Books and Borrowing, 1730–1830 : An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers
Alternative title Digital Deliverables
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Aitken B, Halsey K & Sangster M (2025) Books and Borrowing, 1730–1830 : An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers [Digital Deliverables]. Victorians Institute Journal, 52, pp. 186-207. https://doi.org/10.5325/victinstj.52.2025.0186; https://doi.org/10.5325/victinstj.52.2025.0186
Abstract
In this article, the authors introduce the research project “Books and Borrowing, 1750–1830: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers” (https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk/), with a particular emphasis on how the project moved from conception to execution. The article discusses the research project’s aims and research questions, provides an overview of the main features of the project’s online resource, discusses the development of the resource in detail, and then concludes with some lessons the authors have learned and some brief notes on how the resource might be used by Victorianists.
Journal
Victorians Institute Journal: Volume 52
| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Funders | Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| Publication date | 31/10/2025 |
| Date accepted by journal | 01/09/2025 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37704 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.5325/victinstj.52.2025.0186 |
| ISSN | 0886-3865 |
| eISSN | 2693-3411 |
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