The National Library of Scotland has unveiled a major exhibition as part of its centenary celebrations. Dear Library, named after Jackie Kay's poem, Dear Library, is designed as a tribute to libraries ...

Plans, reported in Scotland on Sunday, for the National Library of Scotland to become an “events venue” are to be ...

The National Library of Scotland celebrates all kinds of libraries and books in their new exhibition, ‘Dear Library’.

Libraries all over the world have poisonous books that contain materials such as copper, arsenic, mercury, and chrome.

Michael Pedersen, Edinburgh’s Makar or Poet Laureate, reflects on the city and its artistic riches as he searches for its soul ...

The director of the RSA said the events will help bring home to the public that the academy is ‘throughout Scotland’.

About 2,200 items are missing at the National Library of Wales - an increase of 84% in two years. Among the archives and ...

Well known Scots have shared the books that shaped them as part of a project to celebrate the National Library of Scotland’s ...

Did you know that Glasgow has its own Domesday Book? This tongue-in-cheek title is an ode to the oldest government record held in The National Archives. The original Domesday Book is a survey of ...

The birds of prey have been named Jack and Victor after the lead characters in the sitcom Still Game. A tyre, an aluminium drinks can tab and a 1934 coin are found in rock on the Cumbrian coast.

University researchers have said that Caithness should be proud of an “elite midwife” from two centuries ago who delivered ...

THE Scottish Book Trust has released a report on the impact of libraries in Scotland, looking at usage rates and closures.