Guest blog post by Dr Christine Whyte, Lecturer in Global History, University of Glasgow On 20 May, in response to the #MuseumsUnlocked discussion, Twitter user @j4lebi asked: It strikes me that conversations tend to centre around “loot”. These are, of… Read More ›
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with fresh eyes. This article was originally published on April 2000 by Julie Coleman and the full article can still be found on our website in the Book… Read More ›
Guest blog by Dr Anke Timmermann, University of Glasgow Library Fellow in 2019.[1] Health, wealth, and happiness were as desirable in the medieval and early modern period as they are today. However, five hundred years ago it was not science… Read More ›
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with fresh eyes. This article was originally published in March 2006 and the full article can still… Read More ›
The decision of the Archives & Special Collections department to invest in EMu as the preferred collection management system was clear. Firstly, EMu could store and attach multimedia files to catalogue records – a feature that amongst other things… Read More ›
As UofGASC begin to welcome a new cohort of placement students, it seems a fitting opportunity to publish the work of one of last year’s Museum Studies students. Guest blog post by Antonios Chaliakopoulos, Museum Studies placement student I completed… Read More ›
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 ›
Guest blog post by Linsey McMillan, PhD Student in History, University of Edinburgh. This article was written by PhD student Linsey McMillan in conjunction with the current exhibition Call and Response: The University of Glasgow and Slavery. The exhibition seeks… Read More ›
To join in with the Library and University’s Festive Feast activities this weekend we’ve created a festive themed colouring book featuring items from Archives and Special Collections. These festive colouring pages have been created using images of items held across… Read More ›
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 ›
