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- Help us fundraise to acquire Maud Joachim’s medal recognising the first hunger strike in Scotland.
Help us fundraise to acquire this important piece of #herstory
- Autumn Programme 2023 Out Now
Our Autumn 2023 Programme is now available and you can pick up your copy of the beautiful printed brochure at GWL, take a look on our online events calendar, or
- Rabiya Choudhry artwork donated to Glasgow Women’s Library
We are delighted to announce Rabiya Choudhry’s illuminated artwork ‘Give light and people will find the way (Ella Baker)’, commissioned by The Common […]
- Women in Profile: From Glasgow to Nuremberg
As part of her placement at GWL, Catherine spent time in the archive researching the library’s international connections to queer and feminist groups and […]
- A conversation with Syma Ahmed: The importance of ‘She Settles in the Shields.’
Interviewing Syma Ahmed about the impact and necessity of documenting the lives of migrant women in Pollockshields.
- Open The Doors – recommendations and reflections
I am back! Before I let you dive into the amazing recommendations to come, I would like to share some more insights into myself. I am hoping some of you
- Story Cafe Special: Anne Pia
Pauline reflects on a fabulous afternoon with Dr Anne Pia, who read from and talked about her new poetry collection Dragons Wear Lipstick. Wendy welcomed […]
- Doors Open Day 2023
We are delighted to be throwing open our doors for Doors Open Day 2023. Visit the beautiful Category B-listed Carnegie Library, home to the world-famous […]
- Volunteer Story- Pauline
My involvement with GWL started almost 10 years ago when, encouraged by my daughter who is a friend of Wendy, I first visited the library. It quickly became […]
- Lost Voices of Partition: workshops, experience and what you can expect to gain from cross-cultural conversations
by Aishwarya Balasubramanian Partition- it never sounded like the great successful glory it was broadcasted as in the history books of India when I was […]
- Bold Types Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition 2023
Be bold and submit your short stories and poems to our annual writing competition. We’re following Book Week Scotland’s theme – ADVENTURE. Feel free to […]
- Net Zero – the goal we’re all striving for
On the 29th of June the GWL hosted ‘Towards a Green Library’ where the GWL Handbook to Net Zero was showcased. The event was an informative one, where […]
- Story Cafe round up: summertime
What have we been reading this month at Story Cafe? Pauline beautifully captures our sunny vibes…. Wendy chose a summer seaside theme for our July Story Cafe […]
- From ‘Mother House’ to ‘Role Play’, placement student Viki explores the work of artist Pamela So
As part of our ‘GWL Origins: Pre-internet Community Building’ exhibition GWL recreated a vinyl window text site from Pam So’s ‘Mother House’ (1998) […]
- Volunteer Story – Ashley
Inspired by the “Volunteer Profiles” which featured in the GWL newsletters published in the 1990’s and 2000’s, we’re introducing some of our current […]
- Moving the Image / Moviendo la Imagen: Representing, Reframing and Reclaiming
Call for Collaborators Artists Emily Beaney and Ana García Jácome are seeking expressions of interest from disabled women with a creative practice to […]
- Lesbians in Peer Support- Blog 3
This is the third and last of my blog posts about Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS), the youth group that GWL ran from 2000 to 2006. 2003 marked a new
- Lesbians in Peer Support- Blog 2
This blog is the second in a series of three blogs by Catherine who is doing a six month placement at GWL as part of her PhD. Over the past three months she […]
- Work experience at GWL
Read about 17 year old Anna's week of work experience at GWL.
- Story Café: Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month Scotland
Pauline shares what we’ve been reading and chatting about at Story Cafe this month… This Story Cafe was first planned for June 2020 so it’s only three […]
Cambridge University Library News – regularly updated, diverse bibliographical musings…
- Ukraine – books on loan : the September 2023 Slavonic items of the month
Some courses have already started in the University, but the majority commence next week, with students in the process of travelling to Cambridge and their […]
- Centenary Swann
Musing about what to write for this week’s blog post, my colleague Kate mentioned that it was Donald Swann’s centenary this Saturday. A quick internet […]
- Funding opportunity for a PhD on German author Stefan Heym: the UL’s Stefan Heym Archive
Cambridge University Library is delighted to have received an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) and invites […]
- Funding opportunity for a PhD on Spanish chapbooks : the culture of their time and modern digital description
Cambridge University Library is delighted to have received an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) and invites […]
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…
- Brewster Goes to Washington – Congressional Hearing on the Copyright Office Modernization Committee
A good day in Washington. After two years of being on the Copyright Office Modernization Committee, helping advise the Copyright Office on their new […]
- Internet Archive is a Digital Oasis for Book and Music Lovers on Remote Vermont Island
Living in the middle of Lake Champlain in Vermont, Eleanor Martinez says she enjoys the beautiful scenery all around, especially the fall foliage. It’s been […]
- A Quarter In, A Quarter-Million Out: 10 Years of Emulation at Internet Archive
10 years ago, the Internet Archive made an announcement: It was possible for anyone with a reasonably powerful computer running a modern browser to have […]
- IMLS National Leadership Grant Supports Expansion of the ARCH Computational Research Platform
In June, we announced the official launch of Archives Research Compute Hub (ARCH) our platform for supporting computational research with digital collections. […]
- Making IIIF Official at the Internet Archive
A joint blog post between the Internet Archive and the IIIF Community Summary After eight years hosting an experimental IIIF service for public benefit, the […]
- Student’s Use of Internet Archive Expands from High School to College
Rachel Simmons first used the Wayback Machine for research projects at her Sacramento, California, high school. Now a senior at UCLA, she’s discovered even […]
- Book Talk: Sparks by Ian Johnson
Join author Ian Johnson for an IN-PERSON discussion about his latest book, “Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future” […]
- DLARC Amateur Radio Library Tops 90,000 Items
Internet Archive’s Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications has grown to more than 90,000 resources related to amateur radio, shortwave […]
- Internet Archive Files Appeal in Publishers’ Lawsuit Against Libraries
Today, the Internet Archive has submitted its appeal [PDF] in Hachette v. Internet Archive. As we stated when the decision was handed down in March, we believe […]
- Book Talk: Memory, Edited
Join archivist Rick Prelinger and author Abby Smith Rumsey for an IN-PERSON discussion about “Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History.” REGISTER NOW […]
