{"id":4282,"date":"2024-11-19T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T10:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:30:29","slug":"explore-our-heritage-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2024\/11\/19\/explore-our-heritage-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore our Heritage Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Explore our Heritage Collections<\/h1>\n<p>You can now explore our Heritage Collections in one place with the launch of our <a href=\"https:\/\/napier.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/collectionDiscovery?vid=44NAP_INST:44NAP_ALMA_VU1&amp;lang=en\">Heritage Collections Discovery page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2024\/11\/19\/explore-our-heritage-collections\/eccls\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/ECCLS.png?fit=602%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"602,289\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/ECCLS.png?fit=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/ECCLS.png?fit=602%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4283 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/ECCLS.png?resize=602%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Heritage Collections on Library Search \" width=\"602\" height=\"289\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 602px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 602\/289;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From this page you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search by keyword across all our Heritage Collections items.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the links to each individual collection to find out what the collection is about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2024\/11\/19\/explore-our-heritage-collections\/library-search-war-poets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/Library-search-war-poets.png?fit=602%2C306&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"602,306\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/Library-search-war-poets.png?fit=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/Library-search-war-poets.png?fit=602%2C306&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4284 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2024\/11\/Library-search-war-poets.png?resize=602%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Library search war poets\" width=\"602\" height=\"306\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 602px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 602\/306;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On each individual collection page, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Browse all the items within one collection.<\/li>\n<li>Search by keyword within one collection \u2013 just use the search box on the individual collection page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Searching tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Want to use more than one keyword?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use OR between your keywords to find records that include any of your keywords. Remember to type OR in capitals for this to work, e.g. Scotland OR Ireland.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking for more advanced searching?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Within each individual collection, follow the Advanced Search link to begin an advanced search for that collection. Then click the expand arrow in the search box to open the advanced search criteria options, where you can add further parameters to your search.<\/p>\n<p>Through these pages you can now more easily discover the unique items which make up our Heritage Collections. There is plenty to explore, from the historical development of printing in the Edward Clark Collection, to the\u00a0works of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen (who met at the Craiglockhart War Hospital) in the War Poets Collection, or the history of Merchiston Tower in the John Napier Collection.<\/p>\n<p>Including\u00a0rare books, manuscripts, letters, photographs, printed ephemera, and objects, ranging from the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century to the modern day, our Heritage Collections offer the opportunity to delve into the cultural history of our campus buildings, the city of Edinburgh, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, or to arrange to view any items from the collections, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:heritage@napier.ac.uk\">heritage@napier.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By Liz Dyer<\/p>\n<p>Interested in touring a 500-year-old tower at Napier, we offer tours of<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2024\/11\/08\/merchiston-tower\/\"> Merchiston Tower.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore our Heritage Collections You can now explore our Heritage Collections in one place with the launch of our Heritage Collections Discovery page! 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