In October I started work on a new project, bringing my two years as a research fellow with Books and[…]
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Author: Alex Deans
Introducing the Chambers’ Library Map of Borrowers, 1827-1830
The Books and Borrowing team are pleased to announce the release of the Chambers’ Library Map of Borrowers, 1827-1830. What[…]
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Event Report: Books and Borrowing: Edinburgh’s 19th Century Readers
On Thursday 23rd June, members of the Books and Borrowing team were joined by an online audience for an event[…]
Read moreBooks and Borrowing: Edinburgh’s 19th Century Readers – Online Event with NLS
In conjunction with our partners at the National Library of Scotland, we’re pleased to announce the upcoming online event, ‘Books[…]
Read moreMapping Borrowers from Robert Chambers’ Edinburgh Circulating Library
Earlier in the year, I reported that the Books and Borrowing Project had begun the work of entering the records[…]
Read moreEarly Reflections on Robert Chambers’ Edinburgh Circulating Library
Back in July 2021, Kit Baston announced the exciting news that we’d be adding the records of Robert Chambers’ Edinburgh[…]
Read moreAgricultural Improvement at Westerkirk Library
One of the fascinating things about working on the records of Westerkirk Parish Library has been watching the way its[…]
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Event Report: Library Lives at Innerpeffray
On Saturday 22nd May we held the first of several project events intended to bring our work with Scotland’s historical[…]
Read moreProgramme: Library Lives: Books, Borrowing and Beyond, 2.00-4.00pm, Saturday 22nd May
An online event hosted by Innerpeffray Library The Books and Borrowing Project is pleased to announce the project’s first public[…]
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Women Borrowers at Westerkirk Library
To mark Women’s History Month, we’re running a series of blogs to highlight the women who wrote and borrowed the[…]
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