Events

Our buildings remain closed for events due to coronavirus (COVID-19), but you can take part in an online talk or workshop. Update on Library opening

Page updated: 26 July.

Online events

See also: Online workshops

Local films go global: An example from Aberdeen 

More and more moving image content from the National Library of Scotland's collections is available to view online by people all over the world. 

Some of the catalogue records for these films lack the local knowledge of the time. Can local communities help to improve them? National Library of Scotland Curator Ann Cameron and David Oswald from Aberdeen Local Heritage Library discuss this question, and share an example with a film screening.

The collection of 'local topical' films featured in this event are by Ernest Bromberg from Aberdeen. Ernest Bromberg opened Aberdeen's first and only News Cinema in Diamond Street in September 1936. 

Wednesday 4 August
15.00-16.00
Free. Book 'Local films go global' via Eventbrite.

When you book, you will receive a link to join the session, delivered on the Zoom video conferencing service. Your personal information will be held and used by the National Library of Scotland and Zoom for the purposes of allowing you to join the event. For full information about how the Library will hold and use your personal information, see our privacy pages, in particular our event booking privacy notice.

A voyage around the Scottish islands

Join the National Library of Scotland's Map Curator, Chris Fleet, for a fully illustrated excursion through Scotland's islands.

Our circumnavigation of Scotland will use selected maps to provide insights into the distinctive history of particular islands. During the voyage we will also look at who made these maps and how they did it.

Tuesday 10 August
14.00-15.00
Free. Book 'The Scottish islands' via Eventbrite.

When you book, you will receive a link to join the session, delivered on the Zoom video conferencing service. Your personal information will be held and used by the National Library of Scotland and Zoom for the purposes of allowing you to join the event. For full information about how the Library will hold and use your personal information, see our privacy pages, in particular our event booking privacy notice.

Tuathanas nan Creutairean: Animal Farm Goes Gaelic

On 1 January 2021, a large body of work by George Orwell entered the public domain. His timeless novella 'Animal Farm' — voted one of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels — has become the first Orwell book to be translated into Gaelic.

Acclaimed writer Angus Peter Campbell discusses his work translating the famous writer, how Orwell's work is still so relevant today and how translation can help towards connecting communities.

Tuesday 17 August
14.00-15.00
Free. Book 'Animal Farm' via Eventbrite.

When you book, you will receive a link to join the session, delivered on the Zoom video conferencing service. Your personal information will be held and used by the National Library of Scotland and Zoom for the purposes of allowing you to join the event. For full information about how the Library will hold and use your personal information, see our privacy pages, in particular our event booking privacy notice.