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Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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Satircal print of early-19th century readers. Romancing Molly asks, 'Hav'nt you no Rum-ances in 5 Wollums?' Sir Larvey Luscious asks, 'Have you the last of Harrite Wilson?' Political Dustman says, 'I vants a Cobbett', and Frank a la Mode asks, 'Pray is a Waverley's new Novel out?

Event Report: Online Creative Writing Workshop: Books and Borrowing

3 October 2022 Katie Halsey Events, Partners

On 31 August 2022, I had the pleasure of attending the Books and Borrowing Online Creative Writing Workshop, hosted in[…]

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A Visitor to Innerpeffray Library: Héloïse Russell-Fergusson

12 September 2022 Isla Macfarlane Partners, Visitors

Reposted with permission from the Innerpeffray Library Blog’s ‘Visitor Vignettes’ series The Innerpeffray Library visitors’ books contain signatures and details[…]

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Why Do Libraries Matter?

29 August 2022 Katie Halsey Partners

This week, I’ve been reflecting on a theme which is, of course, very close to our Books and Borrowing hearts.[…]

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Introducing the Chambers’ Library Map of Borrowers, 1827-1830

25 July 2022 Alex Deans Partners, Project News

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

27 June 2022 Alex Deans Events, Partners, Project News

On Thursday 23rd June, members of the Books and Borrowing team were joined by an online audience for an event[…]

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Rules for borrowing books from Simson's bequest

Robert Simson’s Books at the University of Glasgow

20 June 2022 Kit Baston Books, Partners

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

6 June 2022 Kit Baston Borrowers, Events, Partners

by Linda Cracknell The moral compass was already set when I launched North in May to run a creative writing[…]

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Books and Borrowing: Edinburgh’s 19th Century Readers – Online Event with NLS

10 May 2022 Alex Deans Events, Partners, Project News

In conjunction with our partners at the National Library of Scotland, we’re pleased to announce the upcoming online event, ‘Books[…]

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Event Report: Books and Borrowing in Eighteenth-Century Glasgow

11 April 2022 Gerard McKeever Events, Partners, Project News

We had the pleasure of running an event in Glasgow University Library Special Collections last week. This was an opportunity[…]

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Event Preview: Books and Borrowing in Eighteenth-Century Glasgow

4 April 2022 Gerard McKeever Events, Partners

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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