The St Andrews Periodic Table
In honour of UNESCO’s International Year of the Periodic Table 2019, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is showcasing the wonders of the Periodic Table and chemical elements. As part […]
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Science and Photography Symposium
We are happy to announce the programme for a one day symposium on the topic of ‘Science and Photography’ on the 23 October 2019. To book your place visit our online […]
HELP! It’s an emergency…
In June, staff from the University’s Library and Museum Collections attended a one-day training course on the salvage of library, archive and museum collections. The course was organised by the […]
Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
The Special Collections Division of the University Library is very sad to note the death of Dr Robert N Smart on 21 July 2019, aged 87. Born in Abernethy, Bob […]
Print History Conference Enlightened by Rare Book Exhibition
This year’s annual Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) conference brought scholars from all over the world to St Andrews. Over the course of the June conference, more than fifty print […]
James Nasmyth’s “Moon” images, 1874
Tomorrow (20 July) marks the 50th anniversary of the first humans landing on the Moon in 1969 as part of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar mission. Human fascination with the moon […]
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 a second year undergraduate studying […]
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 hear from past and present […]
The Lighting the Past project comes to an end
In June 2013 phase 1 of the retrospective cataloguing project, Lighting the Past (LtP), began. Under the charge of a Lead Cataloguer, a workforce of part-time students drawn from the […]
Visiting Scholars Talks 2019
We are pleased to announce our programme of talks for the University of St Andrews Library Special Collections Visiting Scholars 2019 session. All our Visiting Scholar talks will be taking place […]