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Curtain Raiser: Launch of the National Library’s Centenary Celebrations
28 March, Edinburgh | tickets £4–£12
Join National Librarian Amina Shah with special guests Damian Barr & Val McDermid for the official launch of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary year.
#Scottish #literature #Library #NationalLibrary #NationalLibraryofScotland
@amapanda @BUnicycling What's interesting is that Wikidata has the same typos: either derived directly from #OpenStreetMap or entered around the same time by an #OpenStreetMap contributor. The county lists on Wikipedia, probably derived from other sources such as censuses, tends to have the same spelling as Logainim.
The #NationalLibraryOfScotland now has good scans of 6 inch maps and these are much more legible than the photo-reduced ones of GSGS 3906. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.2&lat=53.03092&lon=-9.24964&layers=257&b=osm&o=100
BBC News: National Library buys first Broons annual after 10-year hunt
#TheBroons #NationalLibraryOfScotland #Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67822581
The 1939 edition was snapped up for an undisclosed…
www.bbc.co.ukThe manuscript for Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy to go on show at the National Library of Scotland, #Edinburgh https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64153863
NLS has good record on displaying some of our remarkable literary history to the people of #Scotland Recall standing in line to see their one-day showing of letters by Mary Queen of Scots. There's something about seeing the handwritten work that connects you to the person.
#books #livres #SirWalterScott #NationalLibraryOfScotland #RobRoy #Ecosse
Until now it was hidden from all but a few scholars…
www.bbc.co.ukPrompted by @shaungdavey@mastodon.online and his post about the excellent #NationalLibraryOfScotland 's online #maps here is my favourite version
Side by side historic and current maps up to 60" scale (yes 1:1056) maps of some Victorian city regions