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*IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT* @nlslearn has merged with @natlibscot to provide a more streamlined Twitter presence for the National Library of Scotland.

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Joined June 2011
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*IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT* @nlslearn will merge next week with @natlibscot, to provide a more streamlined Twitter presence for the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. Please make sure you follow @natlibscot, where we'll carry on tweeting as #NLSlearn
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Hello freens, we're going to be devoting 100% of our time focusing on creating more digital resources and so will be archiving our @nlslearn account. Thanks for engaging with us over the last 9 years, it's been braw. Let's keep the blether going over at @natlibscot
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To all our freens, followers worldwide #HappyNewYear #Hogmanay soundcloud.com/nlslearning/a…
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We've been quiet for a while working on new projects for 2020 but we are signing off shortly and wishing all our followers, freens & colleagues a Blythe Yule when it comes -see you all in 2020!
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@lairnscots.bsky.social@LairnScots31 Oct 2019
Guid Guisin! #Scots
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Whit better time than #Halloween tae listen tae this braw spine-tingling #Scots tale🧙‍♀️: 'The Witch O Pittenweem' soundcloud.com/nlslearning/t…
THE WITCH `O PITTENWEEM

THE WITCH `O PITTENWEEM

This is an extract of a traditional ballad written by Orcadian, David Vedder in 1847.

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Madhainn math everyone! Day 3 of @ModGhlaschu2019 so if you’re visiting stop by and say hello!
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Today @nlskelvinhall our curators will be talking about Gaelic collections – it’s free (and fascinating) so pop along! #Mòd2019
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An-diugh aig @nlskelvinhall bidh an luchd-glèidhidh againn a’ bruidhinn mu chruinneachaidhean Gàidhlig an latha an-diugh – tha e an-asgaidh (agus fìor inntinneach) is mar sin, nach tig sibh ann? #Gàidhlig #Mòd2019
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We're looking forward to celebrating #LibrariesWeek. This year's theme is 'digital' and we've got digital drop-in sessions every day next week 👍📱🖥 - come and take part > nls.uk/events#oct7
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Mod Ghlaschu 2019@ModGhlaschu20194 Oct 2019
1 week until #Glasgow hosts the @NationalMod the first time in almost 30 years. We have a record-breaking no. of competitors coming to join us from all over; a huge range of FAB fringe events from music to sport, drama, art & culture &lots of great offers around the city 🤩🎶
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'Gie me a hill wi the heather on't...' a reading of #Scots Poet Mary Symon (1863-1938) on #NationalPoetryDay soundcloud.com/nlslearning/m…
Mary Symon

Mary Symon

Mary Symon (1863-1938)was a graduate of St Andrews University. In the early 1920s her poetry was published in Hugh MacDiarmaid’s ‘Northern Numbers’, a magazine at the root of the modernist renaissance

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The Scots Scriever@ScotsScriever3 Oct 2019
Wullie Waggletail By William Soutar For #NationalPoetryDay wi thanks tae @nlsarchives fir the manuscript. #Scots @NLSlearn @natlibscot
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In the countdown to the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow next month, we've launched a dual language resource as a general intro/overview of Gaelic music & celebrate some of the wonderful contributions to the living tradition digital.nls.uk/learning/ceol…
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We're super excited to be @BordersBookFest Gala Day sponsoring @Macastory session for 190 pupils! Lots of fun and free goody bags ahead 😀
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It's a story about the Scottish Enlightenment Cap'n but not as you know it...
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Are you a Gaelic speaker based in the Western Isles interested in local history? We're looking for someone to contribute (for a fee) to an online resource showcasing photographs of fishing/coastal communities. DM us for details!
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@lairnscots.bsky.social@LairnScots5 Aug 2019
FAO primary teachers! Are you a primary school teacher in Scotland interested in teaching Scots language? Would you be willing to be interviewed for an Information & Library Studies dissertation on the value of the NLS Learning Zone in supporting Scots education?
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ICYMI - last Friday the amazing Byrd International Singers sung Scottish Renaissance music on our George IV Bridge staircase... 🎼😀 #MondayMorning @byrdensemble
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