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📗Curious about the publishing industry's sustainability position? The publicly-stated climate commitments of nine of the UK's top publishers are now available from the #GreenLibraries resources library. Check them out: www.cilip.org.uk/page/GreenLi...
April 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📗Curious about the publishing industry's sustainability position? The publicly-stated climate commitments of nine of the UK's top publishers are now available from the #GreenLibraries resources library. Check them out: www.cilip.org.uk/page/GreenLi...
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Happy #TolkienReadingDay to all who celebrate! Please enjoy this map of Middle Earth, annotated by the man himself and including several locations not mentioned in the books:
![Pictured is an annotated version of a fold-out map which was included in early editions of the Lord of The Rings. The map shows readers Tolkien’s fantasy world ‘Middle-earth’.
The annotations are by Tolkien himself, and were for the benefit of Pauline Baynes, an artist who was creating an illustrated poster map of Middle-earth.
Baynes ripped the map out of her own 1954 copy of Lord of the Rings and took it to Tolkien, who covered it with notes, including many extra place names that do not appear in the book. Since most were in his own invented Elvish language he helpfully translated some: ‘Eryn Vorn [= Black Forest] a forest region of dark [pine?] trees.’
The annotations give an insight into how vividly Tolkien pictured Middle-earth in his mind, and how thorough his research was. They include a series of geographical pointers about the latitude of key locations: ‘Hobbiton is assumed to be approx. at latitude of Oxford,’. ‘Minas Tirith is about latitude of Ravenna (but is 900 miles east of Hobbiton more near Belgrade). Bottom of the map (1,400 miles) is about latitude of Jerusalem.’
Pictured: MS. Tolkien Drawings 132. copyright Tolkien Estate / Williams College Oxford Programme 2018](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:blxilps4iwbxicionf2rztej/bafkreihyhpyp5dimgthg2hvn4esb7fiyz4q425ceduhvhqpvyr45iz7bry@jpeg)
March 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #TolkienReadingDay to all who celebrate! Please enjoy this map of Middle Earth, annotated by the man himself and including several locations not mentioned in the books:
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Seabirds and shorebirds along the East coast are in trouble.🚨
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
March 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Seabirds and shorebirds along the East coast are in trouble.🚨
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
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Want to learn more about our maps and how to access them? We're hosting a workshop on using the maps website this Wednesday!
📆 2-3pm, 26 March
📌 Online
Book now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/nav...
📆 2-3pm, 26 March
📌 Online
Book now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/nav...
March 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Want to learn more about our maps and how to access them? We're hosting a workshop on using the maps website this Wednesday!
📆 2-3pm, 26 March
📌 Online
Book now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/nav...
📆 2-3pm, 26 March
📌 Online
Book now > www.nls.uk/whats-on/nav...
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This #MapMonday, have a look at this pin-cushion map we recently acquired.
The cushion, dating from around 1810, has a map of Scotland on one side, and England and Wales on the reverse. It's around 5cm in diameter 🗺️
The cushion, dating from around 1810, has a map of Scotland on one side, and England and Wales on the reverse. It's around 5cm in diameter 🗺️
March 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This #MapMonday, have a look at this pin-cushion map we recently acquired.
The cushion, dating from around 1810, has a map of Scotland on one side, and England and Wales on the reverse. It's around 5cm in diameter 🗺️
The cushion, dating from around 1810, has a map of Scotland on one side, and England and Wales on the reverse. It's around 5cm in diameter 🗺️
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Happy Spring Equinox! 🌼
Below, from the School Atlas of Astronomy, published 1856: "Now, on March 20th... Spring is said to commence. The Sun is in the equator, day is equal in length to night, and hence the position is called the spring or vernal equinox."
#SpringEquinox #Spring #Astronomy #Art
Below, from the School Atlas of Astronomy, published 1856: "Now, on March 20th... Spring is said to commence. The Sun is in the equator, day is equal in length to night, and hence the position is called the spring or vernal equinox."
#SpringEquinox #Spring #Astronomy #Art
March 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Happy Spring Equinox! 🌼
Below, from the School Atlas of Astronomy, published 1856: "Now, on March 20th... Spring is said to commence. The Sun is in the equator, day is equal in length to night, and hence the position is called the spring or vernal equinox."
#SpringEquinox #Spring #Astronomy #Art
Below, from the School Atlas of Astronomy, published 1856: "Now, on March 20th... Spring is said to commence. The Sun is in the equator, day is equal in length to night, and hence the position is called the spring or vernal equinox."
#SpringEquinox #Spring #Astronomy #Art
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On this day 1807 British ships came under attack from Turkish forts along the Dardanelles. This manuscript map has both an illustration of the action with a map of the area, a nice combination creating a dramatic work. More here blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2024/02... @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On this day 1807 British ships came under attack from Turkish forts along the Dardanelles. This manuscript map has both an illustration of the action with a map of the area, a nice combination creating a dramatic work. More here blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2024/02... @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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🌊✨ It's #MapMonsterMonday, and today we're diving into the depths of Loch Morar – the deepest loch in the UK!
Did you know it's home to its very own resident monster, Mòrag? 🐉 Sighted over 30 times, she's a legend in her own right.
Did you know it's home to its very own resident monster, Mòrag? 🐉 Sighted over 30 times, she's a legend in her own right.
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌊✨ It's #MapMonsterMonday, and today we're diving into the depths of Loch Morar – the deepest loch in the UK!
