RGU placement students at Library bake sale l-r: Adriana, Elizabeth (me), Rachel I’ve been here at the Main University Library for the past 4 weeks on a work placement from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen as part…
We are delighted to report that a PhD thesis written at St Andrews over 30 years ago has been the second most downloaded thesis from EThOS in March 2014. ‘The Gospel of Thomas and the…
Do you want a better understanding of what open access means for you? Do you need to know how to comply with your funders' requirements for open access? Would you like an understanding of how using PURE relates to open…
Four weeks ago, we described how to make a linen shift using the directions in Robert Byfield’s Sectum: the Universal Directory in the Art of Cutting, published in 1825. This […]
Following the announcement by HEFCE of open-access requirements in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework, guidance is being offered to the research community on practical steps towards implementation. Ben…
Image courtesy of University of St Andrews Library (ms38426/3) 2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Over the next four years the Library will highlight those items in our…
This week’s How-to post gave an excuse for our two departmental home-brewers, Marc and Daryl, to stretch their boundaries to adapt a strange recipe for “Scurvy-grass Ale” found in an […]
Do you have data that you wish to/need to preserve and/or share? If so, we may be able to help, please complete the questionnaire at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PLVX9L9. What is a data repository and why do we need…
Well, this week’s post has been more challenging than expected. It started life as a blog about decorating churches for Easter. Although I have no doubt there is material about […]
This week’s blog is about the fun we have had singing together, learning songs chosen from the undiscovered riches of the Library’s music holdings. We have explored the hidden depths […]