The National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track […]

July is here and the summer holidays have officially started here in Glasgow. If you're looking to add some great titles to your summer reading list, we've got […]

One of the very well-utilised reference books at GWL is the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. First published in 2006, the second edition […]

This open session is a great way to inform yourself about Glasgow Women’s Library and what it is about. Anyone can come to find out more and learn about […]

This blog post is about my experience of joining and experiencing GWL for the previous seven months. I came to Scotland from Pakistan around three years ago, […]

The national summer programme got off to a great start in Edinburgh in June with two events: Our Create and Connect writing group, which meets in Edinburgh […]

This Summer, we are excited to take part in Fringe of Colour, aiming to increase the access of young people of colour in Edinburgh to the Edinburgh Festival […]

We're delighted to announce that we have been selected to be a critical friend to Book Bunk, an organisation based in Nairobi. […]

This week’s #WomanOfTheWeek is Kathleen Collins and she was chosen and written about by GWL Volunteer Pauline. […]

Sue Whistler shares her experience of attending the daytime session of Open the Door 2019. […]

Florence was devoted to her son, Maynard, and took enormous pride in his achievements. In her collection of family scrapbooks, she carefully stored all the […]

Alongside conservation and digitisation, the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project encompasses the creation of detailed catalogue descriptions for each […]

Now that the May week celebrations here (in June, of course) are well and truly over and the summer holidays have begun in earnest, what better than a little […]

In an earlier blog post, I talked about the artist books donation of the Diane française publisher “Musée de Poche” collection to […]

Banner for 2019 Yerusha Lecture: Michael Rosen, 15 May 2019, 5pm, Runcie Rm., Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge The 2019 Yerushah Lecture will be given […]

Small people, Photo by Matt From London, on FlickR (CC 2.0) Every year we try to elicit feedback from our library users in a survey. As last year, when I wrote […]

Book covers The Library has acquired a substantial number of new titles in Old Testament (section 3 + commentaries in section 2) so far this year, and these […]

  The Summer Reading List is Here! Where does the time fly? I can’t believe it’s that time of year again! Time to share our Summer Reading […]

Makerspace for Little or Nothing You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to start a Makerspace area. You don’t have to have a designated room […]

WARNING: Rant Below. So, my last post was about an easy interactive reading promotion idea using Post-It Notes I got from my fabulous friend (and one time […]

Come on in and recommend! OR…. It’s kinda like a low-tech YELP review for books! Hey MHMS Kids, Check this Out! This is a cool reading promotion […]

Re-posting this!  I just want to share a few coloring pages I curated online & made into PDF’s & JPEGS for our kiddos! I love adding new […]

Short Story: A wonderful 6th grade student & I teamed up and made this bookmark sheet and I want to share it with you. I made copies and gave several to […]

This One iPhone Trick Has Transformed My Life OK, that’s a kind of a big statement. You may have heard of this, but I found this out right before […]

As an educator I was touched by this timeless Huffington Post article from Mr. James Perry, once mayoral candidate and the the Executive Director of the […]

Hey there! To quote the musical philosophers the Spice Girls: So tell me what ya want. What ya really, REALLY want! Do you have a song that you’re dying […]

Here are some of our recent IG Highlights from the Holidays, Winter Smash, #MHTVNews, #makermondaycrafternoon, and our MHMS Memory Book Cover artist winner! […]

The National Library of Australia has an impressive collection of Francophile (French related) resources that would make le chat noir’s hair stand on […]

Frank Hurley’s photographs of the Antarctic have inspired many contemporary travellers.Share: Facebook Twitter&nbs […]

Photographer Alan Benson  In his new book On Eating Meat, Matthew Evans offers a scorching manifesto on the ethics of eating meat, and asks the kinds […]

Have you ever wondered whether you are descended from royalty? For many of us from humble roots the thought of royal ancestry may seem a fantastical notion. It […]

If Australians were to pick a national symbol the kangaroo would surely be it. Indigenous Australians have had the kangaroo as a totem, a source of food, furs, […]

Thanks to the generosity of donors during the 2018 appeal, preservation work will soon conclude on the extraordinary collection of PROMPT theatre scrapbooks in […]

Winter is officially upon us! It’s the best time of year to dive into a good book, preferably while snuggled up in a doona with a hot mug of coffee. If […]

The microfilm produced by the Australian Joint Copying Project has long been a first stop for those researching local or family history. The 10,400 […]

Zine (derived from the word magazine), refers to a small, self-published underground publication produced for personal rather than commercial reasons. […]

Zine (derived from the word magazine), refers to a small, self-published underground publication produced for personal rather than commercial reasons. […]

What is a book review? Many have attempted to answer this question over the last few decades in a multitude of ways—from informed scholars, librarians, […]

This year’s theme for International Open Access Week (IOAW), held between October 21 and October 27, 2019, is “Open for Whom? Equity in Open […]

In an effort to draw attention to quality self-published literature and in agreement with BlueInk Review, NSR highlights reviews published on BIR’s […]

Each year, IFLA, the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users around the world, compiles […]

June 30, 1036: Macmillan publishes Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind. Happy birthday to Margot Robbie, born July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, […]

Indie Author Project partnership brings top indie authors to OverDrive platform in simultaneous use access model Following the completion of a successful […]

Birthday greetings to Brooklyn boy Pete Hamill, born June 24, 1935 in Park Slope. Besides journalism, Hamill has written several enjoyable novels. Worth a shot […]

From DPLA: A single point of access. A gateway to America’s cultural riches. Available to everyone. This was the founding vision of the Digital Public […]

In an effort to draw attention to quality self-published literature and in agreement with BlueInk Review, NSR highlights reviews published on BIR’s […]

“No good movie is too long, and no bad movie is short enough.” Happy birthday to Pulitzer-winning film critic Roger Ebert, born June 18, 1942. […]

From Bloomsbury Digital Resources: Bloomsbury Architecture Library is a new digital platform designed for students, scholars, and professionals in the […]

This just in from DPLA: We are pleased to announce a partnership with BiblioBoard’s Indie Author Project, through which a collection of over thirty […]

Dr. Sven Fund, Managing Director of Knowledge Unlatched, gives insight into the newly launched Open Research Library and explains its mission to serve the […]

In an effort to draw attention to quality self-published literature and in agreement with BlueInk Review, NSR highlights reviews published on BIR’s […]

Happy birthday to Catherine Rosalind Russell, born June 4, 1907 in Waterbury, CT. She attended colleges in Pennsylvania and New York prior to enrolling in […]

Below is the full introduction to the new No Shelf Required book, published by the American Library Association in Spring 2019. The book may be ordered via ALA […]

Happy birthday to Christopher Lee, born in London May 27, 1922. Birthday greetings also to creepy Vincent Price, born May 27, 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri. He […]

Congratulations, Publishers Weekly and partners, for launching The Selfies Book Awards in the U.S. and making an important step toward giving more recognition […]

NSR highly recommends Dan Cohen’s article from the Atlantic about the ‘precipitous’ decline in the use of books in university libraries. The […]

Happy 65th anniversary to “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets, released by Decca Records May 20, 1954 on the B side of the single […]