One of the many delights of working on the Books and Borrowing project is the discovery and inclusion of more[…]
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Category: Partners
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[…]
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[…]
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The Midway Point
We are now at the midway point of the Books and Borrowing project! We are eighteen months in, with eighteen[…]
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A First Look at the Advocates Library
We have now taken delivery of a first set of images from the borrowers’ receipt books of the Advocates Library[…]
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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[…]
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The Royal High School of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh
I’ve been so delighted to get started with the Books and Borrowing team and have really enjoyed getting stuck in[…]
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