National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
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Scotland. National Library, Edinburgh
NLS
Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba
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found: Brown, I.G. Building for books, 1989: p. 1-2 (in 1925, many of the books and manuscripts of the historic Advocates' Library were given to the Scottish government and formed the basis for a new National Library of Scotland; all except the legal collections became part of the national library, and the buildings of the old Advocates' Library were split between the two institutions)
found: Its Quarto, Winter 2005: t.p. (National Library of Scotland; NLS)
found: National LIbrary of Scotland WWW site, 17 January, 2013: home page (NLS; National Library of Scotland; Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba) NLS history (Before the National Library of Scotland there was the Library of the Faculty of Advocates; Founded in the early 1680s, the Advocates Library in Edinburgh was formally opened in 1689. Under the 1710 Copyright Act it was given the legal right to claim a copy of every book published in Britain; The National Library of Scotland was formally constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1925; Since 1999, the Library has been answerable to the Scottish Parliament and funded by the Scottish Government) contact us (George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW)
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1980-04-15: new
2013-02-02: revised
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