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For this weeks #TuesdayTip, did you know we have guides to help you navigate our collections? 🤔 Whether you're trying to make sense of our thousands of manuscripts, or looking for help finding LGBT material, we have guides to help! Explore the guides on our website > www.nls.uk/collections/...

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Go see the latest exhibition at our pals @innerpeffray.bsky.social. 'Reading Forms' features work from textile artist Helen Gallogly, known for her costume work on Outlander. Did you know that Innerpeffray Library is Scotland's first free public lending library? 🤔

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Are you a school librarian or work in a school library? 🏫📚 We are offering a week-long paid residency for school librarians or staff who work in school libraries. (1/3)

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Time is running out! 🕰️ Don’t miss your chance to explore ‘Tusitala: Pacific perspectives on Robert Louis Stevenson’, closing this weekend. 🖼️ Tusitala: Pacific perspectives on Robert Louis Stevenson 📌George IV Bridge ️🎟️ Free entry Plan your visit > www.nls.uk/whats-on/tus...

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Our June to August events programme is live! 📅🥳 🌈 Explore 100 years of Scottish queer history 🎨 Create your own row of tenement tiles as part of West Fest Glasgow 🕊️ Hear from poet and peace activist Beth Junor about her time at Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp (1/)

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For this week's #TuesdayTip, did you know that you can sign up to the Library online and gain access to our e-resources? 🤔

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This #MapMonday, explore our first edition 25-inch to the mile maps of Scotland. From 1855 to 1882, the Ordnance Survey charted more than a third of Scotland with this level of precision. The maps are clearly engraved, with vivid colours, as shown below. Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/os/25inch/

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A warm welcome to Taylor Dyson, our new Scots Scriever! 🥳🎉 Taylor is a writer and performer from Dundee with a passion for women's stories, working-class stories, and the Scots language. As Dundee and Angus Scriever, she will create and support new writing in Scots, as well as promote the language.

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We can confirm that the books have had their breakfast and are ready to be read 👋🏻

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Binding our magazines into volumes is one of the methods we use to help preserve them. It stops them getting crumpled, or the corner's getting bashed 💥 But some days, you run into a spread that makes you think - hmm, maybe that wasn't always a good decision! 🤔

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We’re thrilled to share that the Charles Darwin Archive — including treasures from our own collections — has been added to @UNESCO’s prestigious International Memory of the World Register!

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We’re looking for a Health, Safety & Risk Manager. Join us at the National Library of Scotland to lead our health, safety, and risk management processes. This is a key role where you’ll ensure a safe environment for our staff, collections, and visitors while driving continuous improvement.

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📚 Final weeks to see "Tusitala: Pacific perspectives on Robert Louis Stevenson" This exhibition explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s life as a writer, traveller, and storyteller from Edinburgh to Samoa. 🎟️ Free entry 📆 Closes 10 May 📍 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

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For this weeks #TuesdayTip, did you know that you can view our maps in 3D using our 3D map viewer? 🗺️

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This Earth Day, we're screening feature documentary 'X Trillion' ⛵ Follow an all-women crew as they voyage across the North Pacific Ocean to examine and highlight the crisis of plastic pollution. 'X Trillion' is a life-affirming story of adventure that makes the unseen, seen.

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The Centenary edition of Discover magazine is now available! 💯 Pick up a copy across our sites, or download a PDF version online > media.nls.uk/publications...

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Time is running out! 🕰️ Don’t miss your chance to explore ‘Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480 to 1630’, closing soon. 🖼️ Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480–1630 📌George IV Bridge ️🎟️ Free entry

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Happy #UnicornDay! 🦄 Did you know unicorns are the national animal of Scotland? See if you can spot the unicorn constellation in this Spring Constellation map from James Middleton's 'Maps of our Universe' 👀

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We've had loads of lovely comments added to our #LoveLibraries wall! ❤️ #LoveLibraries is a campaign from our friends at the National Library of Scotland encouraging everyone to use and LOVE their local library! 📚 @natlibscot.bsky.social #Libraries #LibrariesAreEssential

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📢 Reminder that the Library will be closed for essential maintenance this coming weekend, 4-7 April. More details below 👇

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#OTD 400 years ago, King James VI and I passed away. James ruled Scotland for 58 years before his death. He came into power at 13 months old when his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate the Scottish throne 👶🏻

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Explore some of our digital archival resources for researching gender and sexuality in our upcoming workshop! 🏳️‍🌈💗 🗣️ Researching gender and sexuality 🗓️ 4-5pm, 1 April 2025 📌 Online Book now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/res...

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This #MapMonday, have a look at this pin-cushion map we recently acquired. The cushion, dating from around 1810, has a map of Scotland on one side, and England and Wales on the reverse. It's around 5cm in diameter 🗺️

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My trusty @natlibscot.bsky.social tote bag is always the perfect beach bag… this time it’s carrying my books in St Lucia 🇱🇨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☀️ #toteontour #books #libraries #beachreads

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Happy Spring Equinox! 🌼 Below, from the School Atlas of Astronomy, published 1856: "Now, on March 20th... Spring is said to commence. The Sun is in the equator, day is equal in length to night, and hence the position is called the spring or vernal equinox." #SpringEquinox #Spring #Astronomy #Art

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