Recent Acquisition – Letter from Robert Burns
A wife’s head is immaterial, compared with her heart” Robert Burns This year we are able to present an exciting addition to the Burnsiana in… Read More »Recent Acquisition – Letter from Robert Burns
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Tullis Russell Collection: Project Update
Back in September 2015 we announced on Echoes the acquisition of the Tullis Russell business papers which complement the extensive archive collection of Sir David… Read More »Tullis Russell Collection: Project Update
The St Andrews Rolevinck: A Gem in the University’s Collection
The St Andrews copy of the German monk Werner Rolevinck’s 1478 world history has already received attention as one of the treasures of the library.… Read More »The St Andrews Rolevinck: A Gem in the University’s Collection
Cataloguing the papers of David Hay Fleming: St Andrean, local historian and antiquarian
A few weeks ago, Fiona Menzies, our project cataloguer, gave a talk to colleagues, providing an outline of her work on the David Hay Fleming… Read More »Cataloguing the papers of David Hay Fleming: St Andrean, local historian and antiquarian
Where we find new old books, chapter 5, part II: A beginners’ guide to uncovering rare book treasures: the journey of a 500 year old book
Here, our Lighting the Past team complete the story of their recent adventures uncovering the story of one of our new finds. Provenance of a… Read More »Where we find new old books, chapter 5, part II: A beginners’ guide to uncovering rare book treasures: the journey of a 500 year old book
Where We Find New Old Books, Chapter 5, part I: A beginners’ guide to uncovering rare book treasures: a 500-year-long tale between Parisian pages
Here two of our Lighting the Past project cataloguers retrace their exciting journey of discovery as they uncover the story of one of our new… Read More »Where We Find New Old Books, Chapter 5, part I: A beginners’ guide to uncovering rare book treasures: a 500-year-long tale between Parisian pages
Where we find new old books, chapter 4: William Creech and a new first edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations
Once again external funding for a cataloguing project (the Henderson Bequest) has thrown into the light another hidden gem in the Special Collections of the… Read More »Where we find new old books, chapter 4: William Creech and a new first edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations
Where we find new old books, chapter 3: buried treasure amongst the stacks
This is what buried treasure looks like in a library: This book, which is a collection of two perfectly respectable but not very rare tracts… Read More »Where we find new old books, chapter 3: buried treasure amongst the stacks
Noteworthy Hindi and Bengali printed books now on SAULCAT
Rare materials cataloguers in Anglo-American libraries often work with a variety of European languages, and are reasonably comfortable cataloguing books in the Germanic and Romance… Read More »Noteworthy Hindi and Bengali printed books now on SAULCAT
Where we find new old books, chapter 2: a new 15th century fragment joins a fragmentary history
Around a month ago Liza DeBlock (one of our MLitt in Book History students) pulled from the shelf this very interesting book during her regularly… Read More »Where we find new old books, chapter 2: a new 15th century fragment joins a fragmentary history
Where We Find New Old Books, chapter 1: broadsides, almanacs and the ephemeral
This occasional series will highlight the types of unrecorded early printed books that are regularly uncovered in the process of cataloguing. This first article was… Read More »Where We Find New Old Books, chapter 1: broadsides, almanacs and the ephemeral
Special Collections plays part in launch of University CD label
Sunday 12 April 2015 saw a fantastic concert in St Salvator’s Chapel to launch ‘Sanctiandree’, the first CD label established by a Scottish University. The… Read More »Special Collections plays part in launch of University CD label