National Library of Scotland - NewsNews headlines from the National Library of ScotlandDouble winners in poetry pamphlet award- May 9, 2008 Two poets share top honours in this year's poetry pamphlet publishing competition. Duncan Glen of Kirkcaldy and Hazel Cameron of Ripon, Yorkshire, have taken the first prize in our eighth annual Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. The judges praised them both for the extremely high standard of their pamphlets, which completely contrast with each other in theme and presentation. 'Edinburgh Poems' by Duncan Glen (Akros publications) 'evokes ever-poetic Edinburgh, but with subversive humour,' the...http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2008-05.html#4 Engravings show 17th-century Scotland- May 2, 2008 Some of the first drawings made of places in Scotland are now online more than 300 years after they were produced. In 'Slezer's Scotland' we provide the complete first edition of 'Theatrum Scotiae'. This volume of engravings of towns, castles and palaces was produced and published in 1693 by a military engineer. It was the first time that Scotland had been portrayed in pictures. John Slezer made his initial drawings as part of a military survey. The activities of the figures he added to his...http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2008-05.html#3 Social networks research gets doctorate award- May 2, 2008 Social networking in the 19th and 21st centuries is the focus of doctoral research due to start later this year. PhD candidates are eligible for the research post, which is being funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The successful candidate will compare the content of family blogs and websites with the social network revealed in a collection of 19th-century correspondence at the National Library of Scotland. Heshe will work closely with the HardenAllan collection, but.http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2008-05.html#2 |