REFLECTIONS ON THE DAY: The Scots get the Nancy Lockett Hospitality Award. Not only did they provide informative information, presented in an attention-getting format, they served us TEA. Free TEA! Not only did they serve us free tea but they literally rolled out documents from 1494 for us to ogle. Those Scots are good!
The only drawbacks were that the time in the John Murray Exhibit passed too quickly and that I, who have an accent disability, had to struggle to understand the beautiful Scottish accent of the lecturer. The tea served was certainly a bonus and won me over to the Scottish way of life.
THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND is a library of legal deposit for both Britain and Ireland. Its collections include British, rare books, manuscripts, maps, music, science and technology, official publications and business. It is open to those whose needed material is not readily available elsewhere. Although it is normally considered that students' needs can be me elsewhere, special provisions can sometimes be made.
Its website includes digital libraries related to Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Winston Churchill, maps, war experiences, Scottish bookbinding, the union of the Scottish and British crowns, and numerous other topics.
Its website includes digital libraries related to Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Winston Churchill, maps, war experiences, Scottish bookbinding, the union of the Scottish and British crowns, and numerous other topics.
Our time at The National Library of Scotland was largely involved with their new exhibit on John Murray who established his publishing house in 1768 and was known for publishing such authors as Lord Byron, Charles Darwin, and David Livingstone.A scene in the John Murray Exhibit
Photo credit - MW
The Scottish Executive, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and other donors assisted the
National Library of Scotland in developing the John Murray Archive which contains
over 150,000 items.
This entertainingly interactive exhibit will change throughout the time it will be on display, with different important colleagues, correspondents, and authors of Murray's being featured.
The exhibit presently includes Darwin, Byron, Scott, and Livingstone. The
Library's technology sets a scene for each one, encouraging visitors to view transcripts of letters and other memorabilia as they learn about the lives and accomplishments of Murray and and his cohorts. In a room of subdued lighting which sets the tone, a different scene highlights each character and his story.
Library's technology sets a scene for each one, encouraging visitors to view transcripts of letters and other memorabilia as they learn about the lives and accomplishments of Murray and and his cohorts. In a room of subdued lighting which sets the tone, a different scene highlights each character and his story.
With the 20 or so in our group, all the settings were popular, especially an interactive table that allows the visitor to make choices and "write" his own book.
REFLECTIONS -- A truly fun, interactive, and informative exhibit. The only drawback was that the time passed too quickly.
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND has three building in Edinburgh and is under the Scottish Executive with part of its mission being to select, preserve, and make available the archives of Scotland in a variety of mediums.
After serving us tea, they brought out a number of documents for us to view, including one from 1494 and a cookbook from the 1600's. While the librarian rolled out the 1494 document with white gloves, we were allowed to actually hold and thumb through some of the others.
The National Archives has begun digitalization, with recorded wills and testaments from 1500 to 1901 being available free on their website.
REFLECTIONS: See above. This was great, one of my favorites.
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