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Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. - Robert Burns
18th Century
National Library of Scotland
United Kingdom
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News Created: 4 September 2018 Anette Hagan Emily D’Alterio
The Rise of Literacy: contemporary relevance of libraries and literacy
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We spoke to Dr Anette Hagan, Rare Books Curator (for early printed collections to 1700) from the National Library of Scotland about what makes libraries still relevant in a contemporary society, their value for the community, and why literacy is still important today.
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Views in north Wales taken in the summer of 1808 - Smith
1808
National Library of Wales
United Kingdom
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News Created: 28 August 2018 Elen Jones Dafydd Tudur
The Rise of Literacy: Digital transformation and The National Library of Wales
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Libraries have been cultural hubs for centuries, but with the shift toward digital publishing, the conversation has shifted to their relevance, or assertions of their waning relevance, in a digital age. However, according to Elen Haf Jones from the National Library of Wales, while the library has evolved, it holds its place as a ‘valued cultural institution that serves as the memory of a nation’.
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A detail of St Margaret in The Blackadder Prayerbook - Elizabeth MacDonald
15th century
United Kingdom
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News Created: 7 June 2018 Moray Teale
From the earliest Scots Gaelic to Dutch children’s books - how we’re telling the story of literacy in Europe
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The partners behind the Rise of Literacy project talk texts and give us a glimpse into how they’ll use written material from across the centuries to showcase the history of literacy in Europe.
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Illuminated initial from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 177v
c.1430
British Library
United Kingdom
Public Domain
News Created: 30 May 2018 Nicole McNeilly Sara Di Giorgio Elisa Brunoni
Discover manuscripts from late antiquity to the arrival of the printing press with new Europeana Manuscripts collection
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A treasure trove of manuscripts in Europeana Collections has lain unloved for too long. Through Europeana Manuscripts, we’ll start bringing out the best of this content and celebrating the work of the experts and institutions who are working to preserve and digitise the textual heritage that reflects our history.  
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Blog Created: 26 September 2017 Nicole McNeilly
Introducing the Rise of Literacy Generic Services project: digitizing Europe’s textual heritage
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Read about our kick off meeting to create text based collections
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Project 1 September 2017 - 28 February 2019
Rise of Literacy
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The project Rise of literacy will look at the use of written text in Europe over centuries (from the sixth to the twentieth century) and tell users the story of the rise of literacy in European culture, as a manifestation of a European-wide cultural movement.
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