Author Archives
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ASC Rewind: Louis Renard, Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with new eyes. This article was originally published in January 2002 by Julie Gardham and the full… Read More ›
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ASC Rewind: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with new eyes. This article was originally published in October 2004 by Julie Gardham and the full… Read More ›
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Peeking into book biographies with Blackie publishing contracts
Guest blog post by Lucy Janes, Master’s Student in Information Management & Preservation at the University of Glasgow. Books have their own biographies and the traces of their ‘lives’ can be found in records such as those of Blackie & Son Ltd, a Glasgow publishing company founded… Read More ›
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Explore Your Archives 2019
As November draws to a close, everyone’s favourite time of year begins: yes, it’s #ExploreYourArchive season again! We’ve been taking part in the Explore Your Archive campaign for several years now, but for any newcomers, this is a project coordinated… Read More ›
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Season of Photography: exploring industrial photographs
Photography Scotland’s Season of Photography runs this year from September-November. To mark the event, I have been challenged to explore the photographs contained within our business collections, and to consider their unique value in archival research. When we conjure an… Read More ›
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University of Glasgow Collections at the Sixth Postgraduate Conference in Conflict Archaeology
By Euan Loarridge The University of Glasgow recently hosted ‘Pens in One Hand, Trowels in the Other’: The Sixth Postgraduate Conference in Conflict Archaeology. Taking place over two days at the Kelvin Hall, 70 delegates attended nearly 30 presentations on… Read More ›