A History of Knowing: Encyclopedias Through the Ages
As the library celebrates Dr Moses Li’s extraordinarily generous donation of the Siku Quanshu—the monumental eighteenth‑century compendium of Chinese scholarship—to the
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Author: Kath Stevenson
Exhibition: A “Digital Graveyard” of Obsolete Media
Queen’s Special Collections & Archives prepared a “Digital Graveyard” in November, exhibiting obsolete media formats once commonly used at Queen’s University. This exhibition launched
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Guest Blog: The Academic Life of Marc Aurel Stein (Part 1)
We are delighted to host the first of two guest blogs on Sir Marc Aurel Stein, the Hungarian-born, British archaeologist
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Work Experience @QUB Library
For my school’s week of work experience, I was lucky enough to gain a work placement at the Queen’s University
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MS 29 The Fownes/Tighe Manuscripts
The Fownes, the Tighes and Woodstock The Fownes/Tighe manuscripts are a collection of handwritten estate papers dating from the 18th
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Life as a Student Assistant in Special Collections
Danielle Blee I had decided to begin my Master’s degree amid the Covid-19 pandemic and at the time, hadn’t been
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021. Event 2: Guest Blog post by Cathryn McWilliams
Following the launch of our celebration of International Women’s Day 2021 with a guest lecture from Cathryn McWilliams, we are
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021. Event One: Guest Lecture by Cathryn McWilliams
Observed since 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) is: “A global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of
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Sir Bruce Hart: Living it large in Lockdown
Our latest blog post comes courtesy of Lauren Browne, PhD reseacher in the School of History and student assistant at
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Restricted Access to Special Collections Materials: for 3 weeks from Monday 11 November 2019
Due to the installation of the new fire suppression system at Special Collections & Archives we must modify service operations
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