1. The National Library – what’s in it for Scotland's Colleges? Martyn Wade National Librarian The National Library of Scotland 27 th of November 2006

2. NLS – George IV Bridge

3. NLS – Causewayside Building

4. NLS – George IV Bridge Reading Room

5. “Breaking through the walls” Strategy Document http://www.nls.uk/professional/policy/docs/strategy2004.pdf

6. Excellence Learning Commitment Service NLS’ Core Values

7. NLS Mission and Vision ‘The National Library of Scotland will enrich lives and communities, encouraging and promoting lifelong learning, research and scholarship, and universal access to information by comprehensively collecting and making available the recorded knowledge of Scotland, and promoting access to the ideas and cultures of the world.’

8. Manuscripts Maps Modern Collections NLS Collections Music Rare Books Digital Library Inter-library Services

9. The John Murray Archive http://www.nls.uk/jma/

10. NLS Digital Publications http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html

11. The Scottish Screen Archive http://www.scottish-screen.com

12. NLS Access Policy ‘We will work to ensure that everyone who could benefit from the Library’s unique collections, services and expertise can do so, by identifying and removing actual and perceived barriers to use.’

13. Times Digital Archive Digital Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) Remotely Accessible Resources Specialist Collections Catalogues Digital Image Database www.nls.uk http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/index.html

14. So what’s in it for you?

15. Where do we go from here?

16. m.wade@nls.uk Telephone: 0131 623 3700 Write: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW http://www.nls.uk/ Contacting NLS