Below is a rotating feature of library news-feeds from across the UK and beyond.
Whether your interest is in radical women’s libraries, the diverse range of topics from Cambridge University Libraries or to keep up to date with…
Bookmark this page or check back regularly for the latest – keep your library alive…
National Archives…
Libraries Taskforce – newsfeed from this gov.uk resource to keep you regularly updated…
- Give a damn – and support Glasgow Women’s Library
Next year, we will celebrate our 35th birthday. Our story is one of surviving and thriving against the odds, and before we embark on some major fundraising in […]
- Story Cafe round up: Victorian female detectives crack the case!
Pauline enjoys delving into the murky world of Victorian detectives… Wendy welcomed us all to this Story Cafe Special and said she was pleased to see so […]
- Listening Notes – GWL Opens the Door
As part of this year’s Open the Door, we put together a radio show for Clydebuilt Radio using records from the Glasgow Women’s Library collection. Part of […]
- Story Cafe round up: Black History Month
Pauline shares what we enjoyed reading and chatting about to mark this year’s Black History Month… Wendy welcomed us to this Story Cafe where we would be […]
- Some prominent female playwrights through the ages
This post was written by Katie who is in S4 and has completed a week long work placement at Glasgow Women’s Library. Throughout time there have always been […]
- Book Picnic October 2025
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Echoes From the Archive: Third Eye Centre
The Third Eye Centre was a leading art gallery and publisher in Scotland between the 70s and 90—but the absence of archival work has rendered the art centre […]
- Book review: Stone Butch Blues
Vera, a volunteer and English Literature student from Germany, reviews another Classic in Lesbian and Transgender Literature.
- No is Not a Lonely Utterance by Sara Ahmed: a review
I normally read very quickly. This has always been a source of pride, and I will admit to being smug on more than one occasion when someone has asked […]
- Story Cafe round up: daring women take to the air
Pauline shares our adventurous and inspiring Story Cafe, celebrating women aeronauts and pilots… Wendy welcomed everyone to today’s Story Cafe and hoped […]
- Tackling The Online Safety Act
(This blog was written by a volunteer over the course of August and September 2025. The news around this topic is changing rapidly and as such some of the […]
- Artist Open Call
Glasgow Women’s Library is seeking expressions of interest from artists with intersectional and socially engaged practices.
- Tracing the Narrative: The GWL Book Launch Timeline
This reflective piece explores the Glasgow Women’s Library Book Launch Timeline project, which honours nearly thirty years of women’s writing and literary […]
- Doors Open Days at Glasgow Women’s Library
Step inside our beautiful Category B-Listed Carnegie Library, home to GWL since 2013. Alongside our Recognised Collection of National Significance, we’re […]
- GWL at 30: Challenging Violence against Women
In this podcast volunteers Amy, Niamh and Joy chat with Co-founder and Co-director Adele Patrick, BME Women's Project Development Worker Syma Ahmed, and […]
- Autumn 2025 Programme Out Now!
While heading towards colder weather and shorter days, we are committed to creating warmth by opening our doors to a season full of bold ideas, stories, and […]
- Homologie
One of our volunteers provides a glimpse into one of the Netherlands' most influential queer magazines, Homologie.
- Book Picnic August 2025
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- What’s New on the Shelf
Volunteer Eli D. highlights some new books on the GWL shelves!
- Calm Slam 2025 Finalists
For this year’s Calm Slam, we asked you to respond to the theme of Open The Door 2025, MUSIC. We were overwhelmed and moved by the creative, thoughtful and […]
Cambridge University Library News – regularly updated, diverse bibliographical musings…
- Feed has no items.
The Daring Librarian…
- Summer Reading 2022
Howard County Library Summer Reading Program May 31- July 29 & Celebration August 4 Adventure reading with the Summer Reading Program, this year’s theme […]
- Pride Month Display & Events
Pride Week & Month! Book Display • Books • Resources • Events Come to the MHMS Library Media Center and Check Out Our Book Display & Get ‘Em […]
- Research Made Easy: Our A+ Partnership ROCKS!
Years ago, when I was on the ISTE Board of Directors,* I was honored to tour a few of the Nashville Metro schools & observe their amazing partnership with […]
- Give Thanks
from our friends at the Howard County Public Library: Recommended Reads for Thanksgiving Whether you need a last-minute dessert recipe for your Thanksgiving […]
- Welcome Back to School!
Welcome Back Kiddos, Parents, & Families! This year is going to be challenging. I’m not gonna lie. It’s gonna to be weird at first, a little anxious, […]
- Summer Reading: Tails and Tales
Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Summer Reading Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a visitor here from outside our school – Welcome! […]
- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Resources
Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Month Resources on our Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a […]
- Calling all Creatives – Rainbow Vision!
Rainbow Vision Literary Magazine ISO student submissions! “Rainbow Vision is specifically looking for material for our literary magazine that has an LGBTQIA+ […]
- Got Curbside Books?
Our MHMS Curbside Library Media Book Pick Up Program is Going Strong! HOW This Works: Hey Murray Hillers! As I’ve mentioned in my many Canvas messages and […]
- MHTV Student News
Hey Mountain Lions! Enjoy the latest MHTV News Show written, filmed, produced, edited and created by our talented #MHTVNews producers & staff! Closed […]
No Shelf Required…
- The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the American fairy tale. Like other fairy tales that resonate across time and cultures, this story has seen retellings time and […]
- Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages: Jean Armour Polly, Net-Mom
Jean Armour Polly—better known as the Net-mom, and the person who helped popularize the phrase “surfing the internet” in 1994—adds her voice to the […]
- Grant Award Will Support Digitization of Diverse Local History Collections
Internet Archive’s Community Webs program has received a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and their Digitizing Hidden […]
- Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Pages: Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR
Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR, honors the Internet Archive’s milestone of 1 trillion web pages preserved as “1 trillion artifacts and snapshots […]
- Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Pages: Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer
Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, recognizes the Internet Archive’s achievement of preserving 1 trillion web pages as an […]
- Looking Back on Our Shared Digital History: “The Web We’ve Built” Mini-Doc
To help people connect with the Internet Archive’s celebration of 1 trillion web pages preserved, we created “The Web We’ve Built,” a cinematic […]
- Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Pages: Peter Gabriel, Musician
Musician Peter Gabriel reflects on the Internet Archive preserving 1 trillion web pages—a milestone he calls “an extraordinary achievement.” In his […]
- Internet Luminaries Unite to Defend the Open Web: “Let’s Have a Game with Many Winners”
At Wayback to the Future: Celebrating the Open Web in Washington D.C., some of the internet’s founding figures gathered to reflect on what went wrong—and […]
- California State Senator Recognizes Internet Archive’s ‘Remarkable Innovation and Leadership’
On October 22, California State Senator Scott Wiener joined the 1 trillion celebration to recognize Internet Archive’s “remarkable innovation and […]
- Celebrating Sir Tim Berners-Lee, 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award Recipient
In celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived, the Internet Archive is proud to honor the visionary who made it all possible. As announced in The New Yorker, […]
