Andersonian Library

The Andersonian was formed in 1796 on the death of John Anderson when he bequeathed his collection, which consisted of over 2000 volumes. This is what formed the nucleus of the library. The Andersonian was originally housed within the buildings of Andersons Institution on George Street, before being relocated to the Royal College Building upon its opening in 1912. The library moved to the new McCance Building designed by Ralph Covell on Richmond Street in 1964 shortly before the Royal College gained its Charter to become the University of Strathclyde. But by the early 1970s the library was projected to soon outgrow the McCance Building, and by 1973 agreement had been reached by the…

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" ! scope="row" | Floor 1 | Books: Closed Access Collections: |- ! scope="row" | Floor 2 |Contains a variety of group discussion space including: |- ! scope="row" | Floor 3 |Main entrance: Facilities include: |- ! scope="row" | Floor 4 |Subjects included on this floor are: Applied Sciences; Biological Sciences; Building; Business; Chemistry; Computing; Criminology; Earth Sciences; Economics; Education; Engineering; Hotel Studies; Language; Leisure & Tourism; Library and Information Science; Management; Marketing; Pharmaceutical Science; Philosophy; Physical Sciences; Politics; Psychology; Public Administration; Religion; Social Sciences;…