News

URGENT: Symposium Postponed

By Laura | Published 7th December, 2010

Due to adverse weather conditions The Mitchell Library and Glasgow Women’s Library are closed Tuesday 8 December. Call before visiting.

GWL Winter Closures

By Laura | Published 2nd December, 2010

The library will be closed for the festive period from Saturday 18th December 2010 to Tuesday 4th January 2011 (inclusive), and will reopen on in the New Year on Wednesday, 5th December 2011.

A Delayed Update

By Nisha | Published 25th November, 2010

What is new with the Making Space project…

Tagged art, Blue Spine project, Events, Focus Group, Making Space, Nicky Bird, Public Art Scotland, Scotland, Shauna McMullan, Unsorted Donations, women | Leave a comment

Making Space on PAR+RS

By Nisha | Published 24th November, 2010

In May 2010, the Making Space team was interviewed by Ruth Barker, editor of the PAR+RS website, about the artists’ hopes and intentions, their individual projects, and what made the project such a success!

Tagged Fiona Dean, Making Space, Nicky Bird, PAR+RS, Public Art Scotland, Ruth Barker, Shauna McMullan | Leave a comment

Library visitors from around Scotland – Women in Public Life group, Falkirk

By Morag | Published 22nd November, 2010

The WEA Women in Public Life group from Falkirk are the latest national group to visit GWL in our new premises. This community based learning group have researched the history of the suffragettes in Falkirk and are currently working on an environmental project. After an introductory visit from Morag, the library’s national lifelong learning development [...]

Tagged Falkirk, National Lifelong Learning, Scotland, Suffragettes | Leave a comment

Winter Raffle

By Helen | Published 15th November, 2010

Fancy the chance to win a home cinema system worth £500? How about a selection of fine wines or a goody bag from Lush? Or an overnight stay for two at the fabulous Reading Lasses bookshop in Wigtown? These are just some of the prizes available in our Grand Winter Raffle!

Tagged fundraising, raffle | Leave a comment

WotS in your Christmas stocking?

By Laura | Published 11th November, 2010

This Christmas do something special for the woman you love: give her a unique gift that will last a lifetime and beyond with Women on the Shelf!

ALN Tutors

By Helen | Published 11th November, 2010

The Library’s Adult Literacy and Numeracy (ALN) project is looking for volunteer tutors to support women to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, in group and one to one sessions.

Also posted in Closed Volunteering Opportunities | Tagged ALN, Literacy & Numeracy, tutor | Leave a comment

Interested in Archives?

By Hannah | Published 5th October, 2010

If you’d like to:

help to look after our collections
gain practical hands-on experience of archives
meet other volunteers
visit other archives and museums
have a go at cataloguing

… then come along to our archive taster sessions!

Also posted in Closed Volunteering Opportunities | Tagged Archives, collections, volunteering | Leave a comment

Auction of Pleasures Programme

By Auction | Published 9th September, 2010

You can now download a copy of the full Auction of Pleasure’s Brochure.

Tagged Auction items, Auction of Pleasures, Brochure | Leave a comment

Browse our Books

Browse our Archive

Other News from the LIbrary

Music in the archive

Last week, the Library had a visit from Debi Withers, one of the women behind the Women’s Liberation Music Archive. Glasgow Women’s Library were delighted to welcome Debi as she consulted material from our archive.
Coatbridge intergenerational project

Our women’s history researchers from Coatbridge, the Lanarkshire Inquisitors, went back to school for 6 weeks and have been updating their technology skills, with a bit of help from 4th year students of the XL group at St Andrew’s High school in Coatbridge.
Dumbarton Women’s History Detectives

Since November last year a new group of GWL women learners have been meeting at Dumbarton library to do some detective work on women in Dumbarton’s history. This was an introductory course for beginners and none of the women had done historical research work before, but despite this they dived in with great enthusiasm and [...]