The National Library – what’s in it for Scotland's Colleges? Martyn Wade National Librarian The National Library of Scotland 27 th of November 2006.

The National Library – what’s in it for Scotland's

Colleges? Martyn Wade

National LibrarianThe National Library of Scotland

27th of November 2006

NLS – George IV Bridge

NLS – Causewayside Building

NLS – George IV Bridge Reading Room

“Breaking through the walls” Strategy Document

http://www.nls.uk/professional/policy/docs/strategy2004.pdf

Excellence

Learning

Commitment

Service

NLS’ Core Values

NLS Mission and Vision

‘The National Library of Scotland will enrich lives and communities, encouraging and promoting lifelong learning, research and scholarship, and universal access to information by comprehensively collecting and making available the recorded knowledge of Scotland, and promoting access to the ideas and cultures of the world.’

Manuscripts

Maps

Modern Collections

NLS Collections

Music

Rare Books

Digital Library

Inter-library Services

The John Murray Archive

http://www.nls.uk/jma/

NLS Digital Publications

http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html

The Scottish Screen Archive

http://www.scottish-screen.com

NLS Access Policy

‘We will work to ensure that everyone who could benefit from the Library’s unique collections, services and expertise can do so, by identifying and removing actual and perceived barriers to use.’

Times Digital Archive

Digital Library

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)

Remotely Accessible Resources

Specialist Collections Catalogues

Digital Image Database

www.nls.uk

http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/index.html

So what’s in it for you?

Where do we go from here?

m.wade@nls.uk

Telephone: 0131 623 3700

Write: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW

http://www.nls.uk/

Contacting NLS