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Comic style. Kids and a few other creatures (like a yeti) say hello from outside the National Library of Scotland building. Beano is the title. A logo saying 'celebrating 100 years' at the bottom. At the footer: 100 years of the National Library of Scotland!

National Library’s birthday bash with Beano

The National Library of Scotland’s official birthday is fast approaching, with the 100th anniversary of its creation via an Act of Parliament falling on Thursday 7 August.

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Credit: Neil Hannah

Major exhibition a ‘love letter to libraries’

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3 people sitting down and chatting on a stage in front of a room of audience-members.

National Library ramps up 100th birthday celebrations

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The facade of the George IV Bridge building, Edinburgh. People on the street look at information signs next to the main door.

National Library visitor numbers outstrip pre-pandemic levels

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Byrd International Singers view Robert Carver's The Scone Antiphoner prior to a choral performance on the National Library's stairs (August 2019)

National Library boosts growth in reaching people

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