by Josh Smith Recovering evidence of historical reading can often be a fraught endeavour for the historical researcher as the[…]
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Month: October 2020
Subject Classifications
An important consideration for our Books and Borrowing database is how useful it will be for researchers. Not just us,[…]
Read moreBroughton House Visit
Broughton House in the coastal town of Kirkcudbright is the former home of the colourist painter Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933),[…]
Read moreA year at Westerkirk
Back in July, I wrote about my trip to the evocative Westerkirk Parish Library in Dumfriesshire to photograph materials for[…]
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