Norman Reid’s retirement as Head of Special Collections is a cause of both sadness and delight. Sadness at the

loss of a dedicated archivist who has done so much to make the university’s wonderful collections of manuscripts and rare books so accessible to the public, and whose genial presence in the Special Collections reading room (wherever precisely located!) has made working there a real pleasure over many years. But delight also that, in being appointed a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Scottish Historical Research, Norman will be able to return to the world of medieval Scottish history where he first cut his academic teeth. Although he did his doctoral research at Edinburgh University, he did so under the supervision of the former Professor of Scottish History at St Andrews, and doyen of British medieval historians, Geoffrey Barrow, on the political role of the monarchy in Scotland from 1249

to 1329 – the period before and throughout the Wars of Independence that did so much to define the Scottish kingdom and Scottish identity. Norman has never lost his interest in and enthusiasm for medieval Scotland. Despite the demands of his position in Special Collections, he has frequently been pressed into service to lecture on Scottish History modules, always to the delight of the students concerned, as well as routinely introducing history graduate students to the fine art of deciphering the apparently illegible scrawls of medieval scribes. He has been a stalwart of the annual meetings of the Scottish Medievalists’ conference for years and, a huge boon to anyone working in the field, helped mastermind Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO), making available a vast range of source materials from the University Library’s printed collections. Most St Andreans, and many well beyond St Andrews, will know

Norman as the author of his wonderfully readable and informative Ever to Excel: An Illustrated History of the University of St Andrews (2011). Less well known, except to specialists in the field, are his many contributions to the scholarly literature on medieval Scotland, including an edited collection, Scotland in the Reign of Alexander III, 1249-1286 (1990) that was a crucial landmark in study of the period. Alexander III still awaits his biographer – what better way for Norman to spend his year as a Senior Research Fellow? We are delighted to welcome him to the Institute of Scottish Historical Research and look forward to enjoying the good humour, energy and academic expertise that have long been the hallmarks of his distinguished career.

Roger Mason Professor of Scottish History

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NewsletterNorman Reid: from Keeper to Scholar

Norman Reid: the facts

• University Archivist, Heriot Watt 1982 - 1995• Archivist and Records Manager, Cayman Islands 1988 - 1990• Keeper of Manuscripts and Muniments, St Andrews from 1995• Head of Special Collections, St Andrews from 2004• Member of Library Senior Management Team, St Andrews

from 2005• Assistant Director of University Library, St Andrews from 2008• Editorial Boards member: Journal of Society of Archivists

1993 - 2012; The Medieval Journal from 2010• Over £2million external funds raised for Special Collections

projects since 1995• Number of staff in Special Collections has grown from

3 to 21 fte• Pioneering digitisation project based on photography

collections from 1995• Member of RSLP steering group 1998 - 2002• HLF advisor and panel member 2002 - 2008• External Examiner, Centre for Archive and Information Studies,

Dundee 2007 - 2011• Member of International Council on Archives, University and

Research Institution Archives section from 2008• Author of many articles and works, professional and academic,

notably Ever to Excel: An Illustrated History of the University of St Andrews (Dundee, 2011)

Norman Reid with the St Andrews Psalter, by Peter Adamson

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Over the past few months, staff from across the library have been gathering on a Monday lunchtime in St Leonard’s Chapel to sing from music found within the Library’s historic collections. This has been selected from the wealth of material dating from the copyright library period (1710-1836), and particularly from the Finzi Collection, purchased from the library of composer Gerald Finzi in 1966, which has a particular strength in 18th century scores. Under the able guidance of Dr Jane Pettegree from the Music Centre, we have gradually expanded our repertoire. She has selected and arranged music to suit our ensemble. We have a range of abilities but huge enthusiasm and have all very much enjoyed the chance to sing together. So much so that, once the initial blog about the project had been posted on the

‘Historical How-To’ series, we wanted to continue to sing.

There are plans for two performances. The first will be ‘Singing in the Stacks’, part of a music research seminar, organised by the Music Centre on 29 October from 2.10 - 3.00 pm. The Library choir will be sharing its explorations into our music collections, which reflect public interest in the 18th century in sociable music making, both the excavation of social music from past eras, and the composition of pieces suitable for amateur singers. We have compiled a programme of music intended to be sung by amateurs, and at this event will perform some of our findings along with some background notes about the composers, genres and contexts. We hope to encourage others to dip into these resources! There will be a further concert in the Spring.

