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Senior Library Assistant
Maps, Official Publications and Statistics Unit,
University of Glasgow Library

• Vox Populi: The Voice of the ‘Wee Society’: the Referenda Experience in Scottish Local Government since 1868

  By Elaine Anderson on April 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Todays seminar; “Vox Populi: The Voice of the ‘Wee Society’: the Referenda Experience in Scottish Local Government since 1868” is a great opportunity to highlight relevant material that we hold in the library’s Maps, Official Publications and Statistics Unit. A… Read More ›

• New service – canvas printing!

  By Elaine Anderson on January 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  We’re excited to bring a new service to the library! We can now provide canvas prints to complement the range of materials we already use for large-scale reproductions. If you need a large-scale print or scan, we can provide this… Read More ›

• Remembrance Sunday

  By Elaine Anderson on November 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Remembrance Sunday this year falls on Sunday 11th November. Every year on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the country remembers the sacrifices of our service men and women. The university has significant holdings relating… Read More ›

• Map Sale in the library

  By Elaine Anderson on September 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  There is currently a map sale taking place on level 7 of the library. Following the recent acquisition of new map stock we have a significant number of superceded editions from the Ordnance Survey Landrangers and Explorers series available for… Read More ›

• The map sale continues

  By Elaine Anderson on February 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The map sale of duplicate and surplus stock has been very popular so far, and much has been sold. However, we still have a significant number of maps available for areas such as Kirkintilloch, Leith, Kilmacolm, Dunfermline, Troon, Girvan, Wick,… Read More ›

• United States historical maps now available online

  By Elaine Anderson on September 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  High resolution historical maps dating from 1884 covering the United States are now freely available from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website. This is a work in progress, and there are currently 90,000 out of an estimated 200,000 maps… Read More ›

• Higher Education news

  By Elaine Anderson on June 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  England & Wales: The Government has published a Higher Education white paper “Students at the Heart of Education” detailing planned reforms to Universities. The Russell Group (of which the University of Glasgow is a member) has published its response to… Read More ›