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Below Right: Precious Gum: The Story of the Gutta Depositors The Board of Trustees Appointed by the Universities Percha Golf Ball, one of our more unusual donations. Rt. Hon.The Earl Cathcart Chairman •Professor Graham D Caie, MA, PhD, FRSA, FEA, FRSE Below: Robert Kinniburgh taught at the Institution Donaldson’s College Professor Michael Anderson OBE MA PhD FBA •Ivor G Lloyd,BA,DipLib, MLib, ALA for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children in Edinburgh Saltire Gaelic Choir •Peter Kemp, MA, PhD Ex-officio Edinburgh, where he designed these Plates for the Findhorn Foundation •Dr Judith Vincent, BA, PhD Deaf and Dumb in 1820.The book includes scenes • The Lord President of the Court of Session Alec Finlay of animals, people and important objects. •The Lord Advocate Co-opted George Watson’s College •The First Minister, Scottish Parliament • Lady Balfour of Burleigh, MA, DPhil, FSAScot, FRSE Diana Hendry • The Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Central •Andrea Batchelor Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers • The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates •Ishbel Maclean, MA Leith Cricket Club • The Minister of the High Kirk (St Giles), Edinburgh •Moira Methven, MCILIP Luffness New Golf Club • The Crown Agent •Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, MA, Phd, FRHistS Scottish Mountaineering Club •The Lord Provost of Aberdeen •Dr Willis Pickard Southern Light Opera Company •The Lord Provost of Dundee Dr Christopher Whyte •The Lord Provost of Edinburgh •The Lord Provost of Glasgow Appointed by the Crown •Professor Michael Anderson, OBE, MA, PhD, FBA, FRSE •Lorraine Fannin, BA, DipEd Appointed by the Faculty of Advocates th/6th century 64-770 280s 454-55 488 508 •Richard Keen, QC 5Letter to the heirs of Eustochios 7Japanese prayer scroll, the oldest 1The Murthly Hours written 1The Gutenberg Bible, the oldest 1Henry the Minstrel ‘Blind Harry’, 1Chepman and Myllar print •Malcolm G Thomson, QC written on papyrus, the earliest ‘printed’ item at NLS and illuminated western printed book manuscript written by Scotland’s first books •The Hon Lord Coulsfield, QC manuscript in the collection John Ramsay •Malcolm C N Scott, QC •Stephen Woolman, QC 01 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 Foreword 02 Inspiring audiences 04 Growing collections 08
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542 587 689 Editorial: Julian Stone 776 814 848 1Earliest printed Act of Scottish 1Mary Queen of Scots writes 1Advocates Library opens 1Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations 1Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley 1Early photographs produced by Parliament her last letter is published the Edinburgh Calotype Club 02 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 03
Foreword Our Mission
The National Library of Scotland is an organisation most important archives in British publishing means that the future is never far from our thoughts. further increase the scope and scale of what we can The National Library of Scotland exists to: that has to take the past, present and the future history, and ended with the merger with the Scottish The digital revolution continues apace, as does the offer customers, today and tomorrow. Our updated equally seriously. As our collections stretch back nearly Screen Archive. This film collection adds a new Library's response. Customers increasingly expect strategy, published early in 2008, will set out how we 1500 years, we are surrounded by history, knowledge dimension for those researching Scottish culture over immediate access to information delivered with the plan to build on all of these achievements and • Enrich lives and communities and enlightenment. Our founders at the Faculty of the last century or so. maximum of convenience. To meet this demand we develop a National Library that is outward looking, Advocates began collecting material in the late 17th The need to meet the expectations of our continue to digitise materials from our own collections dynamic and innovative. As ever, we are greatly • Encourage and promote lifelong learning, research century. The advent of Legal Deposit, nearly 300 years customers today has never been felt so urgently. This is and to deliver licensed digital collections remotely, so indebted to our staff for making all of this happen, ago in 1710, greatly accelerated the growth of these why we have developed a new customer charter, it is that people throughout Scotland and beyond can use and to our Trustees and partners for the support and scholarship collections, and has provided the bedrock for them why we are progressing with plans to develop a them at home, work or overseas. Our commitment to they have given throughout the year. ever since. Today our work in collecting digital visitor centre to showcase and interpret our develop leading digital services was acknowledged this • Provide universal access to information by comprehensively material prompts change and development at a collections and to create spaces tailored to exhibitions, year with the funding secured to build a Trusted Digital remarkable rate. events and learning activities, and it is why we have Repository that will safeguard the future of electronic Martyn Wade collecting and making available the recorded knowledge National Librarian This year was another of exciting challenges, and responded to demand for improved reading room information, in all its many forms. of Scotland some major landmarks. The year was book-ended by facilities. Our fundraising activities are another area in which the arrival of two major new collections. It began with The long-term nature of our primary role, to make we are building for the future. An encouraging start in Professor Michael Anderson the arrival of the John Murray Archive, one of the our recorded heritage available for centuries to come, 2006 is paying dividends for the Library and will Chairman of the Board of Trustees • Promote access to the ideas and cultures of the world
881 895 925 956 971 988 988 995 995 Editorial: Julian Stone 003 006-07 1Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1Earliest surviving Scottish film, 1The National Library of Scotland 1George IV Bridge building opens 1World’s first email sent 1NLS catalogue goes online 1Causewayside building opens 1NLS website goes online 1First collection item digitised 2Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2 Treasure Island the Execution of Mary Queen is founded ‘creates’ electronic legal deposit of Scots 04 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 05 INSPIRING audiences Event visitor numbers were up by10%