Rachel Hart Muniments Archivist

‘Open Access’ refers to unrestricted, online access to research literature – ideally permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of these works. Across the world, governments and research funders encourage Open Access (OA) in order to increase visibility and public access to research findings – to improve the efficiency of the research process, and to drive economic growth. The World Health Organisation sees OA as a “fundamental part of its mission and a public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible”.

Many policies now exist that require researchers to make their work Open Access. The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK in the UK, National Institutes of Health in the US, and the European Commission all have OA policies for the outputs of research they fund. Funder policies vary

in their scope, and the mechanisms for achieving Open Access can depend on the type of publication and policies of a specific publisher.

There are two main routes to Open Access. The route preferred by the University is for authors to deposit a version of their publication in an online repository. The Library supports our research community with this route by maintaining our institutional repository, helping with the deposit process, and by offering advice and guidance on copyright, licensing, and publisher policies. This route will be required for certain publications being submitted for the next UK Research Excellence Framework, so OA is relevant to all our funded and non-funded researchers.

The second route is to publish in an Open Access journal, or one that offers an option to make individual articles

immediately Open Access on payment of a fee. The Library manages central OA funds for paying fees to publishers, and plays a role in negotiating with publishers.

The Library recognises the need to provide new services to support scholarly communication and to increase the visibility of academic research, so we are continually developing our services to support Open Access. We also investigate new publishing models as the whole landscape of scholarly publishing makes a transition towards Open Access.

We are happy to receive any query related to Open Access – contact open-access-support@st-andrews.ac.uk

Jackie Proven Open Access Support Team

Singing the Collections

The importance of

Digitisation in Special Collections

The Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA) is located on The Scores and tells the story of Scotland’s first university from its foundation in the 15th century to the present day. Visitors will encounter some notable figures from the University’s history, discover unique objects and artworks and experience stunning views from the Viewing Terrace.

MUSA has recently re-launched its Friends group, and through this seeks to engage with and grow a community of museum supporters and champions.

The Friends of MUSA group provides supporters with the opportunity to be more closely involved with the museum and its activities. For a small annual membership fee, Friends will enjoy a range of benefits including an invitation to an exclusive annual event and exhibition preview and a newsletter containing information about upcoming events and exciting news from behind the scenes.

An annual Friends event is planned for September 2014, and this will be the first opportunity for the Friends to meet together as a group at the museum.

If you are interested in becoming a Friend of MUSA please complete a membership form which can be collected from the museum or online at www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/friends. Membership can also be purchased online through the University shop.

Emma Jane Wells Co-Director, Museum Collections

Launch of the Friends of MUSA Scheme

Ceres by Samuel John Peploe

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In April Special Collections were delighted to be able to purchase the 1616 first folio of The Workes of Beniamin Jonson printed by William Stansby, together with the 1641 second folio.

Ben Jonson’s 1616 folio is a collection of his plays, epigrams, poems, and entertainments, and has been described as ‘more than a milestone’ in the history of printing and English literature. The folio format and title ‘The Works of’ was previously largely reserved for serious writings, although there are precedents for its application to vernacular literature, such as The Workes of Geoffrey Chaucer, first published in 1532. Contemporary epigrams commented mockingly on the assertive statement Jonson was making in this publication:

’Pray tell me Ben, where doth the mystery lurke, / What others call a play you call a worke’; ‘The authors friend thus for the author says, / Bens plays are works, when others works are plaies’. (Wits Recreations, 1640). The innovation of printing plays performed on the popular stage in a monumental folio edition undoubtedly inspired the First Folio of Shakespeare’s collected plays in 1623, and the Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.

This purchase was made possible through generous funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and is a major addition to the Library’s holdings of English Renaissance literature.

Elizabeth Henderson Rare Books Librarian

Major acquisition: Ben Jonson first and second folios

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Scanning within Special Collections began in 2004 with a single reprographic technician and one black and white machine, purchased with the help of Canadian publishing company TannerRitchie, and a Knowledge Grant. Today we have two colour scanning machines, two reprographic technicians and a flexible team of project scanners who are part of the Reader Services team.

We scan over 1000 images each week and provide reprographic services for a variety of people and purposes. We serve University staff and students by providing copies from Special Collections materials for research, personal use, or publication (when copyright allows). We also continue to provide TannerRitchie with digital images of out-of-copyright texts in return for online access to their Medieval and Early Modern historical resources. We scan images for the Special Collections blog, which this year has kept us busy digitizing everything from recipes for confectionery to pictures of chicken coops. Our services are also available to the general public with interest in our collections; we recently provided one of the local primary schools with images of old railway maps for a class project.

