Monday 15th January:
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all new students joining ECA today. The ECA Library at Evolution House, West Port, is now operating on Semester opening hours, so we are open from Monday to Thursday 9.00am to 10.00pm, Fridays 9.00am to 5.00pm, and Saturdays & Sundays 12.00 to 5.00pm.
For more information about ECA Library please see:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/using-library/lib-locate/eca-library
For more information about the Art & Architecture departmental library at Minto House, Chambers Street, please see:
https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/facility/art-and-architecture-library
general news
Information Security Awareness Week 2017
Information Security Awareness Week will be held on 2nd – 6th October 2017. The week will focus on why information matters to all University students and staff, the threats that we all face as users, and how you can take some very simple steps to quickly protect your personal data and research content.
The main event on the afternoon of 4th October will see invited internal and external speakers present and discuss some of the issues. These will be very accessible and are aimed at all audiences, regardless of technical abilities. Bookings are now open via the following event channel: http://edin.ac/2huw29Z
We will also be active on Twitter during the week, with hints, tips and useful guidance. Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/UoEInfoSec and with #UoEInfoSec
Further information will be posted on http://www.ed.ac.uk/infosec and Twitter during the week.
Welcome!
ECA Library extends a warm welcome to all new students, and a hearty “Welcome Back!” to all returning students and staff.
For new students, a great place to start for Library information is the University Library homepage here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery
You can find information about the ECA Library (Evolution House, West Port) here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/using-library/lib-locate/eca-library
and information about the departmental Art & Architecture Library (Minto House, Chambers Street) here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/using-library/lib-locate/class-libs
We wish you all well and hope you enjoy your first Semester. Please do not hesitate to ask a member of Library staff for help, we will be delighted to assist you.
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Extra study space in the central area during April and May
Looking for study space in the University central area for revision? The Main Library, George Square, will be busy but there are alternative spaces available.
At the Main Library the Lower Ground Floor, Ground Floor and Floor 1 are open 24/7: in addition, Floors 2, 3, 4 and 5 will also remain open 24/7 from 07:30 on Saturday 22 April to 23:59 on Sunday 14 May.
The four teaching rooms on Floor 1 of the Main Library can be used (79 seats) from Saturday 8 April to Sunday 21 May, as well as the Centre for Research Collections Research Suite on Floor 6 (12 seats) from Monday 17 April to Wednesday 17 May.
Look out for the library helpers in purple t-shirts who can assist you in finding a space.
As an alternative to the Main Library, why not try the 200 additional study spaces which are available from Monday 17 April to Friday 19 May in the David Hume Tower (DHT) Hub (rooms LG06-LG11).
Or use other libraries and open open access computing spaces.
The Law Library and David Hume Tower Ground Floor computer lab are open longer on 5 Sundays: 23, 30 April; 7, 14, 21 May 12:00-19:00.
Please also take a look at the interactive study spaces map at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/study-space
Main Library at George Square to go 24/7!
The University Main Library at George Square will be opening 24/7, from 20th March 2017. A lot of work by Library, Security and Estates staff behind the scenes has gone into making this possible.
For more information, please see the announcement at
http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2017/main-library-to-open-24-7
and the Main Library webpage at
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/using-library/lib-locate/main-lib
Welcome to new students!
We would like to welcome all new ECA students starting their courses this January. Please do pop in to ECA Library in Evolution House where you can pick up lots of information and leaflets about the Library services.
For information about collecting your student ID card from the Main Library, George Square, see here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/card/getting-first-card/first-student-card
For information about ECA Library see here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/using-library/lib-locate/eca-library
For all other Library information see here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery
Digital skills training
Information Services Group (ISG) at the University of Edinburgh offer a wide range of courses to support digital skills development. Their current programme encompasses a variety of workshops on working with data, including:
- Creating a Data Management Plan for your Grant Application (Wednesday 12-Oct-2016, 12:00 – 13:30)
- Good Practice in Research Data Management (Friday 07-Oct-2016, 09:30 – 13:30)
- Handling Data Management using SPSS (Monday 12-Sep-2016, 09:30 – 12:30; Monday 14-Nov-2016, 09:30 – 12:30)
- Introduction to NVivo (Tuesday 27-Sep-2016, 09:30 – 12:30; Tuesday 01-Nov-2016, 09:30 – 12:30)
- Introduction to Visualising Data in ArcGIS (Wednesday 28-Sep-2016, 14:00 – 17:00)
- Introduction to Visualising Data in QGIS (Thursday 01-Dec-2016, 14:00 – 17:00)
- Managing your research data: why is it important and what should you do? (Monday 10-Oct-2016, 11:30 – 13:00)
- NVivo: Beyond the Basics – Queries (Monday 03-Oct-2016, 14:00 – 17:00; Monday 14-Nov-2016, 14:00 – 17:00)
- Using EDINA Digimap (Wednesday 28-Sep-2016, 09:30 – 12:30; Thursday 01-Dec-2016, 09:30 – 12:30)
- Working with personal and sensitive data (Friday 14-Oct-2016, 12:00 – 14:00)
All courses must be booked via the Digital Skills website
If you are unable to attend a course you have booked, you should cancel through the Event Booking channel. Attendance is recorded, and failure to attend without prior notice may affect your future bookings. For over-subscribed courses ISG frequently offer standby places to people on the waiting list, so please ensure you arrive in good time or your place may be reallocated as a standby.
RSA Open: ECA Library Prize winner announced
Cecile Simonis awarded the ECA Library Prize at this year’s RSA Open Exhibition.
We are happy to announce that the Royal Scottish Academy judging panel has chosen artist and printmaker Cecile Simonis, as the recipient of the 2016 ECA Library Prize, for her work “Drones”. Cecile has won a year’s free borrowing membership at ECA Library. Cecile studied in Belgium and Italy, and is now resident in Edinburgh. She teaches drawing and printmaking and has strong connections with Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop. More information about her work can be seen at
We look forward to welcoming Cecile to ECA Library.
‘Drones’, by Cecile Simonis, with permission of the artist.
Thought for the day…
“Painting, sculpture, any act of artistic creation, has a special relationship with slowness. As the American writer Saul Bellow once noted, “Art is something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes… the eye of the storm… an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction”.
– Carl Honore, In Praise of Slowness: challenging the cult of speed, HarperCollins, 2005.
