The following message about the statistical accounts of Scotland was
intercepted by a slightly overzealous anti-spam device, but might be useful
to some list members so I've forwarded it.
Alison Robinson
Membership Services Programme Manager
Editorial Manager - Active Learning in Higher Education
01904 434226
The ILT is currently taking bookings for a number of events, including
the annual conference (ILTAC2001) Professionalism in Practice. For more
information visit the conference website http://www.ilt.ac.uk/iltac2001
If you want to participate in on-line discussions about the ILT and
issues related to learning and teaching in UK higher education, why
don't you join the ilt-general JISCmail list?
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ilt-general.html
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EDINA is pleased to announce the launch on 25 January of a new and free web
service - the online version of the old (first) and New (second) Statistical
Accounts of Scotland, first published in 1791-9 and 1845. This service is
provided by EDINA on behalf of the Joint Board for the Statistical Accounts
of Scotland.
Summary information about the database is given below.
The EDINA Statistical Accounts of Scotland web service offers access to
around 28,000 digital images of the pages and the facility to search all
the text by keyword or phrase. More advanced facilities are planned for
subscribing institutions. These developments might include improved access
to the maps, tables and diagrams, and links to a gazetteer and other
digital data sets.
The two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, covering the 1790s and the 1830s,
are among the best contemporary reports of life during the agricultural and
industrial revolutions in Europe. Use this key source to study the
emergence of the modern British State and the economic and social impact of
the world's first industrial nation or simply learn more about the area in
which you or your ancestors lived.
Based largely on information supplied by each parish church minister, the
old Statistical Account and the New Statistical Account provide a rich
record of a wide variety of topics: wealth, class and poverty; climate,
agriculture, fishing and wildlife; population, schools, and the moral
health of the people.
Login at URL: http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc
For further details please email: [log in to unmask]
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EDINA URL: http://edina.ac.uk
Edinburgh University Data Library Tel: 0131 650 3302
Main Library Building, George Square Fax: 0131 650 3308
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Email: [log in to unmask]
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