Glasgow Women's Library
Coordinates: 55°51′22″N 4°14′49″W / 55.856°N 4.247°W Glasgow Women's Library is a public library, registered company and charity based in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. It provides information relevant to women's history, culture and achievements. It tries to operate on feminist principles. It supplies or encourages training and education, skill-sharing via volunteers and/or staff.
The Women's Library was established in 1991. It evolved from the 'Women in Profile' project, whose aim was to ensure the visibility of women in the programming of Glasgow, European City of Culture year. The library employs five members of staff. Glasgow Women's Library also employs workers for the classes it runs, as well as more than twenty volunteers..
In 2010 the library moved to the Mitchell Library in the West End.
Glasgow Women's Library provides clubs, events, courses and workshops. This includes an adult literacy and Numeracy project, a Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Project and a lending library. The archives include historical and contemporary artefacts relating to women’s lives and achievements. The group provide guided walks around Glasgow through the "Women Make History" project highlighting local women like Big Rachel.
Scotland's Virtual reference scheme, Ask Scotland has allowed questions to be posed online and referred to the Glasgow Women's Library since 2011.
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