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Books and Archives since 1683. https://t.co/I4KucSbrGF
Orkney
Joined June 2009
And you can read a transcription of the document (and some more information) by visiting our Archive Blog at:.
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Today is the 7th anniversary of this short Twitter thread about an amazing old document we have in our Archives. It's now another 7 years older than it was when we wrote this back in 2018. And we're still keeping it safe because that's what Archives do. 👇.
In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing. A thread.
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🦭 Who says seals sit, sleep, and snore all day?. Meet the one who cools off and chats with seagulls, crabs, and lizards — all thanks to RayNeo X3 Pro’s real-time, multi-language dialogue translation. Talk to the world from your view, one conversation at a time, with RayNeo
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Our third Audio Waves title is:. THE RISING TIDE by @AnnCleeves . Available FREE on BorrowBox as an eAudiobook (and an eBook) with your Orkney Library card OR available wherever you get your eAudiobooks.
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There are no physical meetings to attend so anyone can join in, from anywhere in the world - everyone just listens to the same Audiobook, then sends us a rating and short review via email. You can find out more at:
orkneylibrary.org.uk
The Audio Waves Book Club at Orkney Library is a book club where the members listens to Audiobooks and eAudiobooks instead of reading printed books
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It's time to announce our next Audio Waves Book Club title! Audio Waves is our Book Club at Orkney Library where we listen and review Audiobooks instead of printed books. It's a way to offer a book club experience to readers who require audiobooks, though anyone can join in!
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Obviously we can't suggest that anyone bids for the beautiful Silver Darlings #BookBench and sends it back to us so we are absolutely NOT suggesting that. Even though it looked amazing out the front. And we have a Book Bench shaped space there now. We are NOT suggesting that.
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Thanks to @shelaghswanson for designing the bench, @PentlandFerries for sponsoring it and the folk at @BookBenchTrail for including us in the trail. ❤️. The auction takes place on 8th October. Find out more at:
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Our beautiful Silver Darlings inspired @BookBenchTrail Bookbench is AWAY! ☹️ . It's been lovely having it here all summer but now it's away to Aberdeen to join all the other benches at a special exhibition before they are all auctioned off to raise money for @ClanNow.
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Thanks to Species on the Edge for coming along last Saturday for a drop-in session about gardening for pollinators. 🐝.Great to see people finding out more about wildflowers while exploring our Interactive Flora Trail. AND we were left with some wonderful #LEGO bees! 🌱🌼🌸🦋🐝
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This was the misty morning view from the ferry as #BookyMcBookface sailed north to the beautiful #Orkney island of Stronsay this morning. It's like a Turner painting. Or the kind of scene a pirate ship would emerge from. 🏴☠️
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Along with the 5 wooden planters which each represent a different local habitat, there are tactile wall panels, a wooden finger maze and a set of musical chimes. Each planter also has a QR code which you can scan to hear the poems, or visit our website at.
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Today we'll be officially launching our new Interactive Orcadian Flora Trail, created to highlight the diverse native plant life found in #Orkney. The trail is also an opportunity to hear Orcadian dialect, with flower poems created and recorded by the Orkney Voices group.
We have an announcement. Orkney Library & Archive has been awarded £11,000 from the Public Library Improvement Fund (PLIF) to create an interactive, sensory trail of #Orkney flora that will be installed in front of the library in the spring and summer of 2025. 🌱🪴⚪️🌻🌿
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If we had 555 more followers on Instagram then we'd have 10,000 followers on Instagram. And if we had 1067 more followers on Bluesky then we'd have 20,000 followers on Bluesky. So if you know anyone that you think would like to follow us you should let them know. 😀.
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AI-generated text is everywhere: hard for orgs to assess human performance. Can we detect it while min false accusations? . Yes! With @alexolegimas we audit detectors, show incredible accuracy ~0 (!!) false pos & neg; and we offer a policy framework for evaluating trade-offs. 🧵
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Don't forget that we're also on Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky!. Follow us on them ALL for the MAXIMUM Orkney Library effect. It's a bit like in the 90s when all the Power Rangers joined together to form the Dino Megazord. ⚡️🦖. But with more books. (And balls) 📚
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We were delighted to meet @shelaghswanson today - the artist behind our amazing @BookBenchTrail Book Bench in support of @ClanNow. Inspired by the novel The Silver Darlings by Neil Gunn. Shelagh came to visit this morning with her parents and the very cute Charlie the dog! ❤️
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If your kids are struggling with going back to school then it's definitely not a new thing. This little girl was going to school in Evie, #Orkney in 1920 which is 105 years ago. She doesn't look terribly keen. #PhotographicArchives
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you like potato and we like tattie.you like turnip and we like neeps.potato, tattie, turnip, neeps.let's close at 5 o'clock.
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although we may partake in some potato products at some point today.
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Today is #NationalPotatoDay in the U.S. so here's an Archive photograph which shows a man and a horse gathering tatties in #Orkney in 1933. 🥔. In other news, we will be CLOSING at 5pm tonight, instead of 6pm. (we promise the early closure is NOT #NationalPotatoDay related)
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