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In a week when Mount Etna is erupting & we mark the 146yr anniversary of Sir Charles Lyell's death (14 Nov 1797-22 Feb1875) - we welcome Senior Lyell Archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, as she reflects on Lyell's contribution to our understanding of the world wp.me/pcnwkP-4z

Charles Lyell's papers and notebooks are currently the subject of an archives cataloguing project at the CRC. Read more and follow our progress here: edin.ac/3dpK6w8 @cockburngeol @GeosciencesEd @EdUniLibraries @CRC_EdUni

Charles Lyell’s 1828 study of thick layers of oyster fossils between layers of lava on Mt. Etna were key to his theories around geological time. Lyell's observations at #Etna were part of a revelatory shift in our understanding of time/our place in the universe. (Coll-203 Uncat.)

Join us on 10 December for a virtual behind-the-scenes look at the geological collection of Sir Charles Lyell and his connection with #Darwin and #climatechange research. eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-a-re…

Halloween won't be the same this year but here are some ideas to inspire you. Have some frightening fun with our beastly books!!! #Halloween2020 #books #fun #creative

#AudioVisualHeritage is more than just moving images 📽️ or sounds 📼 – it's a part of our identity. On World #AudiovisualHeritageDay, let’s keep on discovering & sharing the heritage that that connects our past, present and future & makes us who we are! on.unesco.org/2EFTH26

📣New blog post from the Lyell Project📣 What did Charles Lyell, the great Victorian geologist, take with him into the field nearly 200 years ago? libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/lyell/

☀️Trip to the sea today with #Lyell ☀️

Cataloguing work in the stores on Lyell has recommenced! See the thread for revelations!

📢New Blog post📢 Update on discoveries in the #Lyell Collection #Dante #blogpost #archives #poesia #DivinaCommedia libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/lyell/

Have you heard of EdHelp? It's our brilliant new service that brings together Library, IT, finance and student admin information into one place. Have a look! --> ed.ac.uk/edhelp #EdHelp #WelcomeWeek #EdWelcome #EdWelcome20 ed.ac.uk/edhelp

Here's a lovely postcard of 'Old Scone Village, near Perth' from circa 1907. #Archivesathome

It's lovely welcoming students back to @EdUniMainLib this week! CRC is still running an appointments-only service so get in touch if you'd like to come and see gems like this beautiful photo of the Main Library when it was constructed (EUA Acc.2009/001) edin.ac/3hCW7No

A donation of 19th-century photographs of Scotland and Geneva came in at @CRC_EdUni today - including this great photo of the Forth Bridge being built in 1888. Fascinating!

N is for the North Edinburgh School of Nursing! This page is from a booklet designed to provide more information to prospective nursing students (Ref: Acc 09/023) #ArchiveZ #Edinburgh #HistoryOfNursing #Nursing #YearOfTheNurseAndMidwife

Thanks to our cataloguing system ArchivesSpace, we are still able to publish new finding aids online from home! The latest one is for the Papers of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (Coll-1036), Scottish musician and folk-songs collector: tinyurl.com/MKFboxlist

Another series of #ArchivesChat for @ICArchiv #InternationalArchivesWeek, this time talking about the importance of archives and other topics with @garyjwest The series can be found on the channel with @euarchives here: tinyurl.com/ya7qlp7x #IAW2020