Editing National Library of Scotland (section)

== Buildings ==
The Library's main public building is in [[Edinburgh]] city centre on [[George IV Bridge]], between the [[Edinburgh#Old Town|Old Town]] and the [[University of Edinburgh|university]] quarter. This building is Category A [[listed building|listed]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB27684|desc=National Library of Scotland, 57 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> Exhibitions are frequently held here, with past examples including 'Northern Lights: The [[Scottish Enlightenment]]' (21 June 2019 – 18 April 2020), a display which explored Scotland's contribution to the progress of Enlightenment,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Enlightenment exhibition - National Library of Scotland|url=https://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/scottish-enlightenment|access-date=2020-09-04|website=nls.uk|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005135805/https://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/scottish-enlightenment|url-status=live}}</ref> and 'The International Style of [[Muriel Spark]]' (8 December 2017 – 13 May 2018), a celebration of her life and literary achievements.

As the library is a not a lending library, this building is one of several venues where the public are able to visit and consult primary materials in the reading rooms. There are two reading rooms in the George IV building, and a third Multimedia Room for consulting non-written materials:

* '''General Reading Room''' – a space for people to conduct research using materials like journals, newspapers and newer, post-1850 books.
* '''Special Collections Reading Room''' – a room where the public are able to access old and rare materials, such as rare books and manuscripts.
* '''Multimedia Room''' – a space to consult non-written materials, such as microforms and photographs.

There is also a more modern building, constructed in the 1980s, in a residential area on the south side of the town centre, on Causewayside. This was built to accommodate some of the specialist collections, such as maps and science collections, and to provide extra large-scale storage. There is one reading room located here also; the '''Maps Reading Room,''' purposed for visitors to consult maps, atlases, gazetteers, and cartographic reference books.

The newest addition to the Library is the 2016 Kelvin Hall public centre in [[Glasgow]], purposed to provide access to the library's digital and moving collections, namely the [[Moving Image Archive]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nls.uk/using-the-library/kelvin-hall|title=Kelvin Hall|website=National Library of Scotland|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205159/https://www.nls.uk/using-the-library/kelvin-hall|url-status=live}}</ref> Like at the library's main building, exhibits are held here too, though on a smaller scale.