500 years of Aldines in Europe: A View From St Andrews
In the latest blog from the Preserving the World’s Rarest Books project, Michela Petris, a student studying at the Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy and a USTC volunteer in […]
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Frankenstein in St Andrews
2018 marks the 200th Anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’. In honour of this anniversary, Dr Katie Garner of the School of English takes a look at the […]
Emily Brontë at 200
Emily Brontë lived for just thirty years (1818-1848), and published one novel, Wuthering Heights, and a small number of poems. Both during her short life and throughout the much longer […]
Memories of World War I
As part of the British Home Front week in St Andrews, the University Library’s Special Collections Division is hosting a drop-in session on the morning of Saturday 23 June, where […]
James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2018
Bibliophile? Photography lover? Tell us about your collection and you could win £500 plus the chance to help select a new Special Collections item. The Special Collections Division of the […]
Special Collections Teaching 2017-2018 Candlemas Semester
At the University of St Andrews Library we are keen that Special Collections materials are used to support teaching through workshops, seminars and show and tell events. We have had […]
Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine
On this day, the 14th May, in 1796, the first documented case of cowpox inoculation was carried out by Dr Edward Jenner. This blog looks at Dr Jenner and the […]
For those taking the plunge…
On the 1st of May many St Andrews students choose to take part in the tradition of the May Dip. Taking a dip in the freezing North Sea at dawn […]
Searching for the Philosopher’s Stone
The following blog is the account of 10 year old Zachary’s visit to the Library’s Special Collections to see early Alchemical books to help with a school project. I had […]
Conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’
The University Library Special Collections Division recently contributed to the conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’. In this blog Dr Morvern French […]