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Enquiry Service and Access to the Collections
RSGS Staff are pleased to respond to enquiries of a geographical nature or about its collections, where the latter cannot be answered from the information on its web pages or,
in the case of enquiries relating to people and places in Scotland, using the Gazetteer for Scotland (see below).
Please send your enquiries to: collections@rsgs.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible. There is usually a charge for this service (based on staff time and, where appropriate, reproduction and copyright fees). Members of the Society qualify for free use of this service (within reasonable limits, usually one search per year) and have free access to the Society's collections (subject to the temporary inaccessibility restrictions, see below). We will notify you of the likely charges when we receive your email.
Physical Access to our Collections in Perth Access to our collections in person is by advance appointment only. This ensures we are best able to meet your particular requirements. Please contact us via collections@rsgs.org at least two weeks in advance of your planned visit. Depending on your research interests, an appointment will then be made for you with one of our experts on a date and time to suit. Following the recent move of our collections to new premises some parts are still being prepared for access and are not yet available for consultation. You will be advised of the current situation when you contact us. Many of our books and journals are fully accessible, and there are a larger number of images available via this web site. Availability of Scanned Images The Society has scanned around 21,500 images under the auspices of the Image for All and other projects. A sample gallery of scanned images and there is a searchable database of our holdings. Books and Journals
The bulk of the Society's book and journal collections are deposited with the Library of the University of
Strathclyde and all are recorded on-line in the University Library's catalogue. Those wishing to consult any
such books, and who are not Members of the University or of RSGS, should contact the
University Library to apply for a Reader's Ticket.
The Gazetteer for Scotland As a specific contribution to the dissemination of geographical information, the Society has been involved in a collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, which has developed an online Gazetteer for Scotland, a comprehensive geographical database, accessible internationally via the World Wide Web. The project is designed to complement and enhance the Gateway to Scotland web site, "the definitive source of information about Scotland on the Internet". |
