The Friends of Edinburgh University Library

Patron: Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal of the University  

Welcome to the Friends of Edinburgh University Library website. I hope you find not only the information you need but discover something about the wonderful resources we have purchased for the Heritage Collections. Each year we put on several talks and a private visit to a special external Library, and if you would like to be part of this please come along and give us your responses and your ideas. We want the Friends to be an active part of the University Library, and the wider University, as well as a group of people sharing something they enjoy.   – Louise Gardiner, President

The Friends was founded in 1962 as a recognised charity.

The Friends of the Edinburgh University Library

• act as a channel for gifts of books and manuscripts to enhance the Library’s collections
• purchase, or contribute to the purchase of rare and valuable items which the Library could not otherwise acquire
• promote and celebrate the reputation of the Library and its collections

The Constitution of the Friends of Edinburgh University Library may be found here.

Membership of the Friends is open to anyone who would like to support the work of the Library. Please join us!

Honorary Members

• Professor Sir Alexander McCall Smith
• Sir Ian Rankin
• Lady Joyce Caplan

Current Friends Committee Members

• President: Mrs Louise Gardiner
• Honorary Secretary: vacant
• Honorary Treasurer: Mr Richard Battersby
• Dr Kit Baston
• Dr Simon Burton
• Dr Lucinda Byatt
• Mrs Rachel Cadell
• Professor John Cairns
• Mr John Scott Moncrieff
• Dr Shenxiao Tong

Ex Officio

• Mr Daryl Green, Associate Director Heritage Collections (Research & Curatorial)
• Mr Gavin McLachlan, Chief Information Officer and Librarian to the University
• Mr Jeremy Upton, Director of Library and University Collections

Co-opted

• Professor Lesley McAra, Edinburgh Law School
• Professor Alex Thomson, School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures

Administrator

• Ms Alason Roberts

Editor of The Piper

• Dr Lucinda Byatt

Website editor

• Dr Kit Baston

Independent Examiner

• Mr Chris Smith

Friends of Edinburgh University Library
Engaging, promoting, collecting since 1962