Today, M Pilar Gil from the Special Collections Division of the library will be giving a paper at the International Symposium Setting their Table: Women and… Read More »Setting their Table: Women and the Periodic Table of Elements
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the University of St Andrews’ Booker Prize Project, where all new undergraduate students are given access to a… Read More »His Bloody Project: A Historical Commentary
A one-day theory and practical workshop on the basic care and preservation of photographs was organised and hosted by the University of St Andrews Library,… Read More »Colour me clean! Basic Care and Preservation of Photographic Collections
Back in March, we announced the names of this year’s University Library Special Collections Visiting Scholars. We have enjoyed getting to know the first of… Read More »University Library Special Collections Visiting Scholars Show and Tell Programme
The Special Collections Division of the University Library has an ongoing programme of boxing and housing collection items in custom-made enclosures of acid and lignin-free… Read More »Boxing the collections: a review of a two-day workshop on magnetic box-making
As part of the British Home Front week in St Andrews, the University Library’s Special Collections Division is hosting a drop-in session on the morning… Read More »Memories of World War I
The University Library Special Collections Division recently contributed to the conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’. In… Read More »Conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’
Here we conclude our mini-series on Rectors of the University, in this Rectorial installation season, covering the most recent occupants of the role. Donald Findlay… Read More »Rectors of the University of St Andrews, 1993 to present
This post continues our mini-series on former Rectors of the University of St Andrews. Sir Learie Constantine (1967-70) Son of a sugar plantation worker and… Read More »Cricketer, Comedians, and Campaigners: Rectors, 1967-1993
This week sees the installation of a new Rector at the University. The office of Rector is as old as the medieval University but took… Read More »Rectors of the University of St Andrews, 1938 to 1967
Last Thursday the University Library Special Collections put on a show and tell as part of this year’s StAnza poetry festival for an audience of… Read More »StAnza Poetry Festival
The workshop ‘Editors and Editing of Scientific Periodicals: Constructing Knowledge and Identity, 1760s-1910s’ was hosted by the School of History from the 18th to 19th… Read More »Editors at work: Constructing Knowledge and Identity through Scientific Periodicals
