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Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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Title page of Scott's Waverley

Individual Readers at the Royal High School

29 November 2021 Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell Borrowers

One of my favourite things about working with library borrowers’ records is getting to know the individual quirks and tastes[…]

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A First Look at the Advocates Library

22 November 2021 Kit Baston Books, Borrowers, Partners

We have now taken delivery of a first set of images from the borrowers’ receipt books of the Advocates Library[…]

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Interior of the historic Bristol library with furnishing now in the modern Bristol Centra Library

The Records of the Bristol Library Society

15 November 2021 Josh Smith Project Team

Taking advantage of the recent loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, I was finally able to make the long trip to Bristol[…]

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COP26 – Part 2: Latent Heat at the University Library

8 November 2021 Gerard McKeever Technical

This is the second of a pair of blogs exploring environmental aspects of the study of borrowing records from historic[…]

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COP26 – Part 1: Glasgow, Birthplace of the Anthropocene

1 November 2021 Gerard McKeever Technical

This is the first of a pair of blogs exploring environmental aspects of the study of borrowing records from historic[…]

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image of the Lighton Library's copy of Moore's Zeluco

The Leighton Library’s Water Drinkers: An Exhibition

25 October 2021 Jacqueline Kennard Events, Project News

When I applied for my scholarship from the Carnegie Trust earlier this year I committed to creating an exhibition displaying[…]

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Numbers, Focus and Prioritisation

18 October 2021 Matt Sangster Books, Borrowers, Holdings

Over the last few weeks, the Books and Borrowing team have been working on a problem of which we were[…]

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Title page of Scott's Waverley

Novel Reading in Post-Enlightenment Scotland: a PhD

11 October 2021 Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman Project News, Project Team

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

4 October 2021 Gerard McKeever Holdings, Partners, Project News

In 1826, the first of a series of royal commissions was established that would report on the condition and management[…]

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Borrower entry showing Edinburgh student John Fyffe borrowing Goldsmith's Roman History.

The Royal High School of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh

27 September 2021 Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell Borrowers, Partners, Project Team

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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