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
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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
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!
Prelude to Chemistry: Images from the Alchemy Collection
In order to write four influential books on the history of chemistry, St Andrews’ Professor John Read (1884-1963) assembled a remarkable collection of primary sources.… Read More »Prelude to Chemistry: Images from the Alchemy Collection
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
Reading the Collections, Week 33: It’s all Greek to me
Cataloguing the backlog of early and rare printed books held in the Special Collections Division of the University Library can be a source of surprises.… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 33: It’s all Greek to me
Lighting the Past completes the Shewan Collection
Of all the collections to be catalogued by the Phase 1 team, the Shewan Collection will probably be the only one where every item has… Read More »Lighting the Past completes the Shewan Collection
Lighting the Past turns 1 year old – catalogues almost 10,000 books to-date!
On 10 June 2014 Lighting the Past celebrated its first birthday, when Phase 1 cataloguing on the programme began officially. Over this last year we’ve… Read More »Lighting the Past turns 1 year old – catalogues almost 10,000 books to-date!
Cataloguing of all 17th Century Books by Athanasius Kircher Complete!
On the 15th of May, Hermine Lefebvre, USTC/ENSSIB intern for 2014, completed a wonderful cataloguing project which has seen all of St Andrews’ 17th century… Read More »Cataloguing of all 17th Century Books by Athanasius Kircher Complete!
Lighting the Past: The Crombie Collection
The Lighting the Past team has completed its fourth collection to date! This collection belonged to the Reverend Frederick Crombie and was donated to the… Read More »Lighting the Past: The Crombie Collection
Lighting the Past: The St Andrews Collection
Last week the Lighting the Past team finished cataloguing the non-folio items of the St Andrews Collection. With some 2315 bib records and 3926 item… Read More »Lighting the Past: The St Andrews Collection
Cataloguing Completed: the Hargreaves Collection
The Rare Book team is pleased to announce that the Hargreaves Collection has been fully catalogued on SAULCAT and awaits your reading pleasure. Geoffrey D.… Read More »Cataloguing Completed: the Hargreaves Collection