Daniel Defoe’s castaway tale, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, was first published 300 years …
Tuesday April 23, 2019
University Library news and events
Information about spaces, feedback, changes to opening times, competitions, events, Open Access, our collections including Special Collections and archives, research support and more can be found on this blog.
Tuesday April 2, 2019 NewsLatest posts
This is the first of a new mini-series of blogs which will explore different aspects of the theme …
Thursday April 18, 2019
Each year, the University Library organise a poetry recital competition for students as part of the StAnza poetry …
Tuesday April 16, 2019
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Silent Film comes to St Andrews
This week marks the 130th birthday of Charlie Chaplin, a comic actor who rose to fame during the silent film era. Many of his films were shown in St Andrews at the New Picture House (NPH) and adverts for the screenings can be found in our copies of the St Andrews Citizen . You can…
16 April 2019News
Charlie Chaplin and Pixar’s WALL-E
It’s Charlie Chaplin’s birthday! So we are highlighting an article in our institutional repository that focuses on the slapstick comedy tradition of the silent era and specifically how the themes of Fordism and industrialisation are also reflected in t...
16 April 2019Open Access
James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2018 Winner
We are happy to announce that the winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2018 is Parker Gordon, PhD candidate in the School of English. In this blog, Parker […]
15 April 2019Special Collections