As part of the Dental Hospital’s windows replacement project within its listed building the windows within the Library have been replaced at the back and refurbished at the front facing Renfrew street side. The ceiling has been totally replaced offering… Read More ›
Month: August 2009
A year in the life of our graduate trainees
Over the past year, our graduate trainees, Peter, Laura and Helen, have been providing updates on their experiences within the Service. As she completed her traineeship, Helen provided an update on her cataloguing placement which saw her catalogue the archive… Read More ›
Level 3 annexe refurbishment update
The redevelopment of level 3 annexe is advancing well. These photos were taken on Friday the 21 August after work had finished for the day. As you can see, the “wavy” ceiling is being fixed in place and the new… Read More ›
Essential testing of Library central lifts 20/8/09-22/08/09
Please note, essential testing of the Main Library central lifts will be taking place between Thursday 20 August and Saturday 22 August (inclusive). Both lifts will be undergoing testing, this means that one lift at a time will be taken… Read More ›
Editing the 18th Century
Original editions of books by Laurence Sterne, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope are currently on display in the showcase in Special Collections (level 12 of the Library). We are highlighting these writers to complement a conference being organised by the… Read More ›
Early alumni in quest for the Holy Grail?
An interest in the Earls of Orkney has led me to research the Sinclair family at Glasgow University Library, NAS, Scottish Catholic Archives and NLS, with further advice from Alison Fraser at Orkney Library and Archives. While researching William Saint Clair… Read More ›
Earliest graduates go live online
Archive Services have launched a new section of the University of Glasgow Story . Users can use the site to discover the details of the 13,000 people who graduated from the University of Glasgow from its foundation in 1451 until… Read More ›
Small grants go far
Archive Services recently secured two awards through the Scottish Council on Archives (SCA) small grant scheme. We gained funding for our Showcasing the Archives and Clyde Shipbuilders – Preservation Packaging projects. Showcasing the Archives will allow us to make a… Read More ›
Special Collections August book of the month
Is not so much a book as a collection of documents (letters, pamphlets and satirical prints) relating to the infamous case of Mary Toft, a woman who claimed to have given birth to rabbits. A notorious 18th century medical hoax,… Read More ›
Read all about it ?
If you want to see how any topic has been reported in the press, why not have a look at Google News Archive Search ? This gives access to articles from newspapers from all over the world, and coverage can… Read More ›
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