We are very pleased to announce that high quality reproductions of some of the highlights of the Map Collections covering Glasgow are now available from the Online Shop of the University. You’ll find privately surveyed maps showing Glasgow in 1778… Read More ›
Special Collections is delighted that James McGonigal’s biography of the celebrated Scottish poet Edwin Morgan (1920-2010) has won the Saltire Society’s Research Book of the Year Award. Professor McGonigal has been a regular visitor to our reading room over the last few… Read More ›
A number of early illustrated books from our internationally-renowned Stirling Maxwell collection are currently on display at the Hunterian Art Gallery as part of an exhibition entitled ‘Breaking the Renaissance Code: Emblems and Emblem Books’. The exhibition explores how emblem… Read More ›
As a Graduate Trainee in the Special Collections Department, I feel privileged to be granted access to the closed book stack. There are many weird and wonderful items behind these closed doors, unbeknownst to most of the Library’s visitors, yet… Read More ›
