Historypin

Historypin is a non for profit website which allows online communities to build collections and gather information relating to themes around geographic locations and time periods.

There are tours in which you can look at the history and timeline of places and buildings amongst other themes for example:
A tour through London's historic theatreland
A tour through historic Edinburgh
A tour of Beverly Hills

You can sign in to Historypin automatically with a googlemail account and it is free to browse, view and add your own collections.

http://www.historypin.com/

Digimap YouTube channel

Digimap now has its own YouTubechannel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EDINADigimap


If you are new to using mapping tools then you can find some good introductory clips on this channel.  We will also be running some drop-in sessions on using Digimap in the Marylebone Library training room, located on the ground floor in the North area of the library. Dates and times as follows:

Monday 14th November 1-2 pm
Tuesday 15th November 1-2 pm
Wednesday 16th November 1-2 pm
Thursday 17th November 1-2 pm
Friday 18th November 1-2 pm

New E-book titles

Here are the latetest new E-book titles to be made available:


Building construction handbook¬ (8th ed.) / R. Chudley and R. Greeno

Designing the city of reason¬: foundations and frameworks / Ali Madanipour

Planning for retail development¬: a critical view of the British experience / Clifford Guy

Building competences for spatial planners¬: methods and techniques for performing tasks with efficiency / Anastássios Perdicoúlis