In addition to these routine scanning activities, we have a team of project scanners. Currently there is work on a Digital Humanities photo-poetry book project and digitizing of musical scores from the collection of Gerald Finzi, a 20th century musician, composer and music critic, which is being generously funded by the Finzi Trust.

Jennifer Rinterknecht Special Collections

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Librarian honoured: Congratulations are due to John MacColl, University Librarian and Director of Library Services, who has been appointed Vice-Chair of RLUK, the body which represents the UK and Ireland’s leading research libraries. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh earlier this year.

New project: Following the appointment of archivist Fiona Menzies, work is now under way on ‘Taming the Leviathan’, a project to catalogue papers related to the marine environment. Working with the papers of D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson and records from the Sea Mammal Research Unit, it seeks to create a significant archive of material on whaling, seal-hunting and various aspects of marine biology.

“Poems Aloud”: The Library played host to a poetry recital competition as part of this year’s StAnza International Poetry Festival. Judges, including the American poet Ron Silliman and broadcaster Billy Kay, awarded the £75 prize to final-year student Beth Robertson for her recitation of Ariadne by Scottish poet Eunice Buchanan.

Library expansion: With the Main Library now approximately 98% full, it has become necessary to explore further off-site storage options. The go-ahead has now been given to investigate using part of the former Guardbridge paper mill site as a storage facility, and to undertake design work with a view to redeveloping Level 1 of the Main Library.

21st century shushing: Library users working in designated silent zones in the Main Library can now alert Library staff to noise problems using their mobile phones. The “Annoyed by Noise” service allows readers to text their location to the attendant team who will investigate the problem.

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland SC013532

With pleasure and anticipation the Friends are able to announce a forthcoming lecture on Thursday 6 November 2014, to be given by Donald Jackson MVO, Senior Illuminator to Her Majesty’s Crown Office, a Fellow and former Chair of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, and a Master of the Guild of Scriveners. His work has been known across the globe for many years, and earlier publications include The Story of Writing and The Calligrapher’s Art. At the present time he is internationally known for the initiatives he took during a long period of planning and preparation together with the Benedictines and Faculty of St John’s Abbey and University in Minnesota, USA for the writing and illumination of ‘The St John’s Bible’, a project which came to fruition in connection with the celebration of the millennium. The Bible required all the resources of modern technology to produce the necessary layout of pages, but essentially required the skills of Donald Jackson and his team of calligraphers and their expertise in the use of quills, vellum, gold and platinum leaf, hand-ground pigments, Chinese stick-ink, etc. to produce a completely hand-written Bible, with priceless illustrations, themselves meditations on the text. The University is fortunate to have been able to purchase a set of facsimile volumes of the Bible – housed in the King James Library. A foretaste of the contents is available online!

Ann Loades Honorary Professor in the School of Divinity

We are delighted to report that it is now possible to join our group as a Faraway Friend. In a recent email letter to alumni, Director John MacColl explained that this new category of membership will allow former students and other friends of the University who do not live within easy travelling distance of St Andrews to become involved in the life of the Library and follow its news. Aimed especially at overseas alumni, a special discounted annual membership of £25.00 ($40.00 US) is now available via the Online Shop (http://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk), and a new Faraway Friends website (http://libraryfarawayfriends.wordpress.com) makes it possible to view films of the Friends’ lectures, catch up with the Library’s newsletters, and read the full-text of a range of “unique to St Andrews” digital books and manuscripts. We look forward to welcoming lots of Faraway Friends to our group.

Alice Crawford Membership Secretary

Dr William Zachs has generously endowed a collecting prize at the University of St Andrews, together with similar prizes at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Open to any registered student, the prize aims to encourage students to build their own coherent collections of books, ephemera, manuscripts, or photographs. The award will be based on the interest, originality, thoughtfulness and creativity of the collection, and persistence of the collector. In addition to a cash prize, the winner will have the opportunity to select an item to be purchased for the University Library’s Special Collections, under the guidance of curatorial staff. Start collecting now!

Elizabeth Henderson Rare Books Librarian

Autumn lecture Faraway Friends

James David Forbes Collecting Prize

Facts from the Stacks

Friends’ AGM:Wednesday 3 September at 5.15 pm in the Psychology Old Library, St Mary’s Quad.

Lecture:Dr Chris Robinson (Director of Scottish Language Dictionaries) on “The Dictionary of the Scots Language and Related Works” on Wednesday 17 September at 5.15 pm, Arts Lecture Theatre.

Autumn Lecture: Donald Jackson on The St John’s Bible, Thursday 6 November at 5.15 pm, Arts Lecture Theatre.

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