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Discover National Library of Scotland Collections, Research, News and Events at the discover National Library of Scotland ISSUE 7 WINTER 2008 WORDS OUT OF Human Print at the Lady Anne geography Poles Halkett: Journeys into places Arctic mastheads A Life in PLACE Catriona Taylor and people’s past and more Writing A free visual art exhibition inspired by Library items that resonate with a sense of place. 1 February – 2 March 2008 The National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge Edinburgh Scottish EH1 1EW Samurai www.nls.uk ww.henzteeth.com Honouring Thomas Blake Glover Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Sunday 2pm - 5pm Residency sponsored by Henzteeth and Arts&Business Scotland This year marks the centenary of trade between Our collections are brim-full with vivid and 1 Foreword Britain and Japan, a fitting time then for the poignant personal histories, and the delicate, Japanese Consul to celebrate the work of Thomas painstaking work of NLS Artist in Residence Blake Glover, the Scots entrepreneur who was the Catriona Taylor reflects this. We speak to her first non-Japanese to be awarded the Honour of about the inspiration behind her Words Out of discover the Rising Sun for his contribution to Japan’s Place exhibition opening here in February. We economic boom in the last century. Innovation is hear more on some of the most exciting new web something of a theme in this issue, as we hear how applications to make use of large-scale digitisation the crew of ships on polar expeditions made projects and one of our readers puts the Library’s extraordinary advancements with on-board smart new search service to the test. printing and publishing, even making use of the Now that I’ve had my word, it’s time for you crates in which their supplies were packed. to have yours. Be sure to complete the enclosed Elsewhere, we profile the prolific outpourings reader survey, to tell us more about you and of Lady Anne Halkett, a pioneering, but what you think about the magazine, and maybe undervalued, essayist from 17th and 18th century scoop up one of five £50 Amazon vouchers into Dunfermline, and we rifle through the journals the bargain. and sketchbooks of ‘gentleman sportsman’ Henry Kirby that paint a picture of outdoor pursuits over a century ago. Julian Stone FEATURES Editor 4 The Scottish Samurai The Japanese Consul honours Scots industrialist Thomas Blake Glover. Contributors in this issue discover John Bowles is a Curator in the Foreign Collections Unit with 10 Print at the Poles responsibility for the German and Russian collections, as well as ISSUE 7 WINTER 2008 John Bowles shows how polar publishing kept Arctic gloom at bay. the printed materials in the mountaineering and polar collections. He has struggled up a number of mountains in Scotland and the National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge Alps, but the nearest he has come to either of the poles is a Edinburgh brief crossing of the Arctic Circle in Finland. EH1 1EW Mr Kenichi Suganuma is a career diplomat who joined the Telephone 0131 623 3700 16 Human Geography Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978. He has extensive Fax 0131 623 3701 Catriona Taylor previews her collection-inspired art exhibition,Words Out of Place. diplomatic experience in fields such as nuclear non-proliferation, Email [email protected] REGULARS energy and global affairs. He has been posted to the Editor-in-Chief: Alexandra Miller Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2NLS News Afghanistan, Belgium, Austria, Russia and most recently to Editor: Julian Stone 20 NLS Discovery Singapore. Mr Suganuma took up his Edinburgh-based position Design: Martin Budd, OneWorld as Consul General of Japan in September 2007. Design, Edinburgh 15 Professional 23 Lady Anne Halkett: A Life in Writing Practice Editorial Adviser: Willis Pickard Suzanne Trill delves into the prolific output of an early essayist. Dr Suzanne Trill is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Her most recent book, Lady Anne Distribution: Jenny Kempton 28 Meet the Team Halkett: Selected Self-Writings, was published by Ashgate last year. ISSN: 1 872 116 38 8 We welcome all comments, Peigi MacKillop worked for many years as a Systems questions, editorial submissions and Librarian at both Napier University and The University of subscription enquiries. Please write Edinburgh. In 1999 she was heavily involved in a joint project to to us at the address above or implement a new library management system for both NLS and email [email protected] To a d v e r t ise in Discover NLS contact: A word on Shelfmarks Edinburgh University. Until recently she was the training officer The National Library of Scotland is a registered Alison Fraser Shelfmarks are references which identify at EDINA, training academics and library staff UK-wide in the Scottish charity. Scottish Charity No. SC011086 