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The Advocates Library, Edinburgh
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2022
Abstract
In this article Sara Berry provides an account of some of the history relating to the Advocates Library in Edinburgh. She explains how the Advocates Library played a key role in the Scottish Enlightenment and acted as Scotland's national library up to the foundation of the National Library of Scotland in 1925. The article also looks at the library's integral role in supporting Faculty Members and the Scottish justice system through history to modern day. The last section looks at some of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Members, library staff and working practices.
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- Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians
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