Our vision to make a connection Events with an increasingly diverse Our programme of free public events continued to grow in number and diversity this year. Topics audience of new and existing covered included wildlife photography, the Holy Grail, visitors went from strength to African explorers and epic Indian literature. The 1707 strength this year. Union of Scottish and English Parliaments provided a focal point, with the popular Road to 1707 series of ‘One of the best exhibitions I events featuring leading historians and authors. have seen – well laid out, The modern political landscape of Scotland was covered by Brian Taylor, Political Editor of BBC informative and described in Scotland, at the 2006 Donald Dewar Memorial an accessible manner.’ Lecture.In its fifth year at the Edinburgh International Kidnapped Birds of a Feather exhibition visitor, Book Festival, the lecture looked at the roles played by The Library played a key role in the celebrations Cyprus. Holyrood,Westminster and Brussels in Scottish politics surrounding Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped this today. year. The One Edinburgh, One Book campaign, NLS houses the archives of many modern Scottish organised by the UNESCO Edinburgh City of writers, so the launch of a new series of monthly Literature Trust, aimed to get Edinburgh reading by events showcasing the work and ideas of the Scottish publishing and distributing three very different Far left: Alasdair Gray was one of several high literati was fitting. The Bridge Readings featured versions of the classic adventure story. profile writers to appear at our Bridge Readings Alasdair Gray, Christopher Brookmyre, Ian Rankin and NLS devised a raft of events and workshops to events. AL Kennedy reading from and discussing their latest tie-in with the project, including talks and lectures Left: Stevenson-inspired fun for all the family at our work to full houses. from leading international scholars, family-friendly storytelling event, Salty Tales of the Sea, in February The in-depth knowledge and expertise of our own storytelling events and a workshop with Alan Grant 2007. curatorial staff was spotlighted this year, with a series and Cam Kennedy, the creators of the exciting Right: Rare Books Curator Dr Graham Hogg with of lunch time talks covering treasures from our graphic novel version. On the digital side, we also Audubon's Birds of America. South Asian collections, Shakespeare’s First Folio, the put a complete digitised version of the first edition Far Right: Brian Taylor poses some questions at John Murray Archive and tours ‘behind the scenes’ of of the book online to complement our existing web the 2006 Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture. the Birds of a Feather exhibition. resources on the life and work of Stevenson. 06 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 07 Summer exhibition visitor numbers were up by11% Education and Outreach participant numbers were up by11%
Awards At the 2006 Saltire Society Literary Awards, over the centuries. The travelling exhibition was Loans Left: Pauline Prior-Pitt with her winning entry for The Library continued to support four awards that held at NLS, the Library-sponsored Scottish Research designed to traverse the country, starting in January Every year we take advantage of opportunities to the 2006 Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. promote the finest and most unique contributions Book of the Year Award went to John MacInnes for 2007 at the newly-opened Inverness Museum and share our collections with a wider audience by lending Below: Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding made to publishing, writing and book-making in his Gaelic book Duthchas Nan Gaidheal: Collected Art Gallery with further residencies in Glasgow, items to other institutions for events and exhibitions. Competition winner Annette Friederich. Scotland. The 2006 Callum Macdonald Essays of John MacInnes. Edinburgh and Stornoway. A notable example this year was the loan of Right: Young visitors at the Birds of a Feather Memorial Award for Scottish poetry pamphlet The Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship The Scottish experiences of 19th century Wedderburn’s Vocabula,the book containing evidence exhibition. publishing was won by Pauline Prior-Pitt for her gave five more writers the opportunity to develop American naturalist and wildlife artist John James that organised football was ‘invented’ in Scotland. The self-published and handmade work,‘North Uist Sea their work and exchange ideas this year. The award is Audubon was chosen for the basis of the Library’s book went on display in April 2006 at an exhibition in Poems’. organised annually by NLS and the Scottish Arts summer exhibition, Birds of a Feather: Hamburg to coincide with the 2006 Football World To m McEwan, from Ayrshire, fended off Council and rewards published writers with a two Audubon’s Adventures in Edinburgh.The Cup.We also arranged a manuscript display on the international competition to be named the student month stay at a writer’s retreat and international arts exhibition paid tribute to Audubon, the author of poet Sorley MacLean at the Edinburgh Filmhouse, to winner of the 2006 Elizabeth Soutar centre in France’s Grez-sur-Loing. The 2007 Birds of America, one of the world’s most valuable coincide with the screening of the documentary film Bookbinding Competition,with his binding of recipients of the Fellowship were Diana Hendry, books, and in particular the influence that key figures Hallaig, part of the Filmhouse’s Poetic Cinema season. Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Gold Bug’, while the overall Hamish Whyte, Brian McCabe, Ian Macpherson and of the Scottish Enlightenment had on his work and Education and Outreach winner was German Annette Friederich for her Jill Dobson. legacy. Partnerships were struck with Renfrewshire The John Murray Archive (JMA) arrived in March binding of Virginia Woolf’s novel Exhibitions Education and Leisure Services and Glasgow Libraries 2006, sparking a number of exciting education Mrs Dalloway. Highland 2007, the national government-led initiative, to display a bound volume with life-size illustrations projects. The education programme was launched with provided the catalyst for the first major collaborative from Birds of America and to deliver a wide range of a regular series of schools visits. Poet Ken Cockburn travelling exhibition from Scotland’s national collecting events, workshops and activities. A particular was appointed as the first John Murray Archive institutions. NLS joined forces with National Museums highlight was the Big Draw family event at the Writer in Residence,thanks to support from the Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland to Mitchell Library. The Big Draw is the annual UK UNESCO Edinburgh City of Literature. He spent produce Fonn ‘s Duthchas (Land and Legacy) in showcase festival organised by the Campaign for several months at the Library, delving into the papers celebration of Highland cultural life past and present. Drawing. Our event with the Mitchell Library gave of Byron, Livingstone and others, and subsequently led The exhibition put rare manuscript and printed visitors the opportunity to work together to a series of workshops with school and community material alongside iconic objects and artworks to reproduce a giant version of an Audubon plate, as groups exploring the creative potential of this vast produce a fully rounded picture of the Highland well as providing a variety of storytelling, illustration collection of 19th-century history, literature and ideas. landscape, people and culture, as these have evolved and art and craft activities. 08 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 09 GROWING collections New collection items acquired:288,960
