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- Story Cafe round up: storytelling with Gauri Raje
This event was made possible by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival’s Big Scottish Story Ripple Initiative and organised by Traditional Arts and […]
- A ‘decade of new feminist print culture’: An Introduction to Some Second-Wave Feminist Magazines
An introduction to the Second-Wave Feminist publications from the 1970-2000s that we have in our archive collection and for sale at the Feminist Fair.
- Quiet Politics and Militant Futures : Feminism at the Third Eye Centre (1981-1991)
It is too easily forgotten nowadays, when small galleries proliferate, just how crucial this enterprise was, and how sharp the disappointment when the tenancy […]
- 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.
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- 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 […]
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- ALA, ARL, and CARL Join the Fight to Defend Our Future Memory
Three of North America’s flagship library organizations have thrown their weight behind the movement to protect memory institutions’ digital rights. The […]
- 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You!
We invite filmmakers, artists, and creatives of all skill levels and backgrounds to celebrate Public Domain Day, by creating and uploading a 2-3 minute short […]
- A Landmark History of the AIDS Crisis Is Now Free for All To Read
In the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis, journalist John-Manuel Andriote was struck by how the gay and lesbian community mobilized, and how many in the […]
- Boston Library Consortium Joins Statement Supporting Digital Rights for Memory Institutions
The movement for Our Future Memory is getting bigger, with yet another library leader endorsing memory institutions’ digital rights. The Boston Library […]
- Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages: Erin Malone on Designing Kodak’s First Web Site in 1994
Erin Malone, the user experience designer behind Kodak’s first website, looks back on the early web with the story of how she and a colleague built the […]
- From CNN: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved
From CNN: The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is […]
- Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US
Democracies depend on an informed and engaged citizenry — and in the digital age, that means equitable, reliable access to public information online. To help […]
- 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 […]
