This post continues our mini-series on former Rectors of the University of St Andrews. Sir Learie Constantine (1967-70) Son of a sugar plantation worker and grandson of a slave, Constantine trained as a barrister, and…
This week sees the installation of a new Rector at the University. The office of Rector is as old as the medieval University but took its present form after it was redefined under the Universities (Scotland) Act of…
Last Thursday the University Library Special Collections put on a show and tell as part of this year’s StAnza poetry festival for an audience of over 20 enthusiastic and knowledgeable attendees. To fit in with the…
The workshop ‘Editors and Editing of Scientific Periodicals: Constructing Knowledge and Identity, 1760s-1910s’ was hosted by the School of History from the 18th to 19th January. It brought together international…
On 21-22 November, Special Collections welcomed David Pearson, former Director of Culture, Heritage & Libraries for the City of London Corporation and author of Provenance Research in Book History (1994), English…
The Annual Lecture of the Man Booker Prize Foundation Universities Initiative is to be delivered this year by author Sarah Waters (5:30pm 15th November, Booth Lecture Theatre, Medical Building). Waters is known for her…
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 descendants to the University Library’s Napier…
Maths Week Scotland included lots of activity in St Andrews. The Library’s Special Collections Division was really pleased to be able to take Maths treasures out into the School of Maths last Thursday. Our display was…
As part of the first Maths Week Scotland, the Library is hosting a display of highlights of the University’s mathematical manuscripts and rare books. Maths Week Scotland is a brand new initiative to help everyone in…
In this final focus on the Library’s exhibitions for the St Andrews Photo Festival, 1-30 September 2017, we feature images of golf. Throughout Scotland, golf is ubiquitous. That’s not to say that there are merely lots…