The arrival of two major new Scottish Screen Archive Two major donations greatly enriched our Many writers in our collections are also major collections, the John Murray The Library welcomed a major new addition to its manuscript collections this year. The first was the artists. This year we were fortunate to acquire both collections this year, as the Scottish Screen Archive 1924 manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s a major collection of Alasdair Gray’s artwork, Archive and the Scottish Screen merged with NLS. The archive contains over 30,000 ‘The Adventure of the Illustrious Client’.One some of which will feature in his forthcoming visual Archive, added a new dimension moving images documenting Scottish life in the 20th of the last Sherlock Holmes stories, the manuscript biography Life in Pictures,plus the complete to our collections and set new and 21st centuries. Thousands of hours of footage, provided valuable evidence of the author’s narrative artwork for Cam Kennedy and Alan Grant’s standards for the way in which including home movies, public announcement films, skill. Secondly, we were also delighted to receive the innovative graphic novel version of Robert Louis documentaries, newsreels, adverts and recent Gaelic papers of novelist Robin Jenkins.Mr Jenkins was one Stevenson’s Kidnapped, published by Waverley our collections are brought to language broadcasting, joined the Library’s collections of the most important but overlooked Scottish Press in February 2007 as part of the UNESCO life for visitors. in April 2007, offering researchers a full range of authors of the late 20th century, his archive included Edinburgh City of Literature project to get formats with which to study Scotland. Topics a number of unpublished novels. The archive of Scotland reading. represented are as broad as the last century of George Mackay Brown was boosted by a Scottish culture, with particular strengths in subjects donation of 160 letters, spanning two decades, such as family life, working life, industry, war, between the poet and the writer and biographer entertainment, transport, education and sport. Jenny Robertson, including one of his last poems, A particularly unique feature of the archive is the ‘To Heather’. Contemporary poet Don Paterson viewing and lending collection of VHS videotapes became the latest writer to join the ranks of those available for research and non-commercial use. All this who entrust their literary archives to the nation. His prolific collection of poetry started at the age of seven is supplemented by a small non-film archive comprising and dates to the present day. written material about the history of Scottish film Robert Southey was Poet Laureate when he production and cinema exhibition, photographs and joined engineer Thomas Telford for a tour of Scotland sound recordings, and a growing number of film clips Far left: Scottish Screen Archive Curator Janet in 1819. This year we bought the manuscript of his McBain at their premises in Hillington, Glasgow. made available online. verses in tribute to Telford’s work on the Caledonian Left: Cam Kennedy and Alan Grant's artwork for Manuscripts Canal, which will be used in the collaborative their 2007 graphic novel version of Kidnapped. The Library’s literary archives continued to exhibition with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Right: A small sample of original artwork by proliferate this year, with a raft of important Te lford: Father of Modern Engineering, opening Alasdair Gray. acquisitions from the 19th and 20th centuries. in October 2007. 10 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 11
Collections items consulted:345,232
Rare books Maps George Atkinson, Ceylon, 1813. Below: A number of interesting travel items were purchased during the year: Appropriately enough in the year in which Kidnapped Agreements were concluded this year to make annual This map of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is dedicated to 1.Ticket for a ‘fly coach’ between Edinburgh and was celebrated, several other Robert Louis Stevenson snapshots of Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap series Thomas Maitland, a Scot and governor and Newcastle, issued in July 1776, when coach items were bought. The tiny and very rare poetry available in NLS and the five other Legal Deposit commander in chief over the Island of Ceylon. It was travel between England and Scotland was a pamphlet Not I, and Other Poems (1881) was libraries in the British Isles. These comprise the very published by William Faden, the leading London-based relatively new phenomenon. written in Davos, Switzerland, to entertain Stevenson latest and most detailed digital mapping for the whole map publisher of his day, whose father came from 2.Timetable (around 1790) for the Edinburgh to and his stepson and printed on a small hand press. of the United Kingdom in an updated, user-friendly web Scotland. Portpatrick mail-coach. The heyday of the mail based system. MasterMap offers improved layers of coach as a passenger vehicle was superseded by We also acquired the earliest edition of Treasure Island William Skinner’s Plan of Fort George, 1763. the railway in most parts of Scotland by the (first published 1883) to have illustrations in addition information, allowing more precise recording of shows the might of one of Scotland's most impressive mid-19th century. to the famous frontispiece map: it was published in changing landscapes. As well as acquisitions of modern fortifications at the time of its construction in 1767. 3. A very rare broadside from 1835, during the Boston, USA, in February 1884, over a year before the maps and atlases, highlights of antiquarian maps This plan portrays the castle in an almost finished early years of steamships plying the west coast of first illustrated British edition. acquisitions included: state. The hand colouring and shading are in the Scotland. These ships took cargo, and tourists visiting Staffa and Iona. Important scientific acquisitions this year included a John G. Bartholomew, 1860-1920. distinctive style used by military engineers in the collection of nine scientific papers (1812-31) Western hemisphere ceramic map paperweight Board of Ordnance, green for embankments and Right: Western hemisphere ceramic paperweight, by John G. Bartholomew. The item is pictured featuring David Brewster and Mary Somerville This unusual ceramic map paperweight of the Western pink for buildings. beside its entry in the order book in the presented to James Veitch, a self-educated polymath hemisphere was acquired because the map was drawn Bartholomew Archive: 'Aug. 28 1889 Engr. the from the Borders. Veitch’s interests covered by John G Bartholomew and engraved by the Below: Some very rare map playing cards by reverse way for transf. to pottery the 2 mathematics, mechanics and astronomy. He is best Bartholomew firm, whose considerable archive is held John Adair, 1660-1718. hemispheres World for £5 as per quote. Delivered Oct. 22.' known today as the man who inspired David Brewster at NLS. (1781–1868), the inventor of the stereoscope and the John Adair's map playing cards,1660-1718. kaleidoscope, to take an interest in science. An extremely rare collection of map playing cards. The Among our most handsome acquisitions this year original map was drawn by John Adair, and published in was an 1879 edition of the poet Oliver Goldsmith’s 1689. It was engraved by James Moxon, who took it to History of the Earth. This included 24 original fine London playing card specialist John Lenthall. Map playing watercolours by James Stewart and Harrison Weir, to cards were fashionable in the late 17th and early 18th accompany Glasgow publisher Blackie’s science series centuries, and the map was dissected into playing cards, and was reproduced using chromolithography. Above: Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth,with marked with suits by a coloured stamp, and numbered 24 attractive plates. by hand. 12 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 13
