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====== National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh ====== | ====== National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh ====== | ||
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=== Historical note === | === Historical note === | ||
The National Library of Scotland is the descendant of the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, formally inaugurated in 1689, and its collections bear testimony to more than 300 years of acquiring printed and manuscript material in a variety of subject fields, through purchase, gift and deposit. The foundation collection of the Advocates’ Library comprised mainly civil law texts in continental printings of the 16th and 17th century; however, during the 18th century the Library, principally through the right of statutory deposit (first granted by an Act of Parliament in 1710), began to build up a broad-based collection of books in the humanities which made it the ‘national library of Scotland’ in all but name. Legal deposit did not begin to be rigorously enforced until the late 19th century and largely covered the acquisition of current British publications; | The National Library of Scotland is the descendant of the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, formally inaugurated in 1689, and its collections bear testimony to more than 300 years of acquiring printed and manuscript material in a variety of subject fields, through purchase, gift and deposit. The foundation collection of the Advocates’ Library comprised mainly civil law texts in continental printings of the 16th and 17th century; however, during the 18th century the Library, principally through the right of statutory deposit (first granted by an Act of Parliament in 1710), began to build up a broad-based collection of books in the humanities which made it the ‘national library of Scotland’ in all but name. Legal deposit did not begin to be rigorously enforced until the late 19th century and largely covered the acquisition of current British publications; | ||
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=== Mode of cataloguing === | === Mode of cataloguing === | ||
Records in this file have been catalogued book in hand and to full AACR2 standard. In addition, in the case of all works printed before 1801, but also of some of the later material, the cataloguing follows the rules of DCRB (Descriptive Cataloguing of Rare Books). For works printed before 1801 the option of " | Records in this file have been catalogued book in hand and to full AACR2 standard. In addition, in the case of all works printed before 1801, but also of some of the later material, the cataloguing follows the rules of DCRB (Descriptive Cataloguing of Rare Books). For works printed before 1801 the option of " | ||
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+ | For the new upload in 2013, 752 fields are being added to new records. | ||
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=== Recommendations for searching === | === Recommendations for searching === | ||
There should not be any limitations to the usual search strategies, but it would be useful to bear in mind the following two points: | There should not be any limitations to the usual search strategies, but it would be useful to bear in mind the following two points: | ||
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- | 1. In accordance with the rules of DCRB, placenames and names of printers and publishers have been transcribed exactly as they appear in the imprint, with the result that on some records, this information will appear only in its Latin, Gaelic, French or other form, which may be further affected by its grammatical case. A search on the country of publication, | + | 1. In accordance with the rules of DCRB, placenames and names of printers and publishers have been transcribed exactly as they appear in the imprint, with the result that on some records, this information will appear only in its Latin, Gaelic, French or other form, which may be further affected by its grammatical case. A search on the country of publication, |
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2. Since Library of Congress name headings have been used, the author’s name in the author field may be different from the way in which it appears on the title page; if this is causing difficulties, | 2. Since Library of Congress name headings have been used, the author’s name in the author field may be different from the way in which it appears on the title page; if this is causing difficulties, | ||
+ | === Frequency of updates === | ||
+ | A major update is planned for 2013. |
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