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2020

• 'The Dandy Comic' first edition – January 20, 2020

2019

• Exhibitions programme for 2020 announced – December 30, 2019
• Aberdeen Breviary display in Glasgow – November 21, 2019
• Public to get first glimpse of magnificent photography collection – November 7, 2019
• 70 years of record collecting donated to the nation – September 30, 2019
• National Library achieves archive accreditation – July 18, 2019
• Back to the '80s – July 17, 2019
• Exhibition about Scottish Enlightenment – June 14, 2019
• Library receives Ian Rankin archive – May 23, 2019
• Byron's 'Don Juan' goes on display – April 12, 2019
• Display of Mary Queen of Scots items – February 1, 2019
• Glasgow display of Robert Burns's work – January 18, 2019

2018

• Sylvia Plath’s first work added to the national collections – December 17, 2018
• 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' first edition online – December 10, 2018
• Dundee and Glasgow pupils scoop national film-making awards – November 29, 2018
• Gutenberg Bible to go on display for one day only – November 20, 2018
• Exhibition on the aftermath of war – November 15, 2018
• Library formalises partnership with University of Glasgow – November 14, 2018
• Frederick Douglass display at National Library – October 4, 2018
• National Library surpasses energy targets – July 26, 2018
• 'Beano' day at the National Library – July 25, 2018
• Scots Scriever announcement – June 27, 2018
• 'Going to the pictures' goes on tour of Scotland – June 20, 2018
• Library manuscripts inscribed in prestigious UNESCO register – June 9, 2018
• Callum Macdonald Memorial Award finishes on a high – May 16, 2018
• MacKinnon photographic collection acquired – May 14, 2018
• Film competition for young people – May 10, 2018
• Applications for new Scots Scriever now open – May 8, 2018
• 'Illustrated Scottish poems' display opens – April 12, 2018
• Robert Burns letter special viewing – January 23, 2018
• 'The Scotsman' display opens – January 18, 2018
• Exam papers bursaries – January 16, 2018

2017

• Agreement signed with Scottish Enterprise – December 19, 2017
• Muriel Spark centenary exhibition – December 7, 2017
• Campbeltown Picture House archive – November 14, 2017
• Muriel Spark 100 programme – October 26, 2017
• Reformation display opens – October 19, 2017
• Search on for first ever Mòd programme – October 11, 2017
• Speke, Burton and the Nile feud – September 6, 2017
• 'Creative lives' display – August 24, 2017
• Slezer photo competition opens – July 13, 2017
• Display marks Indian independence anniversary – July 6, 2017
• The Stornoway disaster of 1919 – June 30, 2017
• Harry Potter pop-up event – June 20, 2017
• Haunting photographs reveal Antarctic survival story – June 15, 2017
• Touring display opens in Aberdeen – June 5, 2017
• Callum Macdonald Memorial Award winners – May 12, 2017
• Unlocking our sound heritage – April 12, 2017
• Spark centenary post – April 6, 2017
• Display marks 200 years of Blackwood's – March 30, 2017
• Restored chimney map on display for first time – March 13, 2017
• Henrietta Liston's journals online – March 7, 2017
• Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Award – February 27, 2017
• Medical experts meet at the Library – February 15, 2017
• Mary Queen of Scots anniversary display – February 1, 2017
• World's first Gaelic Wikipedian appointed – January 30, 2017
• 'Ae Fond Kiss' on show at Kelvin Hall – January 18, 2017

2016

• New Robert Louis Stevenson acquisition – December 2, 2016
• Scots language website launches – December 1, 2016
• 'Sun pictures' display opens – November 29, 2016
• 'Chimney map' restored – November 28, 2016
• University of Edinburgh collaboration – October 27, 2016
• Mapping Scotland's islands book published – October 20, 2016
• More Gaelic items digitised – October 17, 2016
• Gaelic-speaking Wikipedian sought – October 11, 2016
• Living Knowledge Network launches – September 27, 2016
• Jessie Kesson treasures display opens – September 22, 2016
• Volunteers wanted for maps project – September 20, 2016
• National Library opens in Glasgow – September 14, 2016
• New Board member for National Library – September 1, 2016
• Mary Queen of Scots comes to aid of data scientists – August 10, 2016
• Sir Kenneth Calman joins National Library as Board Chair – July 27, 2016
• Magnificent maps on show at major exhibition – July 21, 2016
• Global 'first' for National Library of Scotland – June 21, 2016
• Following in the footsteps of Frankenstein – June 16, 2016
• Tribute to Scot who transformed world of architecture – June 15, 2016
• Success for Fife's Shed Press – May 13, 2016
• Historic art book to feature in major exhibition – April 26, 2016
• 'Most important book in literature' on show at National Library – April 20, 2016
• Library joins prestigious consortium as founding member – April 12, 2016
• Rare literary treasures on display in unique exhibition – March 31, 2016
• Public get first chance to see recently-purchased medieval treasure – March 30, 2016
• Stage set for famous actors at National Library of Scotland – March 17, 2016
• Bookbinding competition winners – February 26, 2016
• Sweetheart Abbey Breviary arrives at the Library – February 17, 2016
• Hollywood legend backs campaign for Scotland's Moving Image Archive – February 1, 2016
• Rare chance to see Robert Burns's handwritten love song – January 21, 2016
• Leading writer to explore Scotland's recorded memory – January 12, 2016

