Rare Books

Staff & Contact Information

Contacting Us

by e-mail: Our general e-mail address is rarebooks@nls.uk: messages sent here will be read within 24 hours or on Monday morning if sent after 5pm on Friday. e-mails about items to be consulted or about reprography orders should always be sent to this address. You may send e-mails to individual staff members as listed, but please bear in mind that such e-mails may not be read immediately if the individual staff member is absent.

in person: Our offices are in the George IV Bridge building, and if you wish to see a specific member of staff, please ask at the Admissions and Enquiry Office near the front entrance.

by telephone: You may telephone (or fax) Rare Book Collections direct at 0131-623 3899 (fax: 0131-623 3888). If there is nobody available, an answering machine will take a message.

by letter: You may write to us at: Rare Book Collections, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW.

If you are uncertain which part of the Library you need, the main Library's general e-mail address is enquiries@nls.uk. The Library's main telephone number is 0131-623 3700 (fax: 0131-623 3701).

 
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