The Books and Borrowing team have now returned to work after the holidays – in the first half of 2022,[…]
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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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The Leighton Library’s Water Drinkers: An Exhibition
When I applied for my scholarship from the Carnegie Trust earlier this year I committed to creating an exhibition displaying[…]
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Novel Reading in Post-Enlightenment Scotland: a PhD
Hello! My name is Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman, and I am delighted to be joining the Books and Borrowing team as[…]
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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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In Memoriam William St Clair
The Books and Borrowing team were all saddened to hear of the recent death of William St Clair. In what[…]
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Robert Chambers’ Circulating Library Borrowing Register, 1828-1829
The Chambers Library Borrowing Register: A Unique Manuscript A surviving borrowing register for Robert Chambers’ circulating library, which operated in[…]
Read moreCelebrity Spotting – Robert Riddell at St Andrews
Work has been continuing on the massive body of borrowing data we have from St Andrews University library. With the[…]
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Event Report: Library Lives at Innerpeffray
On Saturday 22nd May we held the first of several project events intended to bring our work with Scotland’s historical[…]
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A First Look at the University of Edinburgh Library Borrowers’ Receipt Books
We were delighted to report on a milestone on Twitter for our project last month: We have now taken delivery[…]
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