Legal Deposit Music Digital collections Early American Far left: A typically broad selection of We acquired 95,788 books and 135,314 issues of We were delighted to buy several rare Gaelic music Our physical collections are complemented by a Imprints provides publications received by Legal Deposit. newspapers and magazines this year, thanks to our scores this year. Among these were a book of growing body of digital collections, licensed from access to the full text Right: Manuscript scores from the archive of Legal Deposit status. This huge asset for the people of Christmas carols published by the Gaelic language publishers and made freely available to users in our of over 39,000 titles the composer Ronald Stevenson. Scotland and beyond is worth millions of pounds a college Sabhal Mór Ostaig on the Isle of Skye in 1975 buildings and remotely. These vast resources include printed in North Below: Personal papers of Isabella Plumb year, but its value to our users, who find material they and an antiquarian item of Highland hymns, with Gaelic biographies and other in-depth reference works and America between 1639 (1861-1944), Church of Scotland missionary cannot get elsewhere, is priceless. While many UK thousands of fully digitised newspapers, journals and psalm tunes and spiritual songs, published in 1889. and 1800, many of to Poona and Sialkot. publications are sent automatically by publishers, Scottish Gaelic music publications are usually rare as books. A number of important additions to these which are otherwise work is always needed to ensure that we collect they tend to be published in smaller print runs collections were made this year. unavailable in the UK. Scottish publications as comprehensively as possible. A compared to the large international music market. Science Full Text Journal Collection via Wilson You can search for and particular focus this year has been obtaining Another interesting acquisition was A curious Web provides full-text access to over 330 journal view the images of the publications produced by the growing Polish collection of the most celebrated country dances titles from the 1990s onwards covering a broad range original pages of virtually community in Scotland, as well as those produced for & airs which are now in vogue.This 18th-century of science subjects. every work of early American publishing. incoming refugees and asylum seekers: For example, music publication contains ‘hidden’ Scottish music, Oxford Journals Online provides full-text access NLS is supplying titles for publication in Thomson Gazeta z Highland published in Golspie and Glos alongside country dances and Italian guitar music. to over 200 academic and research journal titles Gale’s digital archive 19th Century UK Polski published in Dalkeith. published by Oxford University Press, covering science, Newspapers Periodicals. Around 50 19th-century periodical titles humanities, law, medicine and the social sciences, from The collaborative NEWSPLAN Scotland project this from our collections were selected for the first unit of 1829 to the present day. year delivered an online guide to indexes to Scottish the archive ‘New readerships’, covering women's and newspapers. The guide lists details of Scottish House of Commons 19th and 20th Century children's magazines, leisure, sport and humour. This newspaper titles, which have been indexed, and Parliamentary Papers provides full-text access to useful online resource for anyone researching includes the type of index, the dates covered and the Parliamentary Papers from 1801 to 1945, plus 19th-century British popular culture features original holding locations for the indexes. Printed, electronic indexing to 2004. colour illustrations from many of these titles. Unit 1, and online indexes are all included and it is searchable The Making of the Modern World provides covering about 1.2 million pages of text, is scheduled by title of the newspaper and keyword. The guide can full-text access to over 60,000 printed works covering to be published in the autumn of 2007. A further four be found online at www.nls.uk/collections/ economic, political, business and social history from units are planned for publication. newspapers/indexes. 1460 to 1850. 14 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 15 RESPONDING to change Number of items digitised: 21,655
Left: Meet the Trusted Digital Repository Progress in the digital information Digital preservation Web archiving Much of the work involved is organised by an agency project team, from left to right: arena, and in the way that libraries The Library’s digital strategy was advanced significantly NLS is one of six members of the UK Web which claims on behalf of four of these libraries and James Toon,TDR Project Manager this year when government funding was announced Archiving Consortium (UKWAC).The web is distributes publications accordingly. To maximise claim material, has kept us busy Chad Crossman,Technical Architect for the Library’s ambitious project to establish a increasingly becoming a first port of call for various efficiencies, the libraries have been reviewing Paul Cunnea, Digital Collections Development this year, both in partnership with Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) for Scotland. researchers and anyone seeking information. This the location and arrangements of the agency in future. Co-ordinator others and on our own projects. The Scottish Executive pledged funding of up to £1.8 project aims to explore how culturally significant Housing the Agency in the National Library’s Barry Foster, Business/Test Analyst million for the two-year project, which will ensure that websites can be identified for long-term preservation. Edinburgh premises is considered to be the preferred Vincent Moffat, Systems Developer ‘The NLS online catalogue is Scotland’s digital heritage can be preserved for the The average life expectancy of a website is 44 days; solution at present. During 2007 NLS has taken a key Oscar Contreras, as exciting and rewarding as long term. The aim of the project is to apply the same the project aims to extend this to 100 years or more. role in this process, in partnership with the other four JMA Web Support OfficerDeveloper. level of professional care to collecting, preserving and The first phase of the two-year pilot project drew to a libraries, appointing a dedicated Project Officer to MacFadden’s strike in providing access to digital items as NLS does to close this year, having archived over 2500 sites, with comprehensively review the options and ensure the Right: SCOTBIS Web Support Officer Scotland’s recent football printed matter. The government funding enabled us to partners taking steps to build on the experiences they project runs smoothly. The results of this review will Chris Osborne. victory against France.’ recruit a dedicated team and begin to buy the have gained from the project. To view the fledgling UK be announced early in 2008. technology needed to deliver the project’s aims. web archive visit www.webarchive.org.uk and Lech Lee The archiving of websites and the building and browse selected websites covering everything from Electronic Resources Librarian hosting of repository systems are two key elements Scottish art and literature to whisky, athletics and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore of the project. The TDR team has already been politics. contributing to IRIScotland,a Scottish Legal Deposit arrangements Confederation of University and Research Libraries Legal Deposit, the legislation that allows NLS and five (SCURL) project to provide comprehensive access other libraries in the UK and Ireland to claim a copy to Scotland’s research output. The project provides of everything published in the British Isles, has provided access to all research papers held by Scottish the cornerstone of the Library’s universities. The repository uses an ‘open access’ collections for centuries. publishing model, making Scottish research easily available to all, rather than restricted to those with subscriptions to academic journals. NLS is testing the feasibility of providing a hosting service for research institutions without their own databases. 16 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 17 STIMULATING research
