An exhibition looking at hazardous substances found in historic bindings is currently on display at the Research Studio in the Wardlaw Museum. This blog highlights… Read More »Poisonous books – Dangers from the past
Today is my last day of work at St Andrews. After more than six years in this lovely, quiet corner of the world, I’m heading… Read More »The curator’s goodbye
Over the past year staff from the Special Collections Division have been putting together posts highlighting ‘Inspiring Illustrations’ of material in our collections. Representing the… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 48: the Trajectory of the Photographic Medium
We resume our posts with good news! We are delighted to announce that Kirsty Lee has been awarded the prestigious Patrick Cadell Bursary. Kirsty is… Read More »Bursary success!
We have just celebrated the opening of our latest exhibition. ‘A Royal Foundation: 400 years of the King James Library’ celebrates the establishment in 1612… Read More »Behind the scenes at the Museum: Installing the King James Library Exhibition
The Department of Special Collections of the University Library has a new Tumblr blog called “lux”. Its aim is to cater to those who will… Read More »lux: Showing off the Photographic Collection on Tumblr
The National Library of Finland (from Wikimedia Commons).[/caption] On Monday, 13 August 2012, IFLA’s Rare Book and Manuscript Section hosted a special topic day during… Read More »“Marketing of rare and special collections in a digital age” – IFLA’s RBMS off-site day
Pasilia, Helsinki, Finland. These first two days at the grand pow-wow of the world’s leading librarians has been intense and great, and has also come… Read More »IFLA WLIC 2012 Helsinki days 1 & 2 wrap-up and perspective
“I touched down late last night at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in what is probably the furthest east in Europe that I’ve been … I’m here to… Read More »Rare Book Librarian visits Helsinki for IFLA’s World Library & Information Congress (WLIC)
Last Wednesday, 13 June 2012, the University Library unveiled its plans for the online cataloguing of the large backlog of rare and early books found… Read More »“Lighting the Past”, a new initiative for the cataloguing of the rare books of the University of St Andrews, launches!
Finally, just last week, some resolution was brought to the developing crisis in Naples around one of the region’s oldest libraries, the Biblioteca dei Girolamini.… Read More »Reflections on Girolamini: Libraries, funding and the people we trust