0141 946 8708 email: [email protected] the location of specific collection items use of electronic resources and discovery tools. To suggest an article or a letter for publication contact: (usually a series of numbers and letters e.g. Julian Stone MS.1007; 5.144(2); RB.s.788).You can use an Apology 0131 623 3764 email: [email protected] item's shelfmark to search for it in our In the last issue we neglected to acknowledge that the photo of Janice online catalogues, to order it up in our Galloway was by photographer Gordon Wright. To subscribe contact: reading rooms, and as part of any reference Jenny Kempton to that specific NLS copy. www.nls.uk 0131 623 3761 email: [email protected] Printed on paper made from Sustainable Forest, ECF Low Chlorine and 50% Recyclable. 2 nlsnews 3 New Irish and Scottish maps StAnza in the spotlight Slave songs revived for special show online A concert inspired by slavery-related items in the Library’s The ‘A’ Adam’s Bairns’ project is supported by the Heritage StAnza: Scotland’s Poetry Festival makes a welcome return music and manuscript collections takes place at Edinburgh’s Lottery Fund, with educational resources produced in association to NLS this February, with a special preview event to A new viewer has been made available in the map reading room Queens Hall on 17 April. Masterminded by musical arranger, with ScotDEC. To learn more about the education project and how launch StAnza 2008. StAnza Poet in Residence Adrian (Salisbury Place) for studying detailed modern digital mapping of historian and producer Dr Fred Freeman, ‘A' Adam's Bairns’ to get involved, please contact NLS Education & Outreach Officer Mitchell headlines the event, joined by Shetland poet Northern Ireland. An agreement made between the Ordnance draws on a collaborative education project with NLS, Beverley Casebow on 0131 623 3841or [email protected]. Robert Alan Jamieson. The well-travelled poets will discuss Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) and the six UK Copyright commemorating the abolition of the slave trade. the festival’s theme,‘Sea of Tongues’,and give short Libraries has provided comprehensive annual snapshots of their The show features songs performed by contemporary readings from their work, while StAnza directors Brian mapping from 2004 to 2007. This is the most detailed mapping artists based on NLS music manuscripts and arranged by Fred Johnstone and Eleanor Livingstone will preview the festival surveyed by OSNI, allowing maximum detail of the urban and Freeman.The songs and accompanying commentary explore programme. rural landscape to be accessed in a simple application. The digital Scotland's history as a multicultural society struggling to maintain The eleventh StAnza festival takes place in St Andrews mapping complements The Library's extensive collections of its egalitarian values. over five days this March. More than 60 Scottish poets Ordnance Survey paper mapping of Ireland, dating back to the feature, including James Fenton, Liz Lochhead, John 1820s. Artists lined up for the event include Rod Paterson,Tich Burnside, Kenneth White and Janice Galloway, alongside Frier, Nick Keir, Steve Byrne, John Morran, Ross Kennedy, Dave Regional maps of Scotland have also gone online which will poets from Europe, the USA and Africa. Taylor, Emily Smith,Wendy Weatherby, Gillian McDonald, Sandy benefit anyone doing family or local history research. Several Brechin,Aaron Jones, Frank McLaughlin, Stevie Lawrence, Shona StAnza Festival Preview: NLS, George IV Bridge, hundred detailed maps covering all of Scotland from 1856 to Mooney, Richard Werner and Chris Agnew. Edinburgh: 22 Friday February, 7pm. Free entry. 1936 have been added to our digital map collections, now For tickets and more information, please visit Stanza 2008: 12–16 March in St Andrews. numbering over 6,000 online images. Among these latest www.thequeenshall.net or call the Queens Hall Box Office Visit www.stanzapoetry.org or e-mail additions are Ordnance Survey and Bartholomew mapping on 0131 668 2019. [email protected] for the forthcoming intended for walking, cycling and touring. Together they provide programme. an excellent overview of the Scottish landscape for the period. All are available to browse at www.nls.uk/maps. Great Escapes project puts Mull on the multimedia map Schools in Mull have produced an imaginative project that puts a The project will be expanded to schools throughout Mull in modern twist on John Murray’s ‘Handbooks for Travellers’. More 2008. The first tours will soon be available to local tour groups, than 170 years after John Murray published one of the first and links will be made available on the NLS website. Advice tourist guides, NLS has been working on the Great Escapes notes will also be made available to teachers interested in project with Ulva and Dervaig primary schools on Mull to create running similar projects.
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