LGBT History Month in the Library
Since 2005, the month of February has been observed as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) history month in the UK. The aim of LGBT history month is to raise […]
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After working as User Experience and Communications Manager for the University's Library, Beth joined Digital Communications as Senior Web Content Editor in 2023. As a content editor, Beth will work with colleagues across the University to develop online information and improve user experience. She has an avid interest in travel, art and golden retrievers.
Want to win £200? Take the Library survey!
Fill in our survey and you could win a £200 Amazon gift card! Please tell us how satisfied you are with Library services, spaces and resources. Should only take 5 mins. The survey is open to all University staff,…
Valentine's: Your Love and Break-up letters to the Library
Thank you for the beautiful, funny, and moving letters you left for us on our Valentine’s feedback board. Below are some of the highlights! You left 60 post-its in total and only around 8 were truly break-ups!…
Compass of the heart: following the map of matrimony on St Valentine’s Day
To celebrate St Valentine’s Day this year we are featuring the Map of Matrimony, with its Kingdom of Courtship, River of Love, Dangerous Straits of Flirtation, Isles of Jealousy and […]
Is your love for the Library true? Love and break-up letters for Valentine's Day
Come along to the Main Library and let your creativity flow. Write us a love or break-up letter, sonnet, haiku, poem, rant, or song. Pick up some chocolate hearts and sherbet love heart sweets <3. There are also some…
From Anglo-Saxons to the Tower of London
On a recent visit to London, Rachel caught up with Becky Lawton (Medieval History MLitt, 2015) at the British Library’s sell-out Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition. You can find out more about Becky’s […]
John Ruskin and James David Forbes
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Victorian art critic John Ruskin (8 February 1819-20 January 1900). Born in London, John Ruskin was the only son of […]
Students – love poetry and want to win £100? Enter Poems Aloud competition!
Open only to University of St Andrews students, our Poems Aloud! competition (run in collaboration with the StAnza International Poetry Festival) asks you to perform a poem you have memorised on stage at The Byre…
Meet your rare anatomy books
On 21st January we held our first outreach session of the year: Meet your rare anatomy books. This event gave staff and students from the School of Medicine (and a […]
Turn over a new leaf – Veganuary
The Veganuary campaign is encouraging people to go vegan for the month of January. For this campaign the Main Library will have on display a number of texts relating to […]