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Spring 2013
Popular the world over, Burns’ Night will soon be upon us. January 25th marks the annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns. And you can find plenty of material on Scran to help your own celebrations go with a bang. If poetry’s your thing, explore Scottish poetry and Scottish poets http://www.scran.ac.uk/hierarchy/c4e/5/4287/Poetry Indulge in the culinary delights of Burns’ Supper http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/results.php?QUICKS EARCH=1&search_term=haggis and afterwards work off the excesses with a spot of Scottish Country Dancing http://www.scran.ac.uk/hierarchy/c4e/4/485/Scottish CountryDancing Or, if you just want to get to know a bit more about the man himself and where he came from, a simple search for Robert + Burns brings up Pathfinder Packs galore.
Robert Burns by Alexander Reid © Scottish National Portrait Gallery; Poem by Robert Burns © Burns Monument Trust
Burns Night
Get Stuffed! Did you know you can save Scran records as you find them and organise and manipulate them with a Stuff Account? Find out more in our online tutorial!
South Lanarkshire War Memorials Scran Out and About
As the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War approaches in 2014, Scran’s war memorial collections will become even more relevant. Material, contributed by the Friends of Low Parks Museum, offers Scran users access to images of memorials and war graves across South Lanarkshire - from Cambuslang to Uddingston. The collection also includes a number of memorials from neighbouring regions, such as Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway. And watch out for new war memorial records from North Lanarkshire coming soon. Westburn Cemetery, Cambuslang © Alan Johnstone / Friends of Low Park Museums
As ever, it’s been a busy term for the Scran outreach team. We made our annual appearance at the Scottish Learning Festival in September, a great opportunity to meet some of our users face to face.
For more stargazing images on Scran http://www.scran.ac.uk/s/space
Patrick Moore © The Scotsman Publications Ltd
Patrick Moore, Astronomer and Broadcaster (1923-2012)
We’ve also been delivering our comprehensive range of training programmes to teachers, librarians and students across schools, colleges and universities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. Scran was also at the Dumfries and Galloway English Learning Conference, the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers Conference in Glasgow and at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in Perth. In the adult learning sector, Scran has been out and about offering taster sessions across a number of Edinburgh libraries, talking to historical and family history societies in Fife and exhibiting at East Lothian’s Heritage Festival. If you are interested in organising a Scran CPD session or other learning event then please get in touch. Our contact details are at the end of this newsletter.
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New contributions Superb New Material on Scran to Kickstart 2013 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Artworks Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE (1912-2004) was born and educated in Scotland, but moved to Cornwall where she became a member of the St. Ives Society of Artists. Digital copies of both her representational and abstract works have been contributed to Scran by the Barns-Graham Charitable Trust. The Trust has recently renovated Balmungo House in Fife, a Victorian property formerly owned by the artist, to provide a hub to celebrate her work. http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=0 05-000-005-353-C Baltersan Castle and Crossraguel Abbey Baltersan Castle in South Ayrshire is a ruined, Category A-Listed, 16th-century tower-house. At the centre of one of the most important ancient pilgrimage routes in Scotland - Glasgow Cathedral to Whithorn via Paisley Abbey - Baltersan is also closely linked with the nearby mediaeval Crossraguel Abbey. Stunning images of both these ancient sites have been kindly contributed by Scran user Charmaine Gittens of Phototech Imaging. http://scran.ac.uk/s/baltersan+ayrshire http://scran.ac.uk/s/crossraguel+ayrshire
Images from top: Five Blues, 2000 and St Ives, 1943, both by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham © Barns-Graham Charitable Trust; Crossraguel Abbey, Ayrshire © Phototech Imaging. Bottom left: Baltersan Castle, Ayrshire © Phototech Imaging
Coming Soon...
Line Drawings of Scotland
Do you know what a gansey is?
Gylen Castle © Iain Watt
This wonderful set of drawings has been licensed to Scran by architect and illustrator Iain Watt. Originally created as a series of Christmas cards over the course of nearly 30 years, they depict Iain's travels around Scotland, often in his boat, and feature landmarks including Castle Stalker, Colonsay and Iona.
Ganseys are patterned woollen fishing jumpers from Northern Scotland. Each gansey tells its own story, with different patterns, wool types and symbolism making every one unique.
My Favourite Record
Scran is delighted to announce that we will soon be hosting the digital resources of the National Gansey Archive, collected and curated by the Moray Firth Partnership.
We asked Dalry Homework Club in North Ayrshire to
Watch this space.
share their favourite Scran record with us. They’ve been using images from the site recently to make calendars.
One of the girls at the club said, “The leopard looks so calm and full, it must have just eaten something else”. See the Dalry Homework Club’s choice pic at http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000001-009-048-C
Close-up of Leopard’s Head, Botswana © Cairns Aitkens
Detail of Traditional Fisherman’s Jersey © Argyll & Bute Council Museums Service; Fisherrow Fisherman in Gansey Sweater © East Lothian Library Service
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