David Prosser
davidprosser.bsky.social
David Prosser
@davidprosser.bsky.social
Executive Director of Research Llibraries UK, supporting research libraries in the UK and Ireland. Chair of the Board for the Directory of Open Access Journal. He/him
And before that the rather fine White’s restaurant. It does seem to be one of those locations that fail to thrive
February 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I’ve just tried a random search for high energy physics theses from the Edinburgh repository and I’m getting through to full-text
January 31, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Definitely - it was a great service and needs to be rebuild. I was only pointing out that there is useful duplication for a subset of born-digital and digitised theses.
January 31, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I’m sure you have, but have you checked with the student’ original institution? Many libraries have local copies of their own born-digital and digitised theses
January 31, 2026 at 10:46 AM
You’ve already got some Peter Maxwell Davies, but I’d make room for An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise. It’s great fun and the ending gets me every time
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM