Orkney Library and Archive

Coordinates: 58°58′58″N 2°57′47″W / 58.982774°N 2.963051°W / 58.982774; -2.963051

Orkney Library and Archive
Country Scotland, UK
Established 1683
Location Kirkwall
Coordinates 58°58′58″N 2°57′47″W / 58.982774°N 2.963051°W / 58.982774; -2.963051
Website http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/

Orkney Library and Archive is a Scottish public library service based in Kirkwall, Orkney. Its rules date from 1815.[1][2] It has been used as an example to the library community of the engaging use of social media.[3]

History

The Orkney Library and Archive was founded in 1683 with a bequest of 150 books from William Baikie. The collection was kept at the local manse before being transferred to St Magnus Cathedral. In 1740 the collection was moved to the Old Tollboth. In 1815 a number subscribers to the collection founded The Orkney Library. The library was a subscription service only until 1890 when a donation from Andrew Carnegie allowed the library to adopt the 1850 Public Libraries Act. A further donation was made by Carnegie in 1903 for a dedicated building. The new Carnegie Library opened on Laing Street in Kirkwall in 1909. The current library building on Junction Street, Kirkwall opened in December 2003.[4]

Archive

The Archive was established in 1973.[5] The collection includes letters from William Galloway to Sir Henry Dryden.[6]

Twitter feud

The Library enjoys a good-natured and well publicised Twitter feud with Shetland Library.[7][8] J.K. Rowling paid a surprise trip to the library book group in 2016.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Orkney Library (1816). Institution, rules & catalogue of the Orkney Library : instituted 23d August 1815. Edinburgh: John Moir, Royal Bank Close.
  2. ↑ Libraries and information servicesin the United Kingdom and the Repub. London: Facet Publishing. 2015. ISBN 9781856048019. OCLC 903237675.
  3. ↑ "Social Media Case Study : Orkney Library on Twitter - NSDesign". NSDesign. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  4. ↑ "The Orkney Archive".
  5. ↑ British archives : a guide to archive resources in the United Kingdom. Foster, Janet, 1948-, Sheppard, Julia. (4th ed.). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave. 2002. p. 276. ISBN 9780333735367. OCLC 48588407.
  6. ↑ Ritchie, Anna (2012). "From Colonsay to Whithorn : the work of a 19th-century antiquary, William Galloway". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 142: 435–465.
  7. ↑ Molloy, Mark (2016-04-05). "Incredible Twitter feud between remote Scottish libraries reignites". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  8. ↑ "Richard Coles fans the flames of library Twitter war - The Shetland Times". The Shetland Times. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  9. ↑ Flood, Alison (2016-03-07). "JK Rowling checks out Orkney's award-winning library in person". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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