Stuart M Shieber is Professor of Computer Science at Harvard and Faculty Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Come along to the Old Library (School of Psychology) on Thursday 5 June, 9.30-10.30…
Recently, the staff of Special Collections were treated to a talk by local artist Jean Johnstone, who came to discuss a commissioned piece she is undertaking for and about the […]
Vacation opening will begin on Saturday 24th May. The Main University Library and the Martyrs Kirk Research Reading Rooms will be open 7 days a week over the summer vacation. Here are details: Main Library…
Do you have data that you wish to/need to preserve and/or share? If so, please complete our questionnaire and we may be able to help. What is a data repository and why do we need one? As part of the University’s…
In the following post John Cawthorn talks about his interest in The Great War and why he chose to deposit his collection of WWI materials with the University of St Andrews Library The genesis of The Russell Cawthorn…
This week we are shopping with the Anstruthers of Balcaskie, a family who have been in Fife since the 12th century, their seat being the mansion house of Balcaskie near […]
This June marks 100 years since the start of World War I. To commemorate the Centenary of ‘The Great War’, the University of St Andrews Library has decided to display materials from our collections for Library users…
For this week’s how-to post, I’ve taken some inspiration from one of our quirkiest collections, that of the Reverend John Beveridge (1857-1943). Beveridge gifted his library and archive to the […]
This semester’s winner is Andrew Morris, MPhys in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics student. Ewan McCubbin (Assistant Director (Liaison & User Services)) presents Andrew with the prize! Andrew filled in one of our…