On the 4th January 1965 the University of St Andrews Computing Laboratory started a full-time computer service in St Andrews. In celebration of its Silver… Read More »The role of Astronomy in the establishment of the University Computing Laboratory in St Andrews
The 150th Open Golf Championship will be held in St Andrews from 14-17 July 2022. To coincide with this event, the University, in conjunction with… Read More »Open Championship in St Andrews 2022
Queen Elizabeth II is the first British Monarch to celebrate 70 years of service. Her reign is already longer than the reigns of her four… Read More »The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
We are delighted to support the Virtual Alumni Weekend with a quick glance behind the scenes at the records we hold in the University archive… Read More »Virtual Alumni Weekend, 16-18 April 2021
This is the second part of a blog series about Special Collections’ remote enquiry service, and the types of questions we answer using collections material.… Read More »Anatomy of an enquiry, part 2: historical firsts
Julie Greenhill may be a familiar name if you have ever sent an enquiry to Special Collections. Here she reflects on a key role the… Read More »The anatomy of an enquiry, part 1: unlocking answers in the archive
In this blog, student Emma Sibbald shares highlights from her research into the reading practices of Elizabeth Foulis, a regular user of the University Library in… Read More »Miss Elizabeth Foulis, an Invisible Borrower
In memory of the legendary golf commentator, Peter Alliss (1931-2020), we highlight moments from his life as documented in our photographic collections. Son of acclaimed… Read More »Remembering Peter Alliss (1931-2020), LLD 2005
“Kennedy’s college, dedicated to the Holy Saviour, was founded on the site which it has ever since occupied in North Street on 27 August 1450.… Read More »570 years ago today …
As the first University in Scotland, we thought it would be fitting to start the St Andrews Library’s Special Collections advent calendar with the most… Read More »December 2 – The Unicorn
In the final report by our 2019 visiting scholars, Karie Schultz reflects on her time at St Andrews. Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity… Read More »‘The teaching of politics at the University of St Andrews, 1600-1650’
On the birthday of Dr Elsie Maud Inglis, we share with you some of the highlights from the records of University Hall (the first female… Read More »Dr Elsie Maud Inglis (1864-1917) and Scottish Women’s Hospitals
