Events at the National Library of Scotland – December, 2010
The future of Libraries
Panel Discussion
2 December, 6.00pm
Twenty-first century libraries: what physical designs should they have and what role? With immediately accessible information on-line, do libraries remain important? The orthodoxies, role and value of libraries and indeed the place of paper in an increasingly digital age will be discussed by experts Martyn Wade FRSA (National Librarian), Chris Banks FRSA (University Librarian , University of Aberdeen) and Karen Cunningham (Head of Libraries, Glasgow City Council).
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NLS Film Club
Film screening
7 December, 6.00pm
St Kilda – Britain’s Loneliest Isle, capturing a voyage to St Kilda from Glasgow with scenes of island life between 1923 and 1928, will be screened to celebrate it’s inclusion in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Originally a silent film, this will be shown with a special musical soundtrack composed by David Allison. In addition, a more recent film from 1967, St Kilda – The Lonely Islands will be screened.
Booking Fee £5 (including refreshments) available online or by calling 0131 623 3918.
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Callum MacDonald Poetry Pamphlet Fair
15 December, 6.00pm
Independent Scottish poetry publishing is going from strength to strength and this festive fair is always a popular event. Come along for a glass of wine, meet the publishers, hear the poems and buy the pamphlets.
This is a Callum Macdonald Memorial Award event, supported by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust.
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