One of the many delights of working on the Books and Borrowing project is the discovery and inclusion of more[…]
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An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
One of the many delights of working on the Books and Borrowing project is the discovery and inclusion of more[…]
Read moreby Linda Cracknell The moral compass was already set when I launched North in May to run a creative writing[…]
Read moreby Dr Craig Lamont, University of Glasgow In April, the Books and Borrowing project examined a swathe of material relating[…]
Read moreby Christina Devlin, Professor of English and Reading, Montgomery College, Maryland In April, I was a guest at Books and[…]
Read moreBy Dr Dahlia Porter, University of Glasgow [This post is based on a talk I gave at the Books and[…]
Read moreWhen I began transcribing the borrowing registers of the Advocates Library, I expected to find that law reports, Session Papers,[…]
Read moreWe have now taken delivery of a first set of images from the borrowers’ receipt books of the Advocates Library[…]
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Read moreWhich books were really circulating in the Romantic Period? We will be hosting a salon at Romantic Disconnections/Reconnections, BARS’ International[…]
Read moreThe Chambers Library Borrowing Register: A Unique Manuscript A surviving borrowing register for Robert Chambers’ circulating library, which operated in[…]
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