Melanie Manwaring-McKay

Melanie Manwaring-McKay is a Researcher and Research Development Facilitator at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), affiliated with the Centre for Living Sustainability in Inverness. She supports research activities, knowledge exchange, and innovation projects to enhance research outputs and societal impact. Her research focuses on book history, archival science, and improving accessibility to special collections.

Education:
MSc/Research Degree: Master of Research from UHI Inverness (2019), focusing on Charles Fraser-Mackintosh’s book collecting in Victorian Scottish Highlands.

Key Projects:

• Innovative Promotion of Ancestral, Jacobite, Historical and Genealogical Tourism (2022–2023): Digital Libraries and Special Collections for Tourism.
• A People's Archive: Mapping Mobile Populations in the Highlands (2022–2023): Archival Record and Possession Analysis.

Activities & Outreach:

• Public lectures on book history (e.g., Fraser-Mackintosh and his Collection).
• School workshops on book-making and archival accessibility (Secrets of Books series).

Labs/Teams: Collaborates within the Centre for Living Sustainability, engaging with partners to enhance cultural heritage visibility.