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Get with the Programme COLLECTIONS The National Library of Scotland’s world class sports collections are looking to attract new fans. Here’s Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan’s match report GET WITH THE PROGRAMME he National Library of of Scottish sports such as shinty often has the tale been told of the Scotland is very proud and golf using material from the (more often than not) husband of the fact that it has collections. Unlocking our sports being threatened with a choice of the largest collection collections for new audiences is being dismissed from the family of Scottish sports one of our key development tasks home on the grounds of the space books and associated material in and it is an ongoing process, as is prized collections of sporting T LASTING Scotland and probably the world. the building of collections, which memorabilia is taking up in loft MEMORIES Given the nation's role in the is one of our most interesting and Right: Post-war space, garages or wardrobes? "It's organisation of sport worldwide, challenging pursuits. programmes very either you or those boxes that's and its performance on various Programmes – "match much reflect the going!" is not an unknown edict in spirit of the age. sporting stages over time, that programmes" in common parlance Scotland v England sporting circles. should really be no surprise. – are mines of information. programmes have The good news is that the always been laden But what is perhaps not so They have changed over time, with stereotypical National Library, while not expert well-known is the nature and in shape, size, content and cost. imagery and a dash in the settling of matrimonial scope of the sporting collections. Increasingly sidelined, perhaps, of humour, which disputes, is a source of relief make them special While this review focuses by the advent of social media and keepsakes and comfort for anyone in such specifically on sporting sporting organisations' imperative a dire predicament. For all the programmes, whether they be for increasing their own revenue Below: They assistance offered by the legal also reflect how designed specifically for individual streams, they have become functional they deposit requirements, there matches, tournaments or even less important as matchday were as documents are clearly gaps in the Library's - records of teams, tours (within Scotland and those accessories or acquisitions. They competitions collections of match programmes. involving our clubs and teams are, however, for the historian and and sometimes For all sorts of reasons, it is not travelling abroad), it is worth genuine follower of sport, a source (slightly) exotic possible to guarantee that every opponents remembering that all our sports of wonder and amazement. single programme for material is accessible to the If truth be told, every individual sporting general public in Scotland and and we have not event will be delivered. further afield. It is not just held for checked this, it is Sometimes staff changes sporting organisations, or those highly likely that at organisations and with specific interests in sport. the collecting or clubs can lead to an It is held on behalf of the nation hoarding of match interruption of supply. for everyone. programmes will On other occasions there Through web features, social have been cited in can be breakdowns in media, digitisation and events umpteen situations of the supply chain, which we aim to tell the history of sport domestic disharmony lead to gaps over time. in Scotland by, for example, - if not even divorce Sometimes acquisition creating timelines for the history proceedings. How at sales and through auctions is the only way these gaps can Unlocking our sports be filled. However, an collections for new opportunity exists for the Library when audiences is one of our people who are key development tasks Continues on page 18> 16 | DISCOVER | SPRING 2018 Continues on page 18> SPRING 2018 | DISCOVER | 17 COLLECTIONS From previous page> looking to dispose of collections donate them, allowing our readers and sports fans worldwide, to help make our collections as complete as possible. It is a given that football match programmes form the greatest part of our collection, which is one of the most extensive in the country. Football and rugby, in terms of media coverage, support and participation are the most popular sports in Scotland, but our programme collections testify to the range and popularity of other sports since the organisation of sport in the late 19th century. In football and rugby terms, we have extensive, although incomplete, collections of match programmes for both national and local teams and a large collection of football The collecting work is being extended to shinty, curling and speedway fanzines highlighted in this blog: http://blog.nls.uk/fanzines-here- fanzines-there/ As well as material on high- profile teams and players we have large collections on junior football, overseas tours by schools and community teams throughout Scotland. Work on building the football programme collection continues apace and about 130 Scotland international programmes for both home and away games were added to the collection in January 2018. These range from a 1947 British Home Championship game against Wales to a 2016 World Cup qualifier against Malta at Ta' Qali National Stadium. The collecting work is being extended to shinty, speedway and curling, and work on this has already begun, see www.nls.uk/ collections/topics/sport/shinty Continues overleaf> 18 | DISCOVER | SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 | DISCOVER | 19 COLLECTIONS From previous page> We want to identify and fill any gaps in our collections on Over time, these sports and also reach out to organisations such as the programmes British Golf Museum, The Royal have taken on a Caledonian Curling Club and the Camanachd Association to look at more corporate possible areas of co-operation and to further promote the collections. role, used by As sports writer in residence clubs to promote with a specific interest in shinty, I have already begun trying to their brands, aims build as complete a range of shinty match programmes as possible, and objectives to mark the 125th year since the formation of the sport's governing body, the Camanachd Association. Just as with other sports, shinty tended to be more directly match programmes fulfil all sorts corporate and designed to One of our best sporting of purposes which have changed promote brands, and the match SPORTING collections is the material relating over time. Early sports match programme becomes more of HISTORY to speedway, which is very much a programmes tend to be basic, with an advertisers’ catalogue than a Above: This part of Scotland’s hidden sporting information about teams and the historical keepsake. programme is from the 2015 Scottish past. Highlights include historical occasion itself key. Minimalist in Most of the history of women’s Cup Final which was events and a significant number of their content very often, over time sport in Scotland is hidden. Our the 130th final. Ten- programmes, to which fans have man Inverness won programmes have taken on a more extensive collection of local 2-1 thanks to a late added handwritten scores and corporate role, used by football, sports club histories contains James Vincent goal results from races. rugby, cricket and shinty clubs to much information on women’s Again, this is a sport where Below left: A rare promote their own brand, aims and participation in golf, hockey and programme from we have been working with key objectives, and to act as a revenue tennis, for example. This is now a cricket match in individuals and groups to not only stream, carrying advertising being complemented by a growing Aberdeen in 1948 build the collection but also make it when the legendary from companies wishing to be range of match programmes Don Bradman played more accessible. associated with the clubs. from women's sporting events, in his last international If you believe you can help This has not always been the particular football. match the Library grow its collection case, as local philanthropists very The sports mentioned so far of sporting match programmes, often used the programmes as a merely scrape the surface of our you should in the first instance means of funnelling much-needed sports and programme collections. contact Ian Scott, the Curator funds into clubs' coffers. There is a lot of material available of Sport at [email protected], to The modern approach has on Scotland’s proud history of discuss the material. It may be achievement in athletics from that we can make use of the athletic meetings at Powderhall material even if we already hold it to material relating to the recent ourselves, by passing it on to the Commonwealth Games in Sporting Memories Project where Glasgow; there's material on we are Resource Partners and Highland Games and events spare or duplicate copies can be at some of the many bowling used to create resources to help clubs that exist throughout people living with dementia and rural and urban Scotland. combating loneliness. We have recently been trying to build up our 20th and 21st-century printed golf collections, particularly programmes for major Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan is the National Library championships. Items of Scotland’s first Sports Writer in Residence. In acquired include the 1929 a year-long post jointly funded by the National programme for the Open held Library, Bòrd na Gàidhlig and the University at Muirfield plus a number of Edinburgh Academy of Sport where he is a of other Open programmes, Professional Fellow, he is mining the National some received as donations. Library’s vast sporting resources and helping We plan to continue to scope open them up to the public.
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