Last night we put on display the two oldest documents from the University Archive. They are two inspeximuses issued in 1304 by the Chapter of Glasgow to the Dominican Black Friars. They were displayed to mark the launch of the… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘scotland’
Open Afternoon: Stoddard-Templeton Archive Launch
Archive Services is celebrating the launch of the online catalogue for the Stoddard-Templeton Archive with an open afternoon on Thursday, 19th April. We’ll have some of the highlights of the Archive on display, be showing some of the companies’ films,… Read More ›
Results from UK Government Consultation on Scottish Independence
In January this year the UK Government published a consultation document to gather public opinion on the proposal by the Scottish National Party (SNP) to hold a referendum on Scottish independence. The consultation was open until Friday 9th March and gathered… Read More ›
Budget 2012
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, presented his Budget to Parliament today, 21 March 2012. This is the third Budget of the Coalition Government. In his Budget speech the Chancellor outlined how the Government plans to raise and… Read More ›
Map sale on level 7 of the library
The University Library Map Collection is holding a sale of duplicate and surplus maps. Coverage includes historical Ordnance Survey mapping at various scales covering many areas of Scotland from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as modern mapping of… Read More ›
Scottish Government consultation on Independence
The Scottish Government has today published a consultation document to gather the views of the Scottish people on the format of a referendum on Scottish independence. The consultation will collect public opinion on the mechanics of how a referendum would… Read More ›
Consultation on a Scottish Referendum on Independence
The UK Government has published a consultation document to gather public opinion on the proposal by the Scottish National Party (SNP) to hold a referendum on Scottish Independence. The consultation will run until Friday 9th March and is open to… Read More ›
19th century photographs online: a tour across the world
Over the past year we’ve brought you images from 19th century photograph albums in Special Collections, including pictures of Australia, prize-winning views of Britain, China, Egypt, France, Italy, India, Japan, and the USA. You can see a selection of over 100… Read More ›
More maps in the Gallery
Our Map Galleries highlight a number of significant items from the map collections using high resolution zoomable images. The latest addition is a selection of indexes to the County Series of the Ordnance Survey. The County Series of Scotland was… Read More ›
Results of the 2011 Scottish Parliament Election and AV Referendum
You can follow the remaining Scottish Election results as they are declared on the BBC’s Scottish Election 2011 results web pages. The vote count started at 10pm on the 5th of May with the first result soon after 2am on… Read More ›
