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- A long history: women in Scottish religion
My name is Ashley Thompson and I’m a current volunteer at GWL. When I’m not volunteering, I’m a history student whose passion is gender history, […]
- Clearing out: What a weight to go!
Longtime GWL supporter and donor Shirley Henderson gives us food for thought in this blog post about a recent donation to our museum collections… My mum went […]
- Green Growth from Seeds of Change: GWL has a Green Thumb!
Amelia shares some final reflections… Over the past 30 years Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) has encouraged gardening as a fun pass time for women and also […]
- Please share your stories of Transformation
As we mark 30 years of GWL we’re inviting people who have come into contact with GWL at any point in the past three decades to share the impact the
- Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Green Events at GWL
In her third blog student placement Amelia takes a look back at Green Events at GWL over the last decade… Whilst trying to map environmentalism at Glasgow […]
- Ingrid Pollard: Carbon slowly turning
Reviewed by Caroline. When Carbon Slowly Turning, a new book that gives a stunning overview of artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard’s practice, spanning 40 […]
- June Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. This was our first Book Picnic in […]
- Green Growth from Seeds of Change: In Conversation with the Green Cluster
Student Placement Amelia’s second blog on GWL’s work with the environment… The Green Cluster, at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL), is a group of women at […]
- Workshop Callout
GWL is exploring women’s health inequality with artist Olivia Plender and would love your input! Following on from her beautiful redesign of our community […]
- Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Introduction
Amelia is studying a Masters in Applied Gender Studies at Strathclyde University and completed her placement with us in April. Read her first in a series of […]
- George Floyd by Jo Beth Gray
As part of our Open the Door Feedback Festival we’re delighted to share a poem written by Jo Beth Gray. Open the Door started in 2015 with the aim of
- Summer Programme: Events at a Glance
We're delighted to be launching our new Summer programme. This season our 30th Anniversary project Three Decades of Changing Minds picks up momentum alongside […]
- 30 Years of Volunteering
This is the ninth blog of a series in celebration of GWL’s 30th anniversary. Ahead of Volunteers' Week, Celine delves into our Newsletters published from […]
- Three Decades of Changing Minds: Project archivist Mae Moss blogs about her first month
Hello everyone! I’ve been working on the 30th anniversary project for just over 8 weeks now and what a ride it’s been! Having volunteered and worked […]
- A Striking Lens: Recent Additions Recognising Women’s Art
As the Glasgow Women’s Library continues to acquire more books, I will attempt to highlight some of the recent additions that I personally found very […]
- May Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. In the current climate, our Book […]
- NMRD Sticker of the Month: May 2022
The 1880's saw the emergence of roller skating, and races developed soon after. Roller Derby was founded by Leo Seltzer in Chicago in 1933. Here, the sport […]
- Five years of Opening the Door wide to the world of women’s reading and writing
GWL's Dr Adele Patrick writes about five years of the groundbreaking Open the Door Festival
- Revelations from a three-month student placement
Ronja's time on placement at GWL was full of revelations... What can they possibly be?
- Knowing the Dalits in the Dalit History Month
Hello, my name is Anushka Bhilwar (pronouns: they/she). I am a recent graduate from of Public Policy from University of Stirling, Scotland. Quite recently, my […]
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- Ukraine and films in the Klassiki database : the August 2022 Slavonic items of the month
Last year, Cambridge University Libraries started providing access to the Klassiki database of films from Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central […]
- Hogwood Archive: an introduction
The library has in recent years acquired significant materials and collections relating to the Early Music Revival. One of these is the Christopher Hogwood […]
- Ebook Central and JSTOR DDAs: July update
July saw 96 titles triggered for purchase across the UL’s two ebook DDA (demand-driven acquisition) schemes. In total, 1190 ebooks were acquired this way in […]
- JSTOR collections available until 30th June 2023 (Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Sustainability Arts & Sciences XV)
Our access to the JSTOR collections that have been made available during the Covid-19 pandemic will continue until 30th June 2023. All of our JSTOR databases […]
- New E-Resource – Taiwan Electronic Periodicals Service (TEPS)
We are delighted to provide online access to Taiwan Electronic Periodicals Service (TEPS) on the Airiti platform. Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services […]
- Interned German artists (1): John Heartfield and Kurt Schwitters
British wartime internment of foreign nationals seems to have been a recurring theme for me this year. I already knew about World War Two internment camps on […]
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…
- Canada is Leading the Way on User-Centered Copyright Policy
In an important new copyright decision, the Supreme Court of Canada reaffirmed its commitment to the principles of users rights and technological […]
- DWeb Camp 2022: A Grounded Convening of Those Building a Decentralized, Values-Driven Web
Much has changed since 2016, when the Internet Archive held the first Decentralized Web Summit. Scrappy teams with lean funding have grown into formidable […]
- Colgate University Libraries Donates to Expanding Government Document Microfiche Collection
From 1970 to 2004, Colgate University amassed as many as 1.5 million microfiche cards with documents from the U.S. federal government. The small, private […]
- Web Archiving to the Rescue: One Library’s Quest to Fill an Information Gap
Guest post by: Dana Hamlin, Archivist at Waltham Public Library This post is part of a series written by members of the Internet Archive’s Community Webs […]
- August Book Talk: Dataraising and Digital Civil Society
Featuring the book How We Give Now by Lucy Bernholz. Published by MIT Press. What is dataraising and why should nonprofits care? For millennia humans have […]
- Internet Archive Hosts Community Webs Symposium in Washington, DC
On June 21st, the Community Webs program team hosted its 2022 US Symposium at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. For this day-long […]
- “Have you played Atari today?”
Guest post by Kay Savetz, professional web publisher and amateur Atari historian For years I hunted for the answer to the question: who wrote the adverting […]
- Internet Archive Seeks Summary Judgment in Federal Lawsuit Filed By Publishing Companies
The Internet Archive has asked a federal judge to rule in our favor and end a radical lawsuit, filed by four major publishing companies, that aims to […]
- Author and Editor: “Internet Archive brings some measure of order and permanence to knowledge”
On July 8, 2022, author and editor Tom Scocca spoke at a press conference about the copyright lawsuit brought against the Internet Archive by four commercial […]
- Librarian: If the publishers’ lawsuit is successful, “libraries of all varieties and the communities they serve will suffer.”
On July 8, 2022, Benjamin Saracco, medical school librarian, spoke at a press conference about the copyright lawsuit brought against the Internet Archive by […]
