On 31 August 2022, I had the pleasure of attending the Books and Borrowing Online Creative Writing Workshop, hosted in[…]
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Category: Partners
A Visitor to Innerpeffray Library: Héloïse Russell-Fergusson
Reposted with permission from the Innerpeffray Library Blog’s ‘Visitor Vignettes’ series The Innerpeffray Library visitors’ books contain signatures and details[…]
Read moreWhy Do Libraries Matter?
This week, I’ve been reflecting on a theme which is, of course, very close to our Books and Borrowing hearts.[…]
Read moreIntroducing 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[…]
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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[…]
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The Pirate, The Sea and a Cargo of Books
by Linda Cracknell The moral compass was already set when I launched North in May to run a creative writing[…]
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 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[…]
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