Coordinates: 58°58′58″N2°57′47″W / 58.982774°N 2.963051°W
Orkney Library and Archive| Country | Scotland, UK |
|---|---|
| Established | 1683 |
| Location | Kirkwall |
| Coordinates | 58°58′58″N2°57′47″W / 58.982774°N 2.963051°W |
| Website | http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/ |
| Map |
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Orkney Library and Archive is a Scottish public library service based in Kirkwall, Orkney. Founded in 1683, Orkney Library is the oldest public library in Scotland.[1] Its rules date from 1815.[2][3] It has become known for its popular, humorous Twitter account.
History[edit]
The Orkney Library and Archive was founded in 1683 with a bequest of 150 books from William Baikie. The collection was kept at the local manse before being transferred to St Magnus Cathedral. In 1740 the collection was moved to the Old Tollboth. In 1815 a number of subscribers to the collection founded The Orkney Library. The library was a subscription-only service until 1890 when a donation from Andrew Carnegie allowed the library to adopt the 1850 Public Libraries Act. A further donation was made by Carnegie in 1903 for a dedicated building. The new Carnegie Library opened on Laing Street in Kirkwall in 1909. The current library building on Junction Road, Kirkwall opened in August 2003.[4]
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Archive[edit]
The Archive was established in 1973.[5] The collection includes local history and genealogical records, photographs, sound recordings, and film. Benevento 2021 kitsempty spaces the blog template. [6] The collection also includes letters from William Galloway to Sir Henry Dryden.[7] The Archive service was awarded accreditation in November 2017. [8]
Services[edit]
Internet Library Archives
The Library offers access to over 145,000 items, including fiction and non-fiction titles, audiobooks, maps, eBooks, music CDs and DVDs.[9]
Twitter feud[edit]
The Library enjoys a good-natured and well publicised Twitter feud with Shetland Library.[10][11]J.K. Rowling paid a surprise trip to the library book group in 2016.[12]
Creative Library Names
References[edit]
Internet Archive Digital Library
Archive[edit]
The Archive was established in 1973.[5] The collection includes local history and genealogical records, photographs, sound recordings, and film. Benevento 2021 kitsempty spaces the blog template. [6] The collection also includes letters from William Galloway to Sir Henry Dryden.[7] The Archive service was awarded accreditation in November 2017. [8]
Services[edit]
Internet Library Archives
The Library offers access to over 145,000 items, including fiction and non-fiction titles, audiobooks, maps, eBooks, music CDs and DVDs.[9]
Twitter feud[edit]
The Library enjoys a good-natured and well publicised Twitter feud with Shetland Library.[10][11]J.K. Rowling paid a surprise trip to the library book group in 2016.[12]
Creative Library Names
References[edit]
- ^'Orkney Archive - get dusty: History'.
- ^Orkney Library (1816). Institution, rules & catalogue of the Orkney Library : instituted 23d August 1815. Edinburgh: John Moir, Royal Bank Close.
- ^Libraries and information servicesin the United Kingdom and the Repub. London: Facet Publishing. 2015. ISBN9781856048019. OCLC903237675.
- ^http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/famousfriends.htm.org.uk/famousfriends.htm.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^British archives : a guide to archive resources in the United Kingdom. Foster, Janet, 1948-, Sheppard, Julia. (4th ed.). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave. 2002. p. 276. ISBN9780333735367. OCLC48588407.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^'About Orkney Archive'.
- ^Ritchie, Anna (2012). 'From Colonsay to Whithorn : the work of a 19th-century antiquary, William Galloway'. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 142: 435–465.
- ^'About Orkney Archive'.
- ^'About our libraries'.
- ^Molloy, Mark (2016-04-05). 'Incredible Twitter feud between remote Scottish libraries reignites'. The Telegraph. ISSN0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^'Richard Coles fans the flames of library Twitter war - The Shetland Times'. The Shetland Times. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^Flood, Alison (2016-03-07). 'JK Rowling checks out Orkney's award-winning library in person'. the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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