The Glasgow Digital Library is based at the Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR) in the University of Strathclyde. It was set up as part of the Research Support Libraries Programme, supplemented by funding from Scran and Resources for Learning in Scotland (RLS) for specific digitisation projects.

Major collections include the following:

Aspect - access to Scottish Parliamentary Election Candidate Materials 1999 and 2003

Red Clydeside - a history of the labour movement in Glasgow 1910-1932

Springburn Virtual Museum - photographs from Springburn Community Museum 1880-1987

Maxton Papers - images and documents about James Maxton 1885-1946

Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal 1890-1901

E-books about Glasgow - including Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow men and Old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry

Voyage of the Scotia - Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04

E-books about Scotland - including Scotland in the 19th century and With nature and a camera

Virtual Mitchell - photographs of Glasgow from The Mitchell Library and Glasgow City Archives (GCA)

Victorian Times - social, political, and economic conditions 1837-1901