Last updated | 19th November 2008 |
Name of library | University of Glasgow Library, serials service |
Address | Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QE |
Telephone | 0141 330 6704/5 |
Fax | 0141 330 4952 |
library@lib.gla.ac.uk | |
Website | http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk |
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Contact & Job Title | Honor Hania, Subject Librarian, Colleges of Arts and Social Sciences Library Support Team |
Purpose & main user community of the library | University students and staff |
Terms of access | The library welcomes visitors. Ideally write a week in advance of your visit describing your purpose and the sources to be consulted.
By post: Lending Services Desk, Glasgow University Library. or, email: Lending@lib.gla.ac.ukVisitors Ask about what to bring with you for access. Other university students may use the library. Bring current matriculation card. Restricted hours access. |
Opening hours | Term: Mon – Sun 0715 – 0200. Summer Vacation: Mon – Sun 0715 – 0200. Check website for variations. |
Disabled access | The Library’s collections are accommodated on a large number of levels. Please contact the Enquiry service in advance of any visit. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors | Via British library. None. |
Number of volumes | 1,646,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues | 310,000 |
Current Periodicals | 17,025 |
Other materials | Theses 14,000. Maps 65,000. MSS 203,000. |
Volumes added per year | 23,782 |
Coverage | Biblical Studies, Patristics, Early Church History, The Reformation, Scottish Presbyterian Churches, Hymnology. |
Special Collections | Ludwig Blau Collection: Mainly C16 Hebrew books (193 vols.). Civil and Canon Law Collection: Mainly C16 Italian imprints (262 vols.).Divinity Hall Library (University of Glasgow): Now incorporated in the University Library, includes many early printed books. Dumbarton Presbytery Library: Mainly C17 theology (64 vols.);John Eadie Collection: mainly biblical texts and commentaries (ca. 5,000 vols.).Harry Escott Collection: Hymnology (ca. 300 vols.). William Euing Collection: Includes Bibles, Psalters, hymn and prayer books (ca. 3,000 vols.). Patrick Fairbairn Collection: Includes much theology and biblical criticism (ca. 4,000 vols.). Arthur J. Gossip Collection: Comparative religion (ca. 400 vols.). William Hastie Collection: Theology and philosophy (500 vols.). Hunterian Collection: Theology and philosophy (500 vols.). A. B. McGrigor Collection: Palestine (655 vols.). William McMillan Collection: Mainly Liturgy (1,072 vols.). James Mearns Collection: Hymnology (ca.3,000 vols.). Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro Collection: Printed works of Sir Thomas Browne, author of Religion medici (289 vols.). Alex Napier Collection: Mainly biblical studies (97 vols.). James D. Ogilvie Collection: Includes 231 sermons preached before the Long Parliament. Alexander Robertson Collection: Mainly on theology (3,681 volumes and 1,800 pamphlets). Constantin Tischendorf Collection: Mainly biblical texts, palaeography and Near Eastern travel, including Tischendorf’s copies of most of his own works. Trinity College Library: Originally Free Church College, Glasgow, now incorporated in the University Library, includes over 2,000 pre-1820 imprints and ca. 10,000 pamphlets. |
Manuscripts | Ca. 20,000 biblical and liturgical texts, letters, diaries, sermons, lectures and other documents of religious interest, including: Barony Parish, Glasgow, 212 documents, 1691-1910; Zachary Boyd (1585?-1653), Minister of Barony Church, Glasgow, sermons and other works; Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), 43 letters and notes addressed to William Buchanan of Glasgow; Church of Scotland, Book of all General Assemblies, 1560-1689; Church of Scotland, Register of actings & proceedings of the General Assembly, 1638, 1690, 1692, 1702-1848; Glasgow Free Church Student Theological Society, Minutes of meetings, 1859-1935; Glasgow University Missionary Association, Minute books, 1821-1905; George Henderson (d. 1912), Lecturer in Celtic Studies at Glasgow University, Gaelic manuscripts, including the C17 Ratisbon Manuscript, a collection of religious and poetical works; Kirk of Kilmadock, Session book, 1693-1703; James Kirkwood (1650?-1708), Minister of Minto, Collected sermons and discourses; Langside Parish Church Literary Association, Minute book, 1911-1920; Alexander McBeth, Papers relating to Plymouth Brethren, ca.1931-1945; Stevenson McGill (1765-1840), Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow, Abstract of theological lectures in Glasgow University, 1836-37. James MacLagan (1728-1805), Chaplain to the Black Watch and Minister at Blair Atholl, Gaelic mss. and transcriptions; Donald McNicol (1735-1802), Minister successively of Saddell and Lismore, sermons (mainly Gaelic); James Moffatt (1870-1944), NT translator, Papers;Thomas Moffat Murchison (1907-1944), Gaelic scholar and Minister of St Columba, Glasgow, Papers, including notes on church history, especially of Wester Ross, and sermons; John Murdoch (1819-1904), Principal, Government Normal School, Kandy, Diary, 1844-49; John Row (1568-1646), Minister of Carnock, Ecclesiastical collections; George Russell (d.1832), Minister of the Secession Church, Dalry, Sermons; James Sharp (1618-1679), Archbishop of St. Andrews, Letters, etc.; Ronald Gregor Smith (1913-1968), Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow, Papers; John Charlton Steen (1898-1967), Minister of Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Papers; Peter Donald Thomson (1872-1955), Minister of Kelvinside, Glasgow, Sermons and other papers; William Thomson (1762?-1817), Minister of Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Sermons and lectures; United Free Church of Scotland, Glasgow, Highland Divinity Students’ Fellowship, Minute book, 1928-1930; John White (1867-1951), Minister of Barony Church, Glasgow, Sermons and letter; Robert Wodrow (1679-1734), Minister of Eastwood, Renfrewshire. |
Research resource | Biblical Studies, Patristics, Early Church History, The Reformation, Scottish Presbyterian Churches, Hymnology. |
Catalogue Type | Computer |
URL of catalogue | http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/ |
Other facilities | Limited: access to catalogue; photocopying |
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