Archives & Special Collections

Our team

Part of the wider Library Collections team, the ASC team is responsible for managing, promoting and enabling access to, and supporting engagement with the Library’s archives and special collections. Our activities include;

• strategic collection development,
• enquiry and reading room services,
• appraisal, cataloguing and discovery,
• preservation and conservation,
• engaging students with collections through their taught courses, and
• supporting academic research. 

Our staff work across our locations to deliver our services, if you would like to contact any member of the team, please contact us at library-asc@glasgow.ac.uk.

Library Collections Management team

• Sally Bell, Head of Collections Management
• Siobhán Convery, Director, Library Collections and Keeper of Hunterian Books & Manuscripts
• Leo Konstantelos, Head of Collections Discovery & Systems
• Clare Paterson, Assistant Director, Library Collections
• Moira Rankin, Senior Archivist (Engagement Lead)

ASC Collections Management

• Martin Clark, Library Stock Assistant
• Louisa Coles, Head of Conservation and Preservation
• Sarah Gillies, Stock Assistant
• Elzbieta Gorska-Wiklo, Preservation Manager
• Andrew Gosman, Library Stock Assistant
• Martin Gray, Library Stock Assistant
• Keira Harper, Book Conservator
• Darragh Maguire, Collections Management Assistant
• Paula McKerrow, Stock Assistant
• Chris Monaghan, Library Stock Assistant
• En Whealing, Book Conservator

ASC Collections Processing

• Matt Griffin, Assistant Archivist (University Heritage Collections Development)
• Kath Roper-Caldbeck, Archives Cataloguer
• Emma Yan, Archivist (Collections Development)

ASC Engagement

• Ally Cory, Archives & Special Collections Assistant (Graduate Trainee)
• Claire Daniel, Assistant Archivist 
• Niamh Devlin, Senior Library Assistant 
• Michael Gallagher, Archivist (University Heritage Collections Engagement)
• Samantha Gilchrist, Assistant Librarian (Engagement Services) 
• Robert MacLean, Assistant Librarian (ASC Learning & Teaching Lead)
• Iona Rogers, Archives & Special Collections Assistant (Graduate Trainee)
• Robyn Stewart, Senior Library Assistant
• Isabella Widger, Archives & Special Collections Assistant (Graduate Trainee)

Collections Discovery & Systems

• Kirsteen Connor, Archive Cataloguer
• Jarvis Gray, Archivist (Digital Preservation)
• Sam Maddra, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing)
• Liam McGarry, Digital Collections System Specialist 
• Melissa Reeve-Rawlings, Digital Research Collections Coordinator

Ballast Trust

• Kiara King, Assistant Archivist (Ballast Trust)
• Rachael Rennert, Business Archives Surveying Officer