by Antoinette Seymour Anto here. In the spirit of internationalisation I’m on an attachment at Glasgow University Archive Services (GUAS), with a focus on archives & special collections: Bahamas to Scotland; sand to castle. Therefore the Global Regional Activity Briefing… Read More ›
This month our foyer exhibition features the work of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,1832-1898). He is best known for his books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass but he was also a mathematician… Read More ›
On 10th March we commemorate the birthday of the author Jane Duncan, the pen name for Elizabeth Jane Cameron (1910-1976). Katharine Woods, who is researching a PhD at the University of Glasgow on ‘Affective Presence in the Archive’ has been… Read More ›
Yesterday Archive Services welcomed HATII Information Management and Preservation students and their teacher, Lesley Richmond (who is also the University Archivist), to the searchroom to appraise several collections. The searchroom was filled to the brim with over one hundred boxes… Read More ›
Below is a selection of books received by the Library in the Week beg 24th Feb 2014. For a complete listing of books received during this period see: New books 240214 [xls] The biology of peatlands / Håkan Rydin and John K…. Read More ›
Open Access Logo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/salfordpgrs/ Have you had an article accepted for publication? To comply with a wide range of funder and legislative requirements the library must be notified of all articles produced at the University of Glasgow when they… Read More ›
It’s been a very quick and productive first month and a half in my new role as Ben Line Cataloguing Project Officer, and I am pleased to say that I have finished box-listing the material. There was a lot of… Read More ›
Without a doubt Scotland is beautiful, so it’s hardly surprising that many films have used it as a location. Recent times have been heralded as a boom in the Glaswegian film industry, blockbusters such as World War Z… Read More ›
Below is a selection of books received by the Library in the Week beg 17th Feb 2014. For a complete listing of books received during this period see: New books 170214[xls] The cell : a molecular approach / Geoffrey M. Cooper,… Read More ›
*Reminder time – It’s just 2 weeks until our research inspiration evening* That’s right folks: postpone that trip to the cinema, cancel granny’s birthday party and block off the diary because there’s only one place to be on Wednesday 12th… Read More ›
February is LGBT History month and the University’s SRC Sexual Orientation Equality Officer, Liam King, has been investigating material in Archive Services and Special Collections. Liam came to the Library to look at a poem in the Edwin Morgan papers… Read More ›
