National Library of Scotland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Library_of_Scotland

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:library
gptkbp:address	George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 100,000
gptkbp:coordinates	55.9472°N 3.1928°W
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Scotland gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:digital_collections	available online
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Amina_Shah
gptkbp:established	1925
gptkbp:film_archive	gptkb:Scottish_Screen_Archive
gptkbp:formerName	Advocates Library (part of collection)
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom	gptkb:Causewayside gptkb:Kelvin_Hall,_Glasgow gptkb:George_IV_Bridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	National Library of Scotland
gptkbp:legal_deposit_libraries_in_UK	one of six
gptkbp:legal_deposit_status	since 1710 (as Advocates Library)
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:National_Library_of_Scotland_Act_2012
gptkbp:legalDeposit	gptkb:British_Library gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library gptkb:Bodleian_Library gptkb:National_Library_of_Wales true
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkbp:logo	National Library of Scotland logo.svg
gptkbp:map_collection	one of the largest in the world
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Bartholomew_Archive gptkb:Edinburgh_Room gptkb:John_Murray_Archive gptkb:Muriel_Spark_Archive gptkb:Scottish_Screen_Archive gptkb:Rare_Books_Collection books digital resources films manuscripts maps newspapers
gptkbp:number_of_items	over 24 million
gptkbp:opened	1956
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station
gptkbp:serves	gptkb:researchers historians public students
gptkbp:type	research reference library
gptkbp:website	https://www.nls.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Legal_Deposit_Libraries_Act_2003 gptkb:Royal_Scottish_Academy gptkb:Scots_Confession gptkb:Official_Publications_Collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5