Left: Arthur Conan Doyle's manuscript of the The Library’s collections, and the Archive scholarship complement the series of talks and discussions, Medical History of British India website Sherlock Holmes story, 'The Illustrious Client', one of expertise of our curatorial staff, The John Murray Archive had hardly been unpacked including propaganda posters, photographs and letters The growing interest in our India Papers collection of many examples of collection items to have prompted before researchers and writers had begun to find new and papers from the archive of the Scottish official publications, maps and manuscripts of British new research. continually fuels a wide variety of and imaginative uses for it. Even before the Archive International Brigaders. Of particular interest was a India has led to the creation of a new web resource Below: Selected travel items from the John Murray research projects. was officially made available to researchers (in copy of a 1937 Spanish Embassy publication signed on disease prevention and public health in the region. Archive. October 2006) two particular projects were well by key Labour politicians of the day including Clement The web feature, Medical History of British Left: JMA Cataloguer Daniel Gray shares his under way. Visiting Royal Society of Edinburgh Attlee and William Wedgwood Benn, father of India,reproduces 50 public health records, made passion and knowledge at the Spanish Civil War Research Fellow, Dr Barbara Schaff used the Archive former Cabinet Minister Tony Benn. available online for the first time. These documents Symposium, November 2006. and Edinburgh University's Centre for the History of give researchers valuable insights into the state’s the Book to investigate the John Murray Travellers' Military map research efforts to study, understand and control diseases like Handbooks (the precursor to modern-day travel A project to explore the military landscape of cholera, plague, malaria and leprosy. The digitisation of guidebooks) for Italy and Germany. The Library also Scotland in the 18th century, using maps from NLS our medical history volumes was funded by awards supported the establishment of a new MSc course, collections, got underway in 2006. The three-year from the Wellcome Trust. Material Cultures & the History of the Book, run by PhD studentship, under the supervision of Professor the Centre. The course will draw heavily on the Charles Withers the Institute of Geography at Archive and the other important publishing archives Edinburgh University and Chris Fleet of NLS, was held at NLS. made possible by funding from the Arts and Spanish Civil War symposium Humanities Research Council. The 70th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil The research will investigate maps and plans, such War was commemorated in November 2006 with a as those published by the Board of Ordnance, symposium at NLS that attracted many of the war’s depicting the militarisation of Scotland in the 18th leading academics and commentators. The event was and early 19th centuries. The research will broaden attended by guests from the Spanish Consulate and the understanding of this material and its context, one of two surviving Scottish volunteers from the and produce a 'finding list' for 18th-century Scottish International Brigade, Mr Steve Fullarton. A selection military mapping which is held in several institutions of relevant collection items went on display to in England and Scotland. Above: This map, from R Nathan’s report The plague in India, 1896, 1897, shows the location of railway plague inspection stations across India. 18 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 19 CARING for collections Items conserved or cleaned: 228,465
Applying the highest possible Identical Books Project European Course for Book Conservation and to provide access to the JMA by preparing items from Preservation Advisory Panel and the Phase Box UK standards of professional care to NLS took a major role this year in a national project Restoration in Spoleto, Italy, two from Lyon’s the collection for exhibition, either within the Library Group. NLS was the first of the five UK legal deposit to compare storage environments and the patterns of Restauration et Conservation D’Oeuvres D’Arts and or elsewhere. Additionally, a programme to re-house libraries to introduce the production of phase our historic collections is a book use in copyright libraries across the UK. The one from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, the collection in archival boxes is well under way, as is boxes using computer-aided design equipment, constant priority. This year we project, led by the British Library, studies the physical Poland. These studentships provide a two-way the preparation of items for the digitising and setting the standards for others to follow. These have increased our support for condition of identical books held in NLS and each of learning process for all involved, while spreading word microfilming programmes. boxes, which are made to measure in house at our the five other Legal Deposit libraries. Any differences of the Library’s strong international reputation for Preservation Services Unit, provide a microclimate the care of items on display in the Collaborative groups in the condition of these books will reflect differences collection care. The National Library maintains an active presence for the items stored inside and offer invaluable Library and loaned elsewhere, in the patterns of use in the various libraries and Helping others on a variety of national and international professional protection from accidental water damage, dust, light while continuing to work on a differences in their storage environments. The results Giving assistance and advice to libraries and other groups that share best practice, research and ideas. and handling, significantly slowing the degradation of of these tests will greatly inform all partners’ collection items for years to come. range of national and international collections across Scotland on conservation and These include the National Preservation Office preservation and handling practices. NLS Conservator preservation matters is a key part of our conservation Microfilming Group, the Heads of Conservation, the partnership projects. Giordana Santoro has played a key part in the project. remit. Support of this nature was given in 2006 to the She has been visiting each of the libraries to ensure Keepers of Innerpeffray