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Access to the archives is open to members of the public. On 1 April 2011, NAS, as a governmental body, was merged with the General Register Office for Scotland to form National Records of Scotland. [3] The term National Archives of Scotland is still sometimes employed to refer to the archives (the records collections) themselves.
National Records of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Clàran Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government.It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history, as well as the national archives and historical records.
Since 1969, the Kentucky Talking Book Library has provided audio and Braille materials free to persons with visual, physical, and reading disabilities. Materials are sent by postage-free mail or downloaded from the internet. This service is part of National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. [4]
The Bartholomew Archive is a notable map collection that was gifted to the Library in 1995 by the Bartholomew family in memory of Scottish cartographer John Bartholomew (1890–1962). The archive provides information about the Edinburgh-based firm of map engravers, printers, and publishers, John Bartholomew and Son Ltd.
The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech (SCOTS) is an ongoing project to build a corpus of modern-day (post-1940) written and spoken texts in Scottish English and varieties of Scots. SCOTS has been available online since November 2004, and can be freely searched and browsed. It reached 4.7 million words by 2015. [1]
Archives and Special Collections, considered a separate library, is headquartered within Ekstrom Library. It includes 1) Photographic Archives housing nearly 2 million photographs, 2) Rare Books and manuscripts focusing on local, regional, national, and international topics, 3) the University Archives and Records Center, and 4) the Digital ...
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At the turn of the 21st century, the main library building itself held 1,347,000 catalogued print books, and 53,300 journals. [ 2 ] [ vague ] In total, the university library system including branch libraries now holds approximately 2.5 million books and journals, along with access to 1,853,000 e-books, and over 50,000 e-journals.