The ‘Books and Borrowing’ team recently had the pleasure of a long-awaited trip to Abbotsford, the former home of Walter[…]
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Guest Post – University of Glasgow Library borrowing registers, beyond the borrowing: what additional insights can they provide?
by Robert MacLean, Assistant Librarian in Archives and Special Collections, University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections (ASC) at the[…]
Read moreEvent Report: Books and Borrowing in Eighteenth-Century Glasgow
We had the pleasure of running an event in Glasgow University Library Special Collections last week. This was an opportunity[…]
Read moreEvent Preview: Books and Borrowing in Eighteenth-Century Glasgow
On Thursday 7th April, we are running the next of our project events: ‘Books and Borrowing in Eighteenth-Century Glasgow’ will[…]
Read moreAnatomy of a Holding: Robert Burns at the Wigtown Subscription Library
The accounts of the Wigtown Subscription Library in Galloway register a payment of one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence for[…]
Read moreCOP26 – Part 2: Latent Heat at the University Library
This is the second of a pair of blogs exploring environmental aspects of the study of borrowing records from historic[…]
Read moreCOP26 – Part 1: Glasgow, Birthplace of the Anthropocene
This is the first of a pair of blogs exploring environmental aspects of the study of borrowing records from historic[…]
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A First Look at the Aberdeen Theological Library
In 1826, the first of a series of royal commissions was established that would report on the condition and management[…]
Read moreWriting One’s Own Story with Walter Scott
Your author’s quill commands no life to grow The codex mute remains in dusty gloom ’Till, tripping lightly thro’ the[…]
Read moreCelebrity Spotting – Robert Riddell at St Andrews
Work has been continuing on the massive body of borrowing data we have from St Andrews University library. With the[…]
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