Library, Perthshire, when ‘ NLS was the right choice for that scientific ‘test conditions’ are applied to the members of the Conservation and Preservation our internship. We got the measuring of acidity and colourisation in the books. Division carried out an inspection of their collection chance to put all the things we Internships storage and display areas. The Keepers gained valuable For over ten years the Library has offered a regular advice and information that will help them to preserve learned at conservation school programme of internships to conservation and their important collection of rare books and into practice, build our preservation students studying at institutions in manuscripts. knowledge and gain valuable Scotland and further afield. The internships give the Looking after the John Murray Archive students valuable experience of working with major Conservation work on the John Murray Archive (JMA) new skills.' book and manuscript collections, and of developing began in 2006 with the addition of a dedicated Far left: Conservator Claire Thomson working on the Above: John Murray Archive Conservator Kate Kidd Donatella Riccuiti and Simona Cenci practical skills taught by our highly-skilled and conservator. JMA Conservator Kate Kidd works Fonn 's Duthchas exhibition. at work. Conservation students experienced staff. Five students were given this exclusively on the Archive, carrying out a range of Above: Conservation work on a vellum ledger book Spoleto, Italy opportunity in 2006-07: two from the prestigious remedial treatments. An important part of her role is from the John Murray Archive. 20 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 21 SPREADING the word Public awareness of NLS has increased by 166% since 2004
Sharing the stories found in our Raising and evaluating awareness coverage received this year has increased by 22% to a New magazine majestic splendour of the Scottish islands and coast collections with a widening We want as many people as possible to benefit from total of £1,227,117. A new quarterly magazine, Discover NLS,was when it was published in 1825. The new edition our collections. To make this happen, we need to Thanks to this coverage, NLS is now firmly on the launched in April 2006. The magazine’s bright, reproduces the Scottish illustration plates, with audience is a great challenge, and continually ensure our message reaches the world, radar of the media and other influencers, such as contemporary design and rich editorial content were accompanying travelogue, from the Library’s set, along one to which we are rising well. through a wide variety of media. The statistics show politicians and businesses. acknowledged at the 2006 Scottish Magazine with some unpublished notes written by Sir Walter that we are making great progress with this. The first Awards Awards,organised annually by the Periodical Scott. It also features an essay by Dr Iain Gordon ‘ NLS has done a terrific job Omnibus Survey we participated in, in December Our website aims to be among the most accessible Publishers Association Scotland, where it was highly Brown, Principal Curator of Manuscripts, exploring in reaching out to a much 2004, showed that only 20% of the Scottish population and user-friendly public sector sites. The site complies commended in three categories. Scott’s relationship with Daniell, and their influence bigger audience through the had heard of the National Library. By February 2006 with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines set by Facsimile publications on one another. that figure had grown to 31%. In June 2007 we internet. The information the internationally acknowledged standards body, the Our collections provide a wealth of material for Aberdeen Roadshow achieved 50% awareness. Omnibus Surveys are Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). publications, capitalised on this year by a rewarding NLS celebrated its partnership with Aberdeen Library you have on the web is terrific independent, statistically significant and represent the This was acknowledged in 2006 when the site was partnership with publishers Birlinn Ltd. Birlinn worked and Information Services in November 2006 with the and I hope it continues to geographic and demographic make-up of the awarded Best Government Website by the Web with the Library to reproduce two stunning, illustrated Library’s first ever roadshow. Staff accompanied grow.’ population. Marketing Association, ahead of prestigious facsimiles of important books. A new edition of Joan collection treasures, greeted the public and handed The bare numbers themselves only tell part of the international competition from the Library of Blaeu’s groundbreaking Atlas of Scotland was out information to over 500 visitors in a two-day visit Dan Gilbert, Researcher story of course. The results of our market research Congress and the US Postal Service, among others. published with beautiful reproductions of all 48 original to Aberdeen Central Library. The event was organised discussion groups reinforce these quantitative results. Average monthly user sessions on the site have hand-coloured maps of Scotland. Blaeu’s original atlas, to coincide with the first NLS Annual General Meeting Our outreach and promotional efforts were increased from around 100,000 in 2004 to nearly published in 1654 and based on the pioneering to be held outside of Edinburgh. Staff answered instrumental in achieving this goal and in improving 300,000 in 2006. surveys of Timothy Pont, was effectively the first atlas customers’ questions and encouraged them to register perceptions – as a result, more people now see NLS Further recognition of the strides we are making in of Scotland. The 2006 edition includes additional and take advantage of our growing suite of remote as friendly and welcoming. raising public awareness came with the news that we material, and a translation, from a number of leading services. The successful event was the first in a series Media coverage had won in three short-listed categories at the 2006 scholars, along with the original publisher’s letters, to take the Library to people across Scotland, with a The daily media coverage we receive (printed and Communicators in Business (CiB) Scotland which illustrate how the atlas was first created. residency in Perth subsequently held later in 2007. broadcast) is scanned and independently analysed Awards,with prizes received for Best One-Off This was followed by a new edition of William every quarter. This gives a breakdown of beneficial, Publication, for the NLS Annual Review 2005-2006, Daniell's Voyage Round the Coasts of Great factual or adverse coverage achieved, including a Best Use of the Web and for Best Communications Britain,which was also published by Birlinn in Left: The NLS Roadshow in Aberdeen Central Library, financial value. The estimated annual value of media Team. association with NLS. Daniell’s Voyage celebrated the November 2006. 22 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 23 DELIVERING services Average 'mystery shopping' score:94.8%
