So, three months are over and I just cannot believe how quickly time went by. However, I feel I have learnt a lot and gained a lot of new impressions and I would like to share some thoughts and experiences with you. I choose the Glasgow Women’s Library as organization for my placement due to [...]
As I mentioned in my last Blog, I am working within my three month volunteering placement on a networking-project for the National Life Long Learning Team. My aim is to acquire information about other Women’s Libraries within Europe, which work beyond normal library activities. I am looking for libraries that, similar to us provide a [...]
GWL was at the Dundee Women’s Festival in March, organising workshops to complement our mobile exhibition “Between Future and Past”. At the Women’s History Bring and Tell workshops in the afternoon, Elaine told us about her admiration for her daughter, and Sheila brought some beautiful photographs of her mother as a young woman when she [...]
The Clydebank Women’s History Group have now finished their second term of researching women’s history in Clydebank. The group have been meeting since October 2010 at Dalmuir Community Centre and have enjoyed getting together with tutor Ronnie Scott, chatting, reminiscing and planning their research. They visited the Mitchell Library archive where they found some material [...]
