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Gaining Column Inches: Newspaper Production

12th August 201913th August 2019 Jennifer Higgins

As any experienced family history researcher will tell you, the National Library of Scotland provides access to several newspaper eResources. If you’ve ever tried researching an ancestor, details of a particular historical place or event, you’ll know that archives such as The Scotsman Digital Archive and British Newspaper Archive feature 18th and 19th century newspapers […]

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Siren Song: Ron King’s Alluring Artist’s Books

17th January 201817th January 2018 Jennifer Higgins

Fitting for wintry January days is this sculptural work of art, new to the National Library’s Artists Books collection. Sedna and the Fulmar is one of forty signed, limited-editions by artist Ron King at Circle Press in collaboration with Scottish poet Richard Price.

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Making Public Alasdair Gray Prints

19th September 201720th October 2017 Jennifer Higgins

Two signed, limited-edition prints by Scottish artist, writer and cultural icon Alasdair Gray have just been acquired by The National Library of Scotland. 

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