Our vision to modernise the George IV Bridge Visitor Centre project respectively, effectively doubling the reading spaces A further scheme for Race Equality is also in progress. Library’s facilities and continually The Library’s plans to improve the environment, available for those using these collections, including the The schemes, produced in parallel with the Visitor facilities and atmosphere of its flagship George IV John Murray Archive. We also were pleased to Centre project, are an important step towards the improve our customers’ Bridge site were given a major boost in 2006 when respond to customer demand by opening a new Silent Library offering full access to all services in the experiences of NLS has taken substantial government funding for the Visitor Centre Reading Room, providing readers with an environment George IV Bridge building by the end of 2007. shape this year. project was confirmed. Patricia Ferguson MSP,former free from the distractions caused by laptops, PCs and Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, announced other electronic equipment. ‘ From the moment I entered that a further £450,000 would be made available to Customer services the building to the moment complete extensive renovations to the building. The The Library’s new customer charter was developed in first phase of this project, centreing on creating 2007. The charter sets out the commitments we I left, everything was flawless. engaging, interactive facilities and spaces for the make to our customers and the standard of service Every single one of the staff interpretation of the John Murray Archive, was under we aim to offer. It was informed by the results of our I encountered was as way before the end of the reporting year and was ‘mystery shopping’ programme, where members of courteous and efficient as completed in time for the opening of the JMA the public test our services anonymously. The early exhibition in June 2007. The funds will be used to results of these visits were very encouraging, with an anyone could be.’ develop the front hall area of the building, paving the average of over 90 per cent satisfaction reported. way for ambitious plans to transform this area into a A visiting academic from Switzerland Equalities fully-functioning Visitor Centre. The centre will offer The Library published its Disability and Gender PC terminals for unrestricted browsing of our collec- Equality Schemes in 2006-07, showing its tions and resources, and a new public café and book commitment to deliver equal access to services for all shop, to be opened by spring 2008. our customers. Both schemes are available online at Reading room facilities www.nls.uk. These schemes, developed in close Reading room facilities at our George IV Bridge site consultation with staff and a wide range of community were improved this year. The North Reading Room groups, set out our policies for ensuring we treat Far left: The first phase of the Visitor Centre was expanded into two areas for the consultation of everyone equally and do our utmost to remove any Above: A visualisation of the Visitor Centre at Project at George IV Bridge was completed in 2007. rare books or printed music and manuscript material barriers to accessing our services for our customers. George IV Bridge. 24 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 25
Funds raised towards the DEVELOPING support John Murray Archive project:£1,750,000
The fundraising campaign for the Solid foundations were laid this year, thanks to the military and political papers along with £250,000 to Commander Peter White, whose memoirs of active John Murray Archive is the generosity and support of several major benefactors, support their preservation and cataloguing.The funds service in North-West Europe in 1944-45 give a and one or two well-known faces. will also be used to acquire manuscripts relating to the gripping and moving account of the British Army’s largest in the Library’s history Intrigued by the inclusion in our Sale of the military history of 1939 to 2000, and to promote and advance into Germany during the Second World War. and continues to make good Centuries exhibition of a payslip from his first job as encourage research on this important period. The Once the JMA fundraising campaign has been progress. an Edinburgh milkman for Scotmid, Sir Sean Connery Library has already been able to make good use of completed, the Library will continue to generate funds paid a visit to NLS in August 2006 to view the item in the bequest to acquire the illustrated archive of to support a wide range of initiatives to preserve and ‘I commend the National question and learn more about the John Murray former King’s Own Scottish Borderers Platoon promote access to the national collections. Archive first-hand. His visit prompted him to lend Library of Scotland for the support to the launch of the fundraising campaign for vision and commitment to the John Murray Archive in the spring of 2007. bring this treasure to The launch of the campaign was celebrated with Scotland and wish them two receptions held for friends and supporters: one in London, at 50 Albemarle Street, the historic home of every success.’ the publishing house of John Murray, and one in Sir Sean Connery Edinburgh’s Laigh Hall, the home of our predecessors, the Faculty of Advocates, on whose foundations our collections are built. National Librarian Martyn Wade and Trustee Lady Balfour of Burleigh were joined by Ian Rankin and actress Joanna David to announce the Far left: Sir Sean Connery shares a joke with JMA exciting news that £1.75 million had already been Senior Curator David McClay. pledged towards the £6.5 million target. Left: Ian Rankin and guests at fundraising events in Bequests Edinburgh and London. A Library supporter left a major bequest to NLS in Right: Letters and photographs from the papers of January 2007 including his own personal archive. The pioneering traveller Isabella Bird Bishop, in the John late Major-General James Frederick Junor Johnston CB Murray Archive. CBE (1939-2006) donated his personal collection of 26 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 27 THANKS
Financial donors Dr Susan Shatto and Dr John Cruikshank Dr Christine Kenyon Jones Left: A cheque from publisher John Murray to JMA Supporters Sir David Smith and Lady Smith Befriend-a-Book NLS is grateful to the trusts, foundations, individuals The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Mr Nick Kuenssberg OBE and Mrs Sally Jane Austen, with sales ledgers. Mr Michael Belfourd Dr Jane Stabler Mrs Cate Newton and corporations who have made gifts, pledges or The John S Cohen Foundation Kuenssberg CBE Left below: Notebooks of the writer Robin Mr William Berry WS and Mrs Elizabeth Berry Ms Valerie E Stacey QC Callum Macdonald Memorial Award bequest commitments during 2006-2007. We would The P F Charitable Trust Mr and Mrs Roy S Leighton Jenkins, donated this year to our manuscript Mr Julian D Birchall and Mrs Rosalind Birchall MBE The Rt Hon Lord David Steel of Aikwood KT KBE PC Mr and Mrs James Barr also like to thank all those who wish to remain The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation Logie Charitable Trust collections. Miss Ruth Boreham DL and Lady Steel anonymous, and those who have given time and Dr William Zachs and Mr Martin Adam The Most Hon the Marquis and Marchioness Below: Selection of items relating to Benjamin Dr Sheila M Brock OBE Miss Moira Stratton Medical History - The India Papers in-kind support to the fundraising campaign. of Lothian Disraeli, from the John Murray Archive. Professor Ian Campbell Mrs Anna Sweet Collection JMA Patrons Ms Elspeth MacArthur Mr & Mrs J A Cochrane Mr Mark Tennant of Balfluig and Lady Harriot Tennant The Wellcome Trust Lord and Lady Balfour of Burleigh Mr and Mrs Peter Mackay Mr and Mrs George J Davidson Mr Fergus C M Thomson JMA Major Donors