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We've just catalogued a quantity of new study skills guides and books about teaching/education. Check the library's Recent Additions...

Music students often ask for Urtext editions - they're generally considered the best editions, with the most authentic reading of the mu...

If you're a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and you've been recommended an e-book, do you know how to find it? 1. ...

M1450 - Fiddlers' Heaven Last week, we posted a list of some recommended fiddle collections, along with some great online resources....

3000 Victorian Shakespeare Images! With the blessings of its creator, we're pleased to share details of a very interesting new archi...

Karen did something unusual last week - by sharing a "Drama" database with trad music students (students of traditional music, tha...

M1450 for Dance Tunes To clarify, this concerns our traditional Scottish and Irish fiddle music, not our classical violin music.   Don...

Are you British or a UK resident? And a composer?  It's your lucky day! The Bliss Trust has sent us leaflets about this incredible sc...

We thought you might find this TED talk interesting - it's a doctor talking about what your musical brain gets up to when you're imp...

We regularly get invitations to speak to groups of students about library and research resources. (Karen thinks consultations in Waterstones...

British Forum for Ethnomusicology Money for doctoral ethnomusicology students! Click the link and read all about it. We sp otted this on ...

RECOMMENDED COLLECTIONS All our collections are in our catalogue , and they all live together on the shelves at M1450 .   (It's t...

We got notification that Encore is partnering with the ROSL in promoting this major music competition.  We're sharing the details here -...

Well .. half a day, really.  So, what do you imagine music librarians get up to?   E-RESOURCES: ACCESS This afternoon saw a quick questi...

Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th birthday, and the University Music Library is joining in the fun on Monday 14th Novemb...

Music Librarian Catherine Small has found this fascinating article for you in one of our e-resources.  If you're a member of the RCS co...

Remember, remember, in early December ... Here in the Whittaker Library, we have a huge spreadsheet to help us remember when different cla...

We were proud to add a new book to the Whittaker Library stock today:- Focus: Scottish Traditional Music, by Simon McKerrell (2016) Sim...

The Whittaker Library has recently acquired a small mid-19th century flute manuscript.  Since it originated in Glasgow, we like to th...

The Whittaker Library at RCS now has access to Nick Hern Books on Drama Online!  Nick Hern Books is one of the UK’s leading specialis...