Overview for scotland

Title:
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect.
Creator:
Robert Burns
Date:
18th Century
Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
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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Title:
A detail of St Margaret in The Blackadder Prayerbook
Creator:
Elizabeth MacDonald
Date:
15th century
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
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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