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- Morag Smith is Leaving the Building
Adele reflects on Morag Smith's remarkable 15 years at GWL.
- Book Picnic October 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Towards a Green Library: GWL’s journey to net zero
Our volunteer and Green Cluster member Carolyn interviewed Annika, GWL’s Facilities Management Officer about the Library’s journey to operational net zero.
- Story Cafe round up: She Settles in the Shields
Pauline reflects on a fascinating Story Cafe… This Story Cafe Special was part of Glasgow Women’s Library participation in Open Doors 2024 with the theme […]
- Beyond the Boundary: The Unexpectedly Scottish and Suffragette History of the First England Women’s Cricket Team
In 1934, four of the Scotland women's cricket team sailed to Australia to play for England.
- GWL’s Lending Library – A Reading List
Just a wee reading list to inspire you for the colder months ahead. All the suggested books tell stories about the lives of women in very different situations, […]
- Women’s Ongoing Fights for Reproductive Rights and for Deciding over Their Own Bodies
The legal situation for women deciding about their own bodies has been always been challenging, ambivalent and mostly determined by others – especially by […]
- Autumn Programme 2024: Events at a Glance
Our Autumn 2024-25 Programme is now available - here we have a quick round up of all the events we have coming up and links to where you can book them:
- Autumn 2024 Programme Out Now!
Our Autumn 2024 Programme is now available!
- Book Picnic August 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Story Cafe round up: Bad girls and lady detectives
Story Cafes with Donna Moore are always very popular and well-attended and this one was no exception so she needed very little introduction from Wendy who […]
- A history of women in 101 objects: GWL welcomes Annabelle Hirsch
Pauline reflects on a fascinating conversation between cultural journalist and author Annabelle Hirsch, and GWL’s own Donna Moore, exploring Annabelle’s […]
- Doors Open Days 2024
Visit Glasgow Women’s Library this Doors Open Day and hear about our Net Zero plans, upcoming insulation works, and see our ‘She Settles In the Shields’ […]
- Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition 2024
Be bold and submit your short stories and poems to our annual writing competition. We’re following Book Week Scotland’s theme – HOPE. Feel free to […]
- Story Cafe round-up: Art Road Trip
Pauline gives a brilliant round-up of a very special Story Cafe this summer… This Story Cafe (8th August) was part of the National Gallery Road Art Road […]
- Book Picnic: July 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
- Looking for Yoko: part four
This blog is part four of four blogs looking at Yoko Ono’s art practice and its connections with GWL Yoko Ono also speaks about her work as a whisper that
- Looking for Yoko: part three
This blog is part three of four blogs looking at Yoko Ono’s art practice and its connections with GWL Where works like Arising and Cut Piece make for […]
- Looking for Yoko: part two
This blog is part two of four blogs looking at Yoko Ono’s art practice and its connections with GWL Where women were taking up bolt cutters at Greenham […]
- Looking for Yoko: part one
This blog is part one of four blogs looking at Yoko Ono’s art practice and its connections with GWL Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo 18th of Feb 1933 where
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- Summer Reading 2022
Howard County Library Summer Reading Program May 31- July 29 & Celebration August 4 Adventure reading with the Summer Reading Program, this year’s theme […]
- Pride Month Display & Events
Pride Week & Month! Book Display • Books • Resources • Events Come to the MHMS Library Media Center and Check Out Our Book Display & Get ‘Em […]
- Research Made Easy: Our A+ Partnership ROCKS!
Years ago, when I was on the ISTE Board of Directors,* I was honored to tour a few of the Nashville Metro schools & observe their amazing partnership with […]
- Give Thanks
from our friends at the Howard County Public Library: Recommended Reads for Thanksgiving Whether you need a last-minute dessert recipe for your Thanksgiving […]
- Welcome Back to School!
Welcome Back Kiddos, Parents, & Families! This year is going to be challenging. I’m not gonna lie. It’s gonna to be weird at first, a little anxious, […]
- Summer Reading: Tails and Tales
Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Summer Reading Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a visitor here from outside our school – Welcome! […]
- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Resources
Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Month Resources on our Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a […]
- Calling all Creatives – Rainbow Vision!
Rainbow Vision Literary Magazine ISO student submissions! “Rainbow Vision is specifically looking for material for our literary magazine that has an LGBTQIA+ […]
- Got Curbside Books?
Our MHMS Curbside Library Media Book Pick Up Program is Going Strong! HOW This Works: Hey Murray Hillers! As I’ve mentioned in my many Canvas messages and […]
- MHTV Student News
Hey Mountain Lions! Enjoy the latest MHTV News Show written, filmed, produced, edited and created by our talented #MHTVNews producers & staff! Closed […]
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- Internet Archive Services Update
Last updated: October 28, 2024 Services Online: Wayback Machine-Save Page Now coming soonopenlibrary.orgarchive-it.orgVaultscholar.archive.orgarchive.org […]
- Internet Archive Services Update: 2024-10-21
In recovering from recent cyberattacks on October 8, the Internet Archive has resumed the Wayback Machine (starting October 13) and Archive-It (October 17), […]
- Library Leaders Forum: Annual Gathering Highlights a ‘Critical Moment for Libraries’
In the wake of a rapid-fire cyberattack on the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle reassured participants at the 2024 Library Leaders Forum that the […]
- Internet Archive Services Update: 2024-10-17
[Washinton Post piece] Last week, along with a DDOS attack and exposure of patron email addresses and encrypted passwords, the Internet Archive’s website […]
- Internet Archive to Receive 400,000 Dissertations from Leiden University
From https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2024/10/he-internet-archive-takes-over-foreign-dissertations-from-ubl Last month, the UBL announced that it […]
- Shortwave Radio: A Unique Collection from the Cold War Era
It was the mid-1980s, Chuck Vesei developed a fascination with shortwave radio. He used his portable radio to tune into shortwave broadcasts from around the […]
- Vanishing Culture: Keeping the Receipts
The following guest post from editor and journalist Maria Bustillos is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of […]
- Aruba to Receive 2024 Internet Archive Hero Award for Groundbreaking Digital Heritage Initiatives
In a world where digital access to knowledge is increasingly vital, the island nation of Aruba has taken bold steps to ensure its cultural heritage is […]
- Register Now for the Virtual Library Leaders Forum
In our virtual Library Leaders Forum, you’ll hear from Internet Archive staff about our emerging library services and updates on existing efforts, including […]
- Vanishing Culture: Preserving Cookbooks
The following guest post from humanities scholar Katie Livingston is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of […]