Books – Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Robert Simson’s Books at the University of Glasgow

One of the many delights of working on the Books and Borrowing project is the discovery and inclusion of more[…]

21 March 2022 was World Poetry Day. The Books and Borrowing team were either observing the strike action called by[…]

Today, 8 March, 2022 is International Women’s Day, and I’m therefore going to take the opportunity to reflect a little,[…]

When I began transcribing the borrowing registers of the Advocates Library, I expected to find that law reports, Session Papers,[…]

In her blog last week, Katie Halsey introduced the first of a new series within the Books and Borrowing blog:[…]

In this blog, I am initiating a new thread in our blogposts, which we’re calling ‘Forgotten Best-Sellers’, in homage to[…]

The accounts of the Wigtown Subscription Library in Galloway register a payment of one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence for[…]

As the festive season approaches, I thought I would write something to get us all in the mood for Christmas.[…]

We have now taken delivery of a first set of images from the borrowers’ receipt books of the Advocates Library[…]

Over the last few weeks, the Books and Borrowing team have been working on a problem of which we were[…]