2015

• Scotland's biggest killer exposed in new exhibition – December 10, 2015
• Beautiful books on show at the Library – November 26, 2015
• Treat for Sherlock Holmes fans at National Library – November 24, 2015
• Gaelic language items digitised – October 13, 2015
• James Robertson exhibition – September 25, 2015
• Library strategy launched – September 21, 2015
• 'Thirty-nine steps' display – September 10, 2015
• First Scots scriever appointed to two-year residency – August 13, 2015
• Mary Queen of Scots anniversary – July 28, 2015
• Hugh Buchanan watercolours – June 25, 2015
• Special display of Napoleon's book – June 17, 2015
• Scottish food history exhibition – June 11, 2015
• Scots Scriever sought – June 3, 2015
• Callum Macdonald Award winner – May 15, 2015
• House of Lords papers project – May 14, 2015
• Forth Bridge display – April 1, 2015
• World Book Day display – March 4, 2015
• Board appointments – February 25, 2015
• Muriel Spark Campaign – February 5, 2015
• American Civil War display – January 22, 2015

2014

• 'Game of Crowns' exhibition – December 9, 2014
• 'Beyond Endurance' display – November 20, 2014
• Paddy Leigh Fermor archive catalogued – November 12, 2014
• Recruiting to NLS Board – October 24, 2014
• Edinburgh historic maps anthology – October 21, 2014
• Oor Wullie's Scots guide – October 8, 2014
• Aberdeen Breviary added to collection – September 24, 2014
• Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' – September 10, 2014
• Wikimedia presentation to NLS – August 15, 2014
• Images added to Wikipedia – July 22, 2014
• Commonwealth display – July 17, 2014
• US Independence Day event – July 2, 2014
• First World War exhibition – June 27, 2014
• New National Librarian appointed – June 17, 2014
• Callum Macdonald award shortlist – May 7, 2014
• Historic maps now online for every town in England and Wales – March 19, 2014
• Bookbinding awards – February 26, 2014
• Appointments to the Board – February 21, 2014
• Rare Harry Potter edition to go on show – January 28, 2014
• Burns-Glenriddell display opens – January 23, 2014

2013

• Exhibition on Scotland's achievements – December 12, 2013
• National Library announces retirement of Martyn Wade as National Librarian and Chief Executive – December 11, 2013
• Paper sculptures brought together – November 22, 2013
• Pop-up books display opens – November 20, 2013
• Kelvin Hall project funding – October 4, 2013
• Catalogue in Gaelic – September 19, 2013
• Catalog an Leabharlainn Nàiseanta – September 19, 2013
• Display of miniature books – September 18, 2013
• First Scottish books on display – September 5, 2013
• New Board members sought – August 30, 2013
• 'Pride and Prejudice' on display – July 10, 2013
• Haig diary on UNESCO register – July 9, 2013
• David Livingstone exhibition – June 13, 2013
• Pamphlet poetry winner – May 17, 2013
• Callum Macdonald award shortlist – May 14, 2013
• Iona display – May 3, 2013
• Wikimedian in Residence – April 24, 2013
• George Washington library loans – April 9, 2013
• Electronic legal deposit – April 5, 2013
• 100 websites for archiving – April 2, 2013
• NLS-inspired gastropub – March 28, 2013
• Display on women scientists – February 28, 2013
• Sally Magnusson inspirations – February 11, 2013
• 2012 bookbinding award winners – February 7, 2013
• NLS Act comes into force – February 1, 2013

2012

• Bartholomew exhibition – December 7, 2012
• 'The Dandy' treasures display – November 20, 2012
• Dementia DVD – November 13, 2012
• New Chair for National Library – October 25, 2012
• George Mackay Brown letters – October 10, 2012
• Special reading room official opening – October 4, 2012
• Grimms' fairy tales – September 19, 2012
• Leigh Fermor archive – August 13, 2012
• American independence display – July 4, 2012
• Robert Louis Stevenson papers – June 27, 2012
• Dalai Lama visit – June 22, 2012
• Cinema exhibition opens – June 15, 2012
• Grimm bicentenary in Scotland – June 6, 2012
• Online content being lost – May 30, 2012
• Pamphlet poetry award winners – May 18, 2012
• Conan Doyle papers in Murray archive – April 30, 2012
• Pamphlet poetry shortlist – April 18, 2012
• Science fiction display – March 28, 2012
• Moray 'Great escapes' guide – March 22, 2012
• Shakespeare workshops – March 8, 2012
• Historic maps go online – February 22, 2012
• Bookbinding award winners – February 1, 2012
• Scott expedition display opens – January 12, 2012

