Tag: Library

A Library has announced the appointment of the role Orkney Scriever

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Maja Grantham - July 12, 2021

A ONE-year Scriever residency was created to celebrate the richness of the Orcadian dialect, acknowledging the islands as a stronghold for the Scots language. The National...

Intrepid explorers major focus for Library in 2020

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Bethan Sexton - December 31, 2019

The National Library of Scotland has announced its programme for 2020 with exhibitions on trailblazers and explorers. Collections will focus on the challenges that faced...

Uni installs sensors to stop students hogging library desks

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Deadline News Journalist - May 5, 2017

A TOP Scottish university is installing movement sensors in the library to stop selfish students hogging desks. Edinburgh University is fitting desks with the devices...

Students vote overwhelmingly in favour of £40k nap pods in library

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Deadline News Journalist - December 5, 2016

STUDENTS at a top Scottish university have voted overwhelmingly to spend £40,000 on "ridiculous" Google-style "nap pods". Nap pods are common at the offices of...

Top Scots uni forced to set up traps after hungry mouse stole students gingerbread man

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Kirsty Stewart - November 9, 2016

A TOP Scottish university has set up poisonous mouse traps after a hungry rodent stole a student’s gingerbread man. Edinburgh University installed several traps around...

Man Booker Prize nominee hits out library cutbacks

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Deadline News Journalist - October 25, 2016

ONE of the favourites to win this year's Man Booker Prize has hit out at library cuts. Crime novelist Graeme Macrae Burnet says Scotland's libraries...

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