The 2018 Thomas Reid Book Collecting Prize
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Thomas Reid Book Collecting Prize has been awarded to Sally Jaspars
The Wolfson Reading Room and the Special Collections Centre will be closed on Wednesday 27th June for staff training
Visiting Scholar Awards
We are pleased to announce the visiting scholars for 2018. The Awards are made with the support of the Friends of the Aberdeen University Library and are administered by the Aberdeen Humanities Fund.
Current Exhibition 'Age of Oil: Artworks by Sue Jane Taylor'
In 2017, the National Museums Scotland exhibition Age of Oil showcased the work that visual artist Sue Jane Taylor had created in response to the decommissioning of structures in the North Sea
The Aberdeen Bestiary
Explore the new Aberdeen Bestiary website, now with new images of startling clarity, allowing the book to be examined in more detail than ever before
The Provenance Database
The Provenance Database is a searchable database of names associated with the books held in Special Collections
Roll of Graduates
Digitised and searchable copies of the published rolls of graduates of the University of Aberdeen from 1495 to 1970