Did you know it's home to its very own resident monster, Mòrag? 🐉 Sighted over 30 times, she's a legend in her own right.
Did you know it's home to its very own resident monster, Mòrag? 🐉 Sighted over 30 times, she's a legend in her own right.
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One for the map lovers
Happy Valentine's Day. Two pairs of lovers from the amazing atlas of cities, 1572-1617 by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Barcelona on the left and, home of Romeo and Juliet, Verona on the right. blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2016/09... @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
One for the map lovers
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Roses are red,
violets are blue.
We love our libraries,
and they all love you!
💌💕♥️
Happy #LoveLibraries launch day to all who celebrate!
The pictured display here is from Kirkcaldy Library 👇
violets are blue.
We love our libraries,
and they all love you!
💌💕♥️
Happy #LoveLibraries launch day to all who celebrate!
The pictured display here is from Kirkcaldy Library 👇
February 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Roses are red,
violets are blue.
We love our libraries,
and they all love you!
💌💕♥️
Happy #LoveLibraries launch day to all who celebrate!
The pictured display here is from Kirkcaldy Library 👇
violets are blue.
We love our libraries,
and they all love you!
💌💕♥️
Happy #LoveLibraries launch day to all who celebrate!
The pictured display here is from Kirkcaldy Library 👇
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This beautiful map of Aberdeen was created by James Gordon in 1664 🗺️
The Town Council were so impressed they awarded him 'a silver piece or cup of twenty ounces of sliver, ane silk hat for his own use, and ane silk gown for his bedfellow'.
🏆🎩👗
The Town Council were so impressed they awarded him 'a silver piece or cup of twenty ounces of sliver, ane silk hat for his own use, and ane silk gown for his bedfellow'.
🏆🎩👗
February 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This beautiful map of Aberdeen was created by James Gordon in 1664 🗺️
The Town Council were so impressed they awarded him 'a silver piece or cup of twenty ounces of sliver, ane silk hat for his own use, and ane silk gown for his bedfellow'.
🏆🎩👗
The Town Council were so impressed they awarded him 'a silver piece or cup of twenty ounces of sliver, ane silk hat for his own use, and ane silk gown for his bedfellow'.
🏆🎩👗
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Its #MapMonsterMonday - which is your favourite monster from this 1592 map of Iceland? 👹🧌🐉
Explore the full digitised map on our website > maps.nls.uk/view/125366029
#MapMonday
Explore the full digitised map on our website > maps.nls.uk/view/125366029
#MapMonday
February 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Its #MapMonsterMonday - which is your favourite monster from this 1592 map of Iceland? 👹🧌🐉
Explore the full digitised map on our website > maps.nls.uk/view/125366029
#MapMonday
Explore the full digitised map on our website > maps.nls.uk/view/125366029
#MapMonday
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We've added new maps, including the pictured 1974 Ordnance Survey map of Loch Sionascaig & Suilven, to our website 🗺️
In these OS maps, footpaths and bridleways were shown with green dashed lines, woodland shown as a green stipple, and buildings shown with a black stipple 💚🖤
In these OS maps, footpaths and bridleways were shown with green dashed lines, woodland shown as a green stipple, and buildings shown with a black stipple 💚🖤
January 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We've added new maps, including the pictured 1974 Ordnance Survey map of Loch Sionascaig & Suilven, to our website 🗺️
In these OS maps, footpaths and bridleways were shown with green dashed lines, woodland shown as a green stipple, and buildings shown with a black stipple 💚🖤
In these OS maps, footpaths and bridleways were shown with green dashed lines, woodland shown as a green stipple, and buildings shown with a black stipple 💚🖤
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Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
January 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
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🎉 The National Library of Scotland is turning 100 in 2025, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🥳
We’re so excited to have Val McDermid and Damian Barr with us to champion libraries with us throughout our centenary year!
#NLS100
We’re so excited to have Val McDermid and Damian Barr with us to champion libraries with us throughout our centenary year!
#NLS100
January 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎉 The National Library of Scotland is turning 100 in 2025, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🥳
We’re so excited to have Val McDermid and Damian Barr with us to champion libraries with us throughout our centenary year!
#NLS100
We’re so excited to have Val McDermid and Damian Barr with us to champion libraries with us throughout our centenary year!
#NLS100
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“Good fences make good neighbours” - Robert Frost. Read @stuartackland.bsky.social's latest blog for the Bodleian Map Room here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/01.... Poetry AND historic maps in one blog, what more could you want on a wet and windy January day??
January 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“Good fences make good neighbours” - Robert Frost. Read @stuartackland.bsky.social's latest blog for the Bodleian Map Room here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/01.... Poetry AND historic maps in one blog, what more could you want on a wet and windy January day??
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The surge in ocean temperatures to record-breaking levels in 2023 and 2024 is a sign the pace of climate change has accelerated, researchers say. www.newscientist.com/article/2465...
Surge in ocean heat is a sign climate change is accelerating
The rate of warming in the oceans has more than quadrupled since 1985, suggesting global warming in general has undergone a marked acceleration
www.newscientist.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The surge in ocean temperatures to record-breaking levels in 2023 and 2024 is a sign the pace of climate change has accelerated, researchers say. www.newscientist.com/article/2465...
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Happy Wednesday everyone! #CalvinandHobbes
January 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy Wednesday everyone! #CalvinandHobbes