Project News – Page 3 – Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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[…]

News that archives and libraries are now able to re-open has been enormously welcome to the whole project team as[…]

Craigston Castle’s ‘Koran’ is far from spectacular but as is so often the case with older books, appearances are deceptive.[…]

Guest post by Dr Karen E McAulay, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland In 1801, the University of St Andrews started binding[…]

An online event hosted by Innerpeffray Library The Books and Borrowing Project is pleased to announce the project’s first public[…]

Any keeper of books will know that space is always at a premium and by the late 1790s, two Edinburgh[…]

To mark Women’s History Month, we’re running a series of blogs to highlight the women who wrote and borrowed the[…]

Cuchullin sat by Tura’s wall; by the tree of the rustling leaf.—His spear leaned against the mossy rock. His shield[…]

Today is International Women’s Day, and so I have been reflecting on the women in our records. I thought I[…]

The Books and Borrowing Project is pleased to announce the project’s first public event, to be held at the famous[…]