‘[S]hut Not Thy Heart, nor Thy Library’: Realising the potential of historical library borrowing data

Katherine Halsey; Matthew Sangster; Brian Aitken; Karen Baston; Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell; Alex Deans; Jaqueline Kennard Imrie; Gerard McKeever; Josh Smith

‘[S]hut Not Thy Heart, nor Thy Library’: Realising the potential of historical library borrowing data

Katherine Halsey, Matthew Sangster, Brian Aitken, Karen Baston, Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell, Alex Deans, Jaqueline Kennard Imrie, Gerard McKeever, Josh Smith

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Library Catalogues as Data
Subtitle of host publication	Research, Practice and Usage
Editors	Paul Gooding, Melissa Terras, Sarah Ames
Publisher	Facet Publishing
Pages	121-143
ISBN (Electronic)	9781783306602
ISBN (Print)	9781783306596
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2025

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Halsey, K., Sangster, M., Aitken, B., Baston, K., Branagh-Miscampbell, M., Deans, A., Kennard Imrie, J., McKeever, G., & Smith, J. (2025). ‘[S]hut Not Thy Heart, nor Thy Library’: Realising the potential of historical library borrowing data. In P. Gooding, M. Terras, & S. Ames (Eds.), Library Catalogues as Data : Research, Practice and Usage (pp. 121-143). Facet Publishing.

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‘[S]hut Not Thy Heart, nor Thy Library’: Realising the potential of historical library borrowing data

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Books and Borrowing: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830

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Books and Borrowing: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830

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