2011

• Shakespeare and Scotland exhibition opens – December 9, 2011
• Banned books advent video calendar – December 1, 2011
• OneSource business database – November 22, 2011
• English Bible display – November 2, 2011
• Livingstone on African massacre – November 1, 2011
• Banned books poll – September 29, 2011
• Scotland: Mapping the nation – September 22, 2011
• Scottish working people's history display – September 2, 2011
• Byron memorial book – July 7, 2011
• Scotland and Darien display – July 1, 2011
• Exhibition on banned books – June 23, 2011
• NLS shop bestseller – June 17, 2011
• Gaelic books digitisation success – June 14, 2011
• Draft Gaelic Language Plan consultation – May 30, 2011
• Poetry pamphlet award winners – May 25, 2011
• UNESCO Memory of the World – May 23, 2011
• David Hume display – May 5, 2011
• Callum Macdonald competition shortlist – April 21, 2011
• Alice in Wonderland display – March 17, 2011
• Honour for National Librarian – March 10, 2011
• NLS inspires adventure novel – March 7, 2011
• Historic golf hole-cutter – March 3, 2011
• Letter recommends king's speech therapist – March 1, 2011
• Harvard residency prize – February 21, 2011
• Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Award – January 31, 2011
• Bell Rock Lighthouse display – January 12, 2011

2010

• Scotland pays tribute to Washington – December 21, 2010
• Adopt a manuscript – November 25, 2010
• AddressingHistory website launch – November 17, 2010
• Research Libraries UK event – November 10, 2010
• Aberdeen Breviary on display – November 4, 2010
• Alan Cumming event – November 1, 2010
• Dunfermline roadshow – October 27, 2010
• Audiovisual heritage day – October 26, 2010
• National Library of Scotland opens its 'online doors' to users – September 29, 2010
• National Library of Scotland to save £18k after green tech boost – September 26, 2010
• New reading room puts NLS on the map – September 16, 2010
• Original Culloden Battle plan to go on show in Inverness – September 10, 2010
• New partnership offers golden opportunity for documentary makers – September 2, 2010
• New treasures display marks 450th anniversary of Scottish Reformation – August 28, 2010
• National Library of Scotland contributes over 2,000 archive images to Flickr – July 20, 2010
• National Library of Scotland to display its cultural riches to a global audience – July 14, 2010
• National Library of Scotland to display the earliest surviving detailed maps of Scotland – July 2, 2010
• John Murray Archive enters the world of apps – June 9, 2010
• National Library of Scotland's 'Heroes' to be introduced to Scottish schools – June 7, 2010
• Couplet of winners announced in Callum Macdonald Memorial Award – May 20, 2010
• Top Scottish author reveals the science behind his fiction – May 10, 2010
• Poetry finalists announced for National Library of Scotland's 10th Annual Callum Macdonald Memorial Award – April 21, 2010
• Heinrich Schliemann in Murray exhibition – April 8, 2010
• Poignant letter of Burns's widow donated to National Library of Scotland – January 25, 2010

2009

• Scottish theatre in the spotlight at NLS – December 18, 2009
• Praise as publishing judges 'discover' NLS magazine – December 7, 2009
• Saltire Sociey Literary Awards — the winners – November 30, 2009
• Dundee school pupils to become history detectives – November 25, 2009
• Treasures on display this winter – November 20, 2009
• Film firsts at the National Library of Scotland – October 21, 2009
• Mull schoolchildren help create electronic guide to the island's Great Escapes – October 18, 2009
• National Library of Scotland gets closer with new advertising campaign – September 27, 2009
• The Original Export: Stories of Scottish emigration – September 21, 2009
• Thousands flock to see Mary Queen of Scots' last letter – September 17, 2009
• Scottish Enterprise and NLS to work together – September 15, 2009
• Mary Queen of Scots' last letter now on display for limited time – September 13, 2009
• Priceless manuscript on show to mark new visitor centre – September 5, 2009
• Our ancestors faced trams disruption too! – August 23, 2009
• Poetry award winner announced – May 29, 2009
• Shortlist announced for Scottish pamphlet poetry award – May 5, 2009
• $45,000 Burns manuscript joins the Homecoming – February 23, 2009
• Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries – January 23, 2009

