In October 1942, the University Librarian George H Bushnell, amused the University Celtic Society with a ghost story which, according to the society minutes, was… Read More »‘A Handful of Ghosts’ – ghost stories from the University Librarian
Bringing in collections Incoming university collections are routinely checked for dirt, mould and insect activity before being cleaned, rehoused and shelved in the stores. Not… Read More »The colour aniline purple – housing silk textiles from the Calvert Chemistry Collection
This year is the 250th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley’s work Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, the first volume published by an African… Read More »Finding Phillis: The First African American Author
A blog post by Elizabeth Hayslett, volunteer in University Collections. The history of the University of St Andrews spans over 600 years, and St Andrews… Read More »Preparing ‘The Ricardian’ for access – review of a conservation volunteering placement
On the 8th July 2023, the University Libraries and Museums hosted an exhibit for the Fifth International Congress of the John Gower Society. We displayed… Read More »Fifth International Congress of the John Gower Society
Digitisation in libraries, archives, and museums is an important way of providing wider access to collections than would be possible in person. In recent years,… Read More »Has it been digitised? A history of reproducing St Andrews manuscripts.
When I received the notification that I had been chosen as the winner of the 2023 J. D. Forbes Prize, I was thrilled. Not for… Read More »Winner of the 2023 J. D. Forbes Collecting Prize: Tennysonian Arthuriana
Can’t find the book you want in the library? You can request it through the more books service. Many students and members of staff have… Read More »More books in the Library
We recently celebrated the publication of a novel which had waited 70 years to get into print. This is Willa Muir’s ‘new’ novel, The… Read More »‘The Usurpers’ by Willa Muir
In 1456 the Faculty of Arts at the University recorded a decision to install library furniture ‘in a small room at the end of the… Read More »When books go missing…
Did you know that the University of St Andrews created one of the world’s first higher educational qualifications for women, allowing them to study university-level… Read More »Lady Literate in Mathematics
This week is World Gaelic Week (Seachdain na Gàidhlig) – an initiative to celebrate Scottish Gaelic across the globe. In this blog we highlight some… Read More »Scottish Gaelic in the Collections
