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Staff, volunteers and student placements share updates from projects and events at Glasgow Women’s Library

Naomi Mitchison Memorial Lecture

Published on 17th November, 2009 by Helen

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The Naomi Mitchison Memorial Lecture is organised annually by Scottish PEN in association with the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. This year, award-winning writer […]

Last Day of 2-week Cataloguing Placement

Published on 15th November, 2009 by Antoinette

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Friday last was the final day of my 2-week placement at GWL, cataloguing the ENACT for Women Collection. What a wonderful environment with a wonderful team and such a rich experience! […]

Back to Cataloguing

Published on 9th November, 2009 by Antoinette

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Hi. After a brief illness, I’m back on my feet, resuming cataloguing of the Education, Networking, Action, Culture and Training (ENACT) Collection. ENACT for Women was a volunteer-led, grass roots […]

Work begins on GWL’s archive catalogue!

Published on 4th November, 2009 by Antoinette

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Hello, hello. I’m Antoinette from tiny, sunny Nassau, Bahamas and I’m on an exciting 2-week placement at Glasgow Women’s Library – as a part of University of Glasgow’s MSc Information […]

It’s a Gude Cause (Part 2)

Published on 22nd October, 2009 by Nisha

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On the 10th October 2009, the streets of Edinburgh were ablaze with purple, white, and green once again: so many beautiful banners held high; so many long skirts, rosettes, and feathered hats flapping in the breeze.

Wigtown Women’s Trail Group

Published on 19th October, 2009 by Morag

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Members of Wigtown Women’s Trail Group are busy researching and planning a fantastic women’s heritage walk in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway and you can follow their progress on the GWL […]

It’s A Gude Cause (Part 1)

Published on 9th October, 2009 by Nisha

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What GWL has been doing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Procession through Edinburgh…

Walk to Garnethill and back

Published on 8th October, 2009 by Women Make History

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Jean Girdwood from the Women Make History group writes about developing the women’s history walking tour of Garnethill for the ‘Paths for All’ event on Thursday, 17th September. The Library […]

Grand tidy-up

Published on 7th October, 2009 by Hannah

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A big thank you to all who helped out with the grand Autumn tidy-up last week! I am amazed at how much we managed to do and how many random […]

My Directorial Debut

Published on 23rd September, 2009 by Laura

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Stepping into my role as Director for the Women Make History promotional DVD was easier than I thought…..Action!