2008

• 'Zig-Zag: The paths of Burns' – October 27, 2008
• National Library of Scotland comes to Ayr – September 2, 2008
• Imprentit: 500 years of the Scottish printed word – June 23, 2008
• Jane Austen cheques in to the John Murray Archive exhibition – June 10, 2008
• Poetry award winner announced – May 8, 2008
• Shortlist announced for sought-after poetry award – April 23, 2008
• 500 years of printing in Scotland – March 31, 2008
• 2008: 500 years of printing in Scotland – March 31, 2008
• National award highlights the John Murray Archive – March 19, 2008
• A million feet of Scottish film history preserved – March 18, 2008
• Scots playwright to evolve with the John Murray Archive – February 11, 2008
• Ayrshire bookbinder ties up prestigious award – January 22, 2008
• Words Out of Place – January 14, 2008

2007

• Global resource for Scottish business – October 21, 2007
• Crime Scene Edinburgh: 20 Years of Rankin and Rebus – October 21, 2007
• HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens the summer exhibition – July 4, 2007
• State-of-the-art exhibition brings John Murray Archive to life – June 25, 2007
• Fife double in poetry competition – May 14, 2007
• A swing through time from the 'dark ages' of golf – May 14, 2007
• Sir Sean Connery endorses NLS campaign – April 23, 2007
• Miffy exhibition comes to Edinburgh – March 16, 2007
• Kidnapped and Robert Louis Stevenson online at National Library – February 27, 2007
• National Library highlights the letters of the first computing pioneer – January 29, 2007
• Historical first atlas of Scotland is reproduced – January 26, 2007
• National Library clicks with website award – January 16, 2007

2006

• Ayrshire student ties up prestigious bookbinding award – December 6, 2006
• Fonn 's Duthchas: Land and Legacy – November 15, 2006
• National Library Roadshow comes to Aberdeen – November 9, 2006
• The 'Big Draw' family event at the Mitchell Library – October 4, 2006
• Literary mission for 007 – August 22, 2006
• Sherlock Holmes manuscript comes to the National Library – June 29, 2006
• Audubon exhibition opens on 4 July – June 21, 2006
• Celebration of 500 years of Scottish printing announced – May 28, 2006
• Iain M Banks reveals science behind his fiction – May 10, 2006
• Shortlist announced for sought-after poetry award – May 4, 2006
• John Murray Archive arrives at the National Library of Scotland – March 27, 2006
• Scotland's Secret War brings Spy Schools to Aberdeen! – March 8, 2006
• National Library puts New Scots in the picture – February 28, 2006
• John Murray Archive saved for the nation – February 24, 2006
• Burns celebrations to mark libraries' partnership – January 25, 2006
• Belgian wins prestigious bookbinding competition – January 13, 2006

2005

• Shopping exhibition to show Sir Sean's staff record – November 21, 2005
• 'Adventures in twin time travel' – November 7, 2005
• National Library of Scotland and Moray Libraries – October 27, 2005
• Holyrood parliament site maps event – October 26, 2005
• Easterhouse group book handover event – October 10, 2005
• Newspaper preservation campaign completed – August 11, 2005
• Launch of Highland culture exhibition – August 3, 2005
• Scotland's Secret War family events – July 17, 2005
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – July 10, 2005
• Scotland's Secret War – July 4, 2005
• Scottish Refugee Week event – June 16, 2005
• Clement Matchett's Virginals – June 2, 2005
• Winners of Callum Macdonald Memorial Award – May 23, 2005
• Callum Macdonald Memorial Award entries – May 12, 2005
• Launch of 'Grounding a world' – April 17, 2005
• Royal Society of Arts anniversary event – April 3, 2005
• Talk by Alastair Scott – March 30, 2005
• Ian Hamilton Finlay and five collaborators – March 10, 2005
• Bronze award in health scheme – March 2, 2005
• Celebrate World Book Day – February 25, 2005
• UK and Europe win bookbinding design competition – February 24, 2005
• Experience 'Scotch passion' on Valentine's Night – February 2, 2005
• Funding towards John Murray Archive purchase – January 26, 2005

2004

• Christmas card design competition winners – December 10, 2004
• Exhibition reveals books and their owners – November 10, 2004
• New exhibition celebrates first Scottish atlas – November 4, 2004
• Travelling exhibition tells tourists' tales – September 22, 2004
• Design agency to help develop brand – September 12, 2004
• Questions of sport at Library event – September 9, 2004
• Scotland's historic newspapers preserved for the nation – September 1, 2004
• Exhibition celebrates Scotland's sporting achievements – August 9, 2004
• Lottery funding decision delayed – July 20, 2004
• Muriel Spark website launched – July 8, 2004
• The word on the street – June 4, 2004
• Exhibition on 400 years of news – May 20, 2004
• Christmas card design competition – May 11, 2004
• Library's response to Cultural Review – April 21, 2004
• John Murray Archive display – April 5, 2004
• A literary treasure trove for Scotland – March 2, 2004