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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 the first comprehensive mapping of Scotland in a single survey. From the late 1840s through … Continue reading
We need your help with Turnitin
Please take part in our short survey about Turnitin What do you think of Turnitin? Have you found it helpful when learning how to write an academic essay? Did it help you understand what we mean by plagiarism? What support were you given? The Turnitin software has been in use at the University of Glasgow … Continue reading
New blog image for the summer
The header image this summer has been made available due to the generosity of Gordon Cunningham, its copyright holder. The image was taken on the 11th May 2009 and shows the trees, in one of the University’s many green spaces, in full bloom. Gordon has a whole set of images of the university, available from … Continue reading
Fascinating Facts about the Library
The newly published Library Review for 2009 has some fascinating facts about us. Did you know that there were 1,391,443 visitors to the Library in academic session 2008/09? This is the equivalent of almost 2.5 times the total population of Glasgow coming in and out of the building in a single year and is an … Continue reading
Tell us what you think of the Library. Prizes!
The University of Glasgow Library is using LibQUAL+ to measure your perceptions of the quality of our service and to identify the most important areas where we might need to improve. The survey also measures the range of information we have available for you and the library as a place for you to study. We … Continue reading
You can use Library computers until 2am!
The Library invites users to add comments when they are completing the Libqual survey. A few people have mentioned that they think the computers in the Library can’t be used after midnight and we’d like to reassure you that you can. If you are logged into a Library PC at midnight you are logged out … Continue reading
Clyde shipyard records survey
As part of my Graduate Traineeship I recently visited a Clyde shipyard with David Powell, Surveying Officer of the Business Archives Council of Scotland. We had planned to make a quick pick up of the records the business had identified as archives and no longer needed for business purposes. It soon became apparent that this … Continue reading
Archive Survey #2
Recently I accompanied David Powell (BACS Surveying Officer) to a lace mill located in Ayrshire. The mill is scheduled for demolition and we were there to survey any archive material that may still be in the building. Unfortunately the building had been broken into by vandals and the surviving records had been left in a … Continue reading
Prize Winners of the LibQUAL+™ 2009 Survey
Participants of the LibQUAL+™ 2009 survey were given the option to enter a draw to win a £50 token for Borders Books. The winners were Hannah K. Hamilton, Paul Bastock and Olivia Robinson.
Archive survey
As part of my Graduate Traineeship within Archive Services, I recently shadowed David Powell (BACS) on an archive survey of a fabric manufacturer in Ayrshire to provide advice on preserving and managing their archives. The archive contained thousands of fabric designs and samples. The company already balance traditional techniques with cutting edge developments to meet … Continue reading
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