Bliss & Brigitte Carnochan Fund The Curator's Chest Miss Mary E Mackenzie Sir William Kerr Fraser GCB FRSE & Professor Sir David P Tweedie and Lady Tweedie Dunard Fund Mr Geoffrey C Bond DL and Mrs Bond Mrs K R Barclay Bowley Mr Robert J O'Riordan Lady Marion Fraser Dr Judith Vincent The Rt Hon the Earl and Countess of Elgin & Historic Libraries Forum JMA Sponsors Dr Alex Paton Mr and Mrs Conrad K Harper The Rt Hon The Lord and Lady Waldegrave Kincardine KT CD B H Breslauer Foundation Sir William Purves CBE DSO and Lady Purves Dr Richard Holloway FRSE and Mrs Holloway Mr Leonard Wallace Professor Sir Kenneth Calman and Lady Calman J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust (UK) Sir Lewis Robertson CBE FRSE Dr Gillian Hughes Mrs Joan H Winterkorn The Rt Hon The Lord Cameron PC QC FRSE and Mr Peter Saint Germain Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight KCVO WS and Mr Eric Wishart Lady Cameron of Lochbroom JMA Benefactors Professor Sir John Shaw CBE & Lady Shaw Lady Innes Sir James Cayzer Bt JMA Donors Professor Michael Anderson OBE FRSE FBA Mr and Mrs Robert D Sutherland Ms Joan Lingard MBE & Mr Martin Birkhans The Rt Hon the Lord Clyde PC and Lady Clyde Mr J S Coduri Mr and Mrs James Buxton The Rt Hon the Lord Sutherland of Houndwood KT The Right Hon Lord MacFarlane of Bearsden KT Cruden Foundation Ltd Mr Alistair Duncan Dr Helen E C Cargill Thompson FBA FRSE & Lady Sutherland DL & Lady MacFarlane Ms Laura J Dunlop QC Mr Nat Edwards The Rt Hon Lord and Lady Coulsfield Ms Marjorie Wynne Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd Professor Sir David Edward KCMG QC FRSE and Mr and Mrs Edward Enfield Mr Stephen W Dunn Mr Alan W D McLean Lady Edward Mr Barry Haniford Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Dr Brenda Moon FCILIP FRSE Mr and Mrs Christopher Forbes Mr and Mrs Daniel Kelly Mr James G D Ferguson Dr Patrick Mullin Dr Robert O Gould and Dr Sheila Gould Mr and Mrs Bill F Lamb Friends of the National Libraries Mr John P L Ratzer Mr and Mrs Malcolm Offord Dr & Mrs J M Haldane of Gleneagles Mr and Mrs N N Lewis This list does not purport to list every financial donor to NLS, Professor Emeritus and Mrs John S Richardson but only those made before 31 March 2007. Please contact the Robin Leith Trust Sir Raymond Johnstone and Lady Johnstone Dr Gordon M Wyllie WS Mr and Mrs Malcolm C N Scott Development Department to inform us of any omissions. 28 National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 THANKS
Collection donors The Dag Hammarskjold Foundation A A MacDonald Scottish Liberal Democrats The Library is extremely grateful to the many Dr Carolina d'Arpa W McIlwraith Scottish Poetry Library individuals and organisations, who in donating a wide Mrs William Davey Lt. Col. Brian Mackenzie Scottish Screen Archive range of material have uniquely enriched the Isabela Denize Patricia McKenzie Scottish Society of Louisville Inc collections. While space allows only a selection to be Dr Cristina Dondi To r u M a ruyama Robert S Shiels listed, the Library values all of its 500-plus donors for Estate of the late Dame Jean L A Conan Doyle Anne Meikle Dr A D C Simpson their generosity in the past year. Embassy of India in Poland,Warsaw Dr Phoebe M Meyer Dennis Smith Friends of Robert Fergusson Iain Milligan Ronald Bishop Smith Alec Finlay Professor Isobel Murray SMS Books Mrs Frances Abbot Roy Fisher John R G Murray Miss Henrietta Somervell Darlene Tranter Anderson Laurie Flynn Roderick Murray Executors of the late Dame Muriel Spark Frank R Andrews Professor Martin Ged Museo Nacional de Colombia Stanley Foundation Executors of the late Mrs A A Baillie-Scott Genealogical Society of Queensland, Dr J D Nicholson The late Adèle M Stewart Dr Malcolm Baird Scottish Interest Group Norwegian Petroleum Directorate J E Tomlin Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Major John Getley John Park Jack Tully-Jackson Frances Bingham Girlguiding Scotland Rose Pipes Tur ku University Library, Exchange Department John Birch Glasgow School of Art Mr E J Plumb Alexander Tyrrell Book of Me Group Alasdair Gray Dr Lucina Prestige Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu, Biblioteca Centrala Keith S Bovey David Haig Marilyn Mackay Ballard Rabakukk University of Oklahoma. University Libraries Mrs Marianne Bowman Esther Turnbull Henry Professor Thomas C Richardson University of South Carolina.Thomas Cooper Library Hamish M Brown Susan Hunter Robert Louis Stevenson Club of Edinburgh Dr Peter Urbach Mrs J M Campbell Islamic Foundation Jenny Robertson The family of the late Robin Welsh Alistair Campsie George Jamieson Professor George J Romanes Peter Westwood Mr R E Cato Penelope Jardine Royal National Institute for the Blind Helen White Patrick N R Cave-Browne Antony Kamm Royal Society of Edinburgh Professor Stephen White John Chalmers Paul Latcham Julian Russell Donald Whyte Piotr P Chruszczewski Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh Dr Karina Williamson Professor Euan Clarkson Donald MacCormick Scotland-UN Dr Herbert Zemen Henry Curran National Library of Scotland Annual Review 2006-2007 29
Below Right: Precious Gum: The Story of the Gutta Depositors The Board of Trustees Appointed by the Universities Percha Golf Ball, one of our more unusual donations. Rt. Hon.The Earl Cathcart Chairman •Professor Graham D Caie, MA, PhD, FRSA, FEA, FRSE Below: Robert Kinniburgh taught at the Institution Donaldson’s College Professor Michael Anderson OBE MA PhD FBA •Ivor G Lloyd,BA,DipLib, MLib, ALA for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children in Edinburgh Saltire Gaelic Choir •Peter Kemp, MA, PhD Ex-officio Edinburgh, where he designed these Plates for the Findhorn Foundation •Dr Judith Vincent, BA, PhD Deaf and Dumb in 1820.The book includes scenes • The Lord President of the Court of Session Alec Finlay of animals, people and important objects. •The Lord Advocate Co-opted George Watson’s College •The First Minister, Scottish Parliament • Lady Balfour of Burleigh, MA, DPhil, FSAScot, FRSE Diana Hendry • The Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Central •Andrea Batchelor Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers • The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates •Ishbel Maclean, MA Leith Cricket Club • The Minister of the High Kirk (St Giles), Edinburgh •Moira Methven, MCILIP Luffness New Golf Club • The Crown Agent •Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, MA, Phd, FRHistS Scottish Mountaineering Club •The Lord Provost of Aberdeen •Dr Willis Pickard Southern Light Opera Company •The Lord Provost of Dundee Dr Christopher Whyte •The Lord Provost of Edinburgh •The Lord Provost of Glasgow Appointed by the Crown •Professor Michael Anderson, OBE, MA, PhD, FBA, FRSE •Lorraine Fannin, BA, DipEd Appointed by the Faculty of Advocates th/6th century 64-770 280s 454-55 488 508 •Richard Keen, QC 5Letter to the heirs of Eustochios 7Japanese prayer scroll, the oldest 1The Murthly Hours written 1The Gutenberg Bible, the oldest 1Henry the Minstrel ‘Blind Harry’, 1Chepman and Myllar print •Malcolm G Thomson, QC written on papyrus, the earliest ‘printed’ item at NLS and illuminated western printed book manuscript written by Scotland’s first books •The Hon Lord Coulsfield, QC manuscript in the collection John Ramsay •Malcolm C N Scott, QC •Stephen Woolman, QC Growing collections www.nls.uk Delivering services Inspiring audiences
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