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• NLS statement:
  Response to 'Scotland's Culture' announcement

National Library of Scotland press releases since January 2000:

• Sherlock Holmes manuscript comes to the National Library   30 June 2006
• Eight million dollar book to star at summer exhibition   22 June 2006
• Celebration of 500 years of Scottish printing announced   29 May 2006
• Shortlist announced for sought-after poetry award   5 May 2006
• John Murray Archive arrives at the National Library of Scotland   28 March 2006
• Scotland's Secret War brings Spy Schools to Aberdeen!   8 March 2006
• National Library puts New Scots in the picture   28 February 2006
• John Murray Archive saved for the nation   24 February 2006
• Burns celebrations to mark libraries' partnership   25 January 2006
• Belgian wins prestigious bookbinding competition   13 January 2006
• Shopping exhibition to show Sir Sean's staff record   21 November 2005
• 'Adventures in twin time travel'   7 November 2005
• National Library of Scotland and Moray Libraries – launch of groundbreaking partnership   28 October 2005
• A 'nursery of disease and haunt of vagrants' – National Library event reveals history of Holyrood parliament site   27 October 2005
• Easterhouse local history group Trondra to present their new book to the National Library of Scotland   11 October 2005
• Scotland's historic newspapers saved for the nation   12 August 2005
• Minister launches Fonn's Duthchas for Highland 2007   4 August 2005
• Scotland's Secret War family events   18 July 2005
• Bloomsbury announces that J K Rowlings signs the first copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the National Library of Scotland   11 July 2005
• Scotland's Secret War   5 July 2005
• 'Fascist Disneyland': Letters from Burma   16 June 2005
• Clement Matchett's Virginals Book: Realising the Panmure Collection   3 June 2005
• National Library of Scotland announces winner of sought-after poetry award   24 May 2005
• National Library of Scotland announces shortlist for sought-after poetry award   13 May 2005
• On Scottish Ground a New World Outlook   18 April 2005
• RSA questions the resilience of Scottish communities   4 April 2005
• Travel writer shares secrets of success and humiliation   31 March 2005
• National Library of Scotland launches Ian Hamilton Finlay exhibition   10 March 2005
• Celebrate World Book Day at the National Library of Scotland   25 February 2005
• UK and Europe Win Bookbinding Design Competition   24 February 2005
• Experience 'Scotch Passion' on Valentine's Night   2 February 2005
• World renowned literary archive secured for Scotland   26 January 2005
• New exhibition celebrates first Scottish Atlas   10 November 2004
• New exhibition reveals The Private Lives of Books   4 November 2004
• Announcing a major travelling exhibition from the National Library of Scotland   23 September 2004
• Scotland's world-class research library to get design makeover   13 September 2004
• ... And now, over to sport at the National Library   10 September 2004
• Scotland's historic newspapers preserved for the nation   2 September 2004
• Exhibition celebrates Scotland's sporting achievements   10 August 2004
• Support For Lottery Bid But Decision Deferred Over Priceless Archive   21 July 2004
• Living legend goes online at the National Library of Scotland   9 July 2004
• The Word on the Street – 1,800 broadsides published on new website   5 June 2004
• More Scots READ ALL ABOUT IT! as revealed in new exhibition   21 May 2004
• Season's Greetings from the National Library of Scotland   12 May 2004
• National Library of Scotland welcomes vision for 21st century   22 April 2004
• Public Preview of Treasure Trove goes on Show   6 April 2004
• A Literary Treasure Trove for Scotland   2 March 2004

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• Europeans win bookbinding design awards   18 February 2004 (PDF: 78.2 KB)
• Breaking through the walls   12 December 2003 (PDF: 92.3 KB)
• A World of Wonders – Danish Children's Literature   11 November 2003 (PDF: 94.7 KB)
• E-publications saved for future generations   1 November 2003 (PDF: 113 KB)
• Treasure Islands of the Imagination   1 October 2003 (PDF: 86.3 KB)
• Have Choice, Have Pamphlet   1 October 2003 (PDF: 81.5 KB)
• New website from Scotland sheds light on the language and literature of England   4 July 2003 (PDF: 73.3 KB)
• Callum Macdonald Memorial Award 2003   19 May 2003 (PDF: 80.8 KB)
• Wish You Were Here! Travellers' Tales from Scotland 1540-1960  2 May 2003 (PDF: 90.4 KB)
• Deric Bolton Poetry Trust (winner announced)   25 April 2003 (PDF: 89.4 KB)
• Deric Bolton Poetry Trust   10 April 2003 (PDF: 85.4 KB)
• Scott and the Great Tradition   6 March 2003 (PDF: 74.2 KB)
• Bid to save electronic publications for future generations   12 February 2003 (PDF: 110 KB)
• In the footsteps of RLS ...   17 January 2003 (PDF: 61.1 KB)
• The doors close on historic link   17 January 2003 (PDF: 69.1 KB)
• A swarm of books is welcomed into a new hive   17 January 2003 (PDF: 69.6 KB)
• Binding honours   17 January 2003 (PDF: 68.8 KB)
• Pencils of light find their way home   19 November 2002 (PDF: 75.1 KB)
• New Head of National Library of Scotland   13 June 2002 (PDF: 46.7 KB)
• Sonnets, Sonnets, Sonnets in Pamphlet Form   13 May 2002 (PDF: 100 KB)
• Donald Dewar - politician and bookman   15 January 2002 (PDF: 56.3 KB)
• Croatian President visits National Library to see Emperor's palace   20 December 2001 (PDF: 67.1 KB)
• William Auld donacis sian Esperanto-bibliotekon   7 December 2001 (PDF: 78.7 KB)
• Saltires fly high at NLS but Euripides wins the day   30 November 2001 (PDF: 64.2 KB)
• Binding Freedom   28 November 2001 (PDF: 77.8 KB)
• Experiences of War   9 November 2001 (PDF: 67.4 KB)
• National Library of Scotland Review   2 October 2001 (PDF: 60.3 KB)
• A Pocket Full of Magic   25 June 2001 (PDF: 70.8 KB)
• The Write Stuff: Scottish writers through the lens of Gordon Wright   31 May 2001 (PDF: 77.9 KB)
• The Day of the Pamphlet   23 April 2001 (PDF: 81.1 KB)
• Viva I Libri!   5 April 2001 (PDF: 73.9 KB)
• Bank of Scotland Gold Helps Binder Beat International Competition   16 March 2001 (PDF: 85.9 KB)
• World Book Day   25 February 2001 (PDF: 81.8 KB)
• In the Footsteps of RLS   31 January 2001 (PDF: 65.8 KB)
• Saltire Literary Awards 2000   30 November 2000 (PDF: 77.6 KB)
• Gifts in Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Scott Collection  5 October 2000 (PDF: 71.4 KB)
• From the Banks of the Danube to the Shores of the Forth - via Loch Ness!   14 June 2000 (PDF: 65.2 KB)
• Scotland's Pages   6 June 2000 (PDF: 78.1 KB)
• Reportage Scotland   22 May 2000 (PDF: 84.2 KB)
• From Alpinism to Verdi via Incunabula and Indulgences   29 March 2000 (PDF: 71.9 KB)
• Travelling Hopefully in the Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson   22 January 2000 (PDF: 71 KB)

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