Lighting the Past Reflections- Part II
Kieran Cressy, October 2014-June 2017, reminisces about his time on Lighting the Past. I joined the Lighting the Past team on October 12th 2014 as… Read More »Lighting the Past Reflections- Part II
Lighting the Past
Lighting the Past Reflections – Part I
The Lighting the Past (LtP) project has come to an end, and last time we wowed you with stats about the project. This time we… Read More »Lighting the Past Reflections – Part I
The Lighting the Past project comes to an end
In June 2013 phase 1 of the retrospective cataloguing project, Lighting the Past (LtP), began. Under the charge of a Lead Cataloguer, a workforce of… Read More »The Lighting the Past project comes to an end
Donaldson Collection – fully classified after 104 years
The books in the Donaldson Collection, which was bequeathed to the Library by Principal Sir James Donaldson in 1915, have finally been fully classified to… Read More »Donaldson Collection – fully classified after 104 years
Copyright ABCs – ‘The Art of Reading’
This week Lizzie reports on an item discovered by the Lighting the Past team from within the ‘L’ section of the Copyright Deposit Collection. You… Read More »Copyright ABCs – ‘The Art of Reading’
Lighting the Past Goodbyes!
On Tuesday, the Special Collections Division of the University of St Andrews Library celebrated the hard work of four Lighting the Past cataloguers who will… Read More »Lighting the Past Goodbyes!
Copyright ABCs – “The Clock Struck Four!!!”: Ashford v Thornton, Trial by Combat, and Nineteenth-Century Melodrama
We return to the Copyright Deposit ABC’s, as the cataloguing of this massive collection continues apace. For this instalment we are skipping past G (Geography,… Read More »Copyright ABCs – “The Clock Struck Four!!!”: Ashford v Thornton, Trial by Combat, and Nineteenth-Century Melodrama
Copyright ABCs – “This book is very ill used”: Student Marginalia in A Tour in Scotland
This week Emily reports on an item discovered by the Lighting the Past team from within the ‘D’ section of the Copyright Collection. You can… Read More »Copyright ABCs – “This book is very ill used”: Student Marginalia in A Tour in Scotland
Copyright ABCs: Introduction and A, B and C
This week we have the first part of a new series by the Lighting the Past team – we will be publishing further posts in… Read More »Copyright ABCs: Introduction and A, B and C
Show and Tell – Bird Books and Resources
In mid-May we held our final Show and Tell of the semester, following on from our previous event about treasures discovered by the Lighting… Read More »Show and Tell – Bird Books and Resources
Emollient Milk, Soap and Luxury Products: Advertising Consumer Goods in late Victorian and early Edwardian Britain
The industrial revolution and the emergence of the middle class in Victorian Britain led to an unprecedented rise of supply and demand for consumer goods.… Read More »Emollient Milk, Soap and Luxury Products: Advertising Consumer Goods in late Victorian and early Edwardian Britain
Show and Tell: Buccaneers and Buried Gold: Treasure from the Lighting the Past Project
On Wednesday the 20th of April we held a Show and Tell in the Martyrs Kirk New Park Seminar Room – “Buccaneers and Buried Gold:… Read More »Show and Tell: Buccaneers and Buried Gold: Treasure from the Lighting the Past Project