Member: ScotRussia

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About meThe Scotland-Russia Institute library has been set up with donations of books from members of the Scotland Russia Forum and others, and is housed in the Russian Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA.

Access to the library is open to all. Full members of the Scotland-Russia Forum can borrow books for free. Non-members can register as borrowers upon payment of a £10 annual fee.
Opening hours:11am-4pm Tuesday-Friday, 1.30-4pm most Saturdays (phone 0131 668 3635 in advance to check!) email info@scotlandrussiaforum.org
www.scotlandrussiaforum.org

About my libraryThe Library has over 1300 books for loan, as well as DVDs, CDs, language learning materials and reference books. The biggest section is devoted to Russian literature, and includes poetry, short stories, novels and plays, mainly in the original Russian although there are some English translations too, works by English and Scots authors (for example Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Ian Banks) translated into Russian. Other sections cover history and politics, biography, travel and geography (including guide books), art and architecture. There is also a collection of Russian children’s picture books as well as books in Russian suitable for older children of Russians being brought up in Scotland whose parents want them to retain their cultural links. We receive a small number of journals regularly: RBCC Bulletin, Русская Мысль, Russian Life, East-West Review, Англия, Rusistika, Languages Today (published by ALL), Коммерсант

In May 2011 the library benefitted from the generous donation of a large collection of books whic had belonged to the late Kupava Birkett. This has enhanced our holdings, especially in early nineteenth century and mid-twentieth century literature, and of biographies of literary figures. As a result of this donation we now have a collection of dictionaries available for consultation on a wide range of subjects. Sorting and cataloguing such a large number of books has taken some time, but is now going on steadily.

Most of the collection is available for loan, but dictionaries, journals and some other works are only available for reference in the Institute. Reference access is free.

Enquiries email: library@scotlandrussiaforum.org

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Real nameScotland Russia Institute Library (Edinburgh)

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Member sinceFeb 25, 2010