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ASC: 23 Things about Archives and Special Collections
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Joy Davidson
These slides introduce the range of collections held by Archives and Special Collections (ASC) at the University of Glasgow and touch upon a wide range of activities carried out within the service.
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ASC: Searching for Rare Books in Archives and Special Collections
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Joy Davidson
These slides introduce readers to the rare books collection held at Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow. The slides tell readers how to get support when looking for rare books for teaching and research and include tips on how to make your searches most effective when using our databases.
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Archive Skills Guide: Legal issues when consulting and using archives
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Joy Davidson
This short guide walks you through some basic copyright and data protection issues to consider when using archival content for research purposes. The guide gives you links to further useful information.
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Archive Skills Guide: Locating Archives for your Research
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Joy Davidson
This short guide helps you to find archives relevant for your research.
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Archive Skills Guide: Planning your visit to an archive
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Joy Davidson
This short guide helps you to consider some questions you should consider before visiting an archive to carry out research.
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Archives & Special Collection handling video: pathology records from Glasgow Western Infirmary (P5/1/41)
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Robert MacLean
A video showing a ledger of early 20c pathology records
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Archives & Special Collections handling video: 18th-century letter sent to James Douglas (MS Hunter D63/19)
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Robert MacLean
A video showing an 18th-century letter sent to man-midwife James Douglas by a person seeking a job as a wet nurse
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Archives & Special Collections handling video: MS Kelvin LB1 - Letterbook of William Thomson Lord Kelvin
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Robert MacLean
Video showing MS Kelvin LB1
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Archives & Special Collections handling video: Staff photos from from Scott-Lithgow shipbuilding collection (GD323/13/10/4)
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Robert MacLean
Photos from the staff cruise and sportsday in Scott-Lithgow shipbuilding collection
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Archives & Special Collections handling video: glass negative of Arctic and Antarctic expedition from William S. Bruce collection (WSB Photo C1)
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Robert MacLean
Video showing a glass stereoscopic negative from William S. Bruce collections
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Archives & Special Collections handling videos: Costume designs by Berkley Sutcliffe for pantomime "Goldilocks and the three bears" 1960s (STA Gz 1/2)
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Robert MacLean
Video showing pantomime costume designs
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Archives & Special Collections teaching videos
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Robert MacLean
A collection of videos created by Archives & Special Collections to support collections-based, object-based, teaching
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Archives and Special Collections: Behind the Scenes Tour
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Joy Davidson
A short film offering a behind-the-scenes tour of the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow. This film was made with the assistance of the Scottish Council on Archives' Small Grants Scheme.
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