Launch Event for the Marseille Middleton Holloway Collection
A special event to mark the gift of the Marseille Middleton Holloway Collection was held on 24th October 2017. We were thrilled to be able to welcome 13 of Holloway’s […]
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Celebration of John Napier of Merchiston at St Andrews
The 400th anniversary of the death of the mathematician John Napier of Merchiston, was commemorated on the 4th of April this year. For details of his life and his connections […]
Reading the Collections, Week 49: Light Box
In anticipation of the StAnza Festival taking place in early March, I decided to read some poetry for this week’s post – Light Box – a collaboration between Professor Robert Crawford, Norman McBeath and the scientists…
Book review: The Meaning of the Library
Crawford, Alice (editor): The meaning of the library: a cultural history (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015) Alice Crawford from our Digital Research Division edited a book of collected essay from the King…