The Collection
The Library is a unique resource in Scotland. It houses a huge collection of materials by, for and about women. It comprises several thousand items donated by users, supporters, members and publishers.
With the Library preparing for relocation to the Mitchell Library, access to the collection will be limited over the next year. However, if you have a specific research request, or something in particular that you wish to see, we will do our best to help you. We will continue to run events and courses while at 81 Parnie Street.
For more information, please contact the Library.
What will you find at the Library?
The Library collection comprises information broadly in the following sections: reference, reports, work, education, politics, feminist theory, history, violence against women, abuse, pornography issues, prostitution, lesbian lives and cultures, young women, women of colour, women in global contexts, myth, goddesses and religion, travel, peace and war, sport, fiction, poetry, literary theory, autobiographies and biographies, drama, art, architecture and older women. Find out more…
The Lesbian Archive
The Lesbian Archive and Information Centre (LAIC) was set up in London in 1984 and contains the UK’s largest and most significant collection of materials about lesbian lives, activism and achievements. The Archive relocated to Glasgow Women’s Library in 1995. Find out more…
Add to our collection!
Donations are always very welcome, as the entire collection has been built up with donated material. Find out more about how to donate books and other materials to the GWL collection.
