About the Friends

Friends of Edinburgh University Library
Engaging, Promoting, Collecting since 1962

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 of the Edinburgh University Library is a recognised charity, founded in 1962.
We

  • act as a channel for gifts of books and manuscripts to enhance the Library’s collections
  • help purchase rare and valuable items for the Library which it could not otherwise acquire
  • promote and celebrate the Library and its collections
  • publish our magazine, The Piper, twice a year
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