As well as being available to researchers, items from our collections are also in demand for exhibitions. Currently, pamphlets from the Bissett Collection are on show at Scotland Street School Museum in The Glasgow Schools, part of the Glasgow International… Read More ›
A new display on New Lanark and Robert Owen is currently available on Level 7 near the enquiry desk. The village of New Lanark once housed the largest cotton mill in Scotland and was run by industrialist and socialist Robert… Read More ›
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8th every year around the world. The idea of a ‘Women’s Day’ first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America. First observed… Read More ›
Delivering for Scotland: The Government’s Programme for Scotland 2010-2011 – Annual publication which lays out the government’s legislative programme for the coming year, including 10 bill proposals designed to protect public services and support businesses and families through a period of… Read More ›
![John Vaus: Rudimenta Puerorum in artem grammaticam ([Paris]: Josse Bade, [1522]) Page from section in Scots in Gothic typeface, including instructions on the conjugations of amo.](http://universityofglasgowlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/vausgrammar.jpg?w=120&h=120&crop=1)
Describing and cataloguing early printed books can sometimes be a challenge. What do you do when you come across a book that – thanks to the ravages of time – is “imperfect” (as we politely call a book that might… Read More ›
On Thursday 17th September, the Library hosted a visit from a group of delegates to a children’s literature symposium being run by the Faculty of Education. A display ‘Children’s Literature from Scotland’ was set up, and the delegates enjoyed browsing… Read More ›
New titles have been added to Oxford Reference Online – A Dictionary of Education, A Dictionary of Hinduism, Oxford Companion to Global Change; The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors. And there are new editions of several dictionaries… Read More ›
