December's TACIT

TACIT December 2012 has a report from the ELISA Training and Development Group as well as a listing of events.

Events for December

Gifted: The Edinburgh Book Sculptures on Tour 2012
Sat 24th November to Sat 8th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Book Week Scotland: Cut It Up
Sat 1st December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Illicit Ink: 20, 000 Words Under the Sea
Sun 2nd December
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Blackwell's Book Quiz
Mon 3rd December
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Fauna Scotica: The animals and people of Scotland
Tue 4th December
http://www.nls.uk/events

New Edinburgh Writers
Wed 5th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/

Alastair Cook’s Filmpoem Project and Absent Voices
Thu 6th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society
Thu 6th December
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Poetry and Coffee
Thu 6th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Reflections & Celebrations - Benefit for Women’s Aid
Thu 6th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Midwinter Tales and Traditions
Sat 8th December
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

The Really, Really Boring Poetry Event
Tue 11th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Callum Macdonald Poetry Pamphlet Fair
Wed 12th December
http://www.nls.uk/events

New Edinburgh Writers
Wed 12th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Nothing But the Poem Redux: Kay Ryan
Thu 13th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Christmas Book Quiz
Thu 13th December
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Mariscat launches 'Beyond the Map'
Fri 14th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Nothing But the Poem Redux: Kay Ryan
Sat 15th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Festive Filmpoems with Alastair Cook
Sat 15th December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

The poetry of Joseph MacLeod
Tue 18th December
http://www.nls.uk/events

Rally & Broad
Fri 21st December
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Guid Crack: Hogmanay Special
Fri 28th December
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

ELISA visit to Freemasons Hall

ELISA T&D group have arranged a visit to the library and museum at the Freemasons Hall, 96 George Street on Wednesday 24th October at 3pm. The museum houses some unique Scottish artefacts as well as many books and historical records. Details are here. Please contact Valerie Walker valerie.walker@ea.edin.sch.uk to book a place.

October's TACIT

TACIT October 2012 has details of SALSER, the serials catalogue for Scottish academic and research libraries, as well as an article on the mysterious Edinburgh book sculptures.

September's TACIT

September’s issue of TACIT includes an article on the business services offered by Edinburgh City Libraries as well as an events listing. Deadlines for next issue : large items - Fri 21st, small items and notices Fri 28th

July's TACIT

This month's TACIT features a report from the Business Committee as well as an events listing.

This month's TACIT can be found here and includes reports on the ELISA Open Forum as well as news and an events listing.

Events for June

Scottish Social Dance through the Ages
Fri 8th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Living Voices - Celebrating Age and Experience
Sat 9th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Leith Festival
Sat 9th June
http://http//www.leithfestival.com/

Talk: 'Scottish medicine: An illustrated history'
Mon 11th June       18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Hazel McHaffie - Saving Sebastian
Tues 12th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

The School of Poets
Tues 12th June
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/

Read all about it!
Wed 13th June
http://www.nls.uk/events/readers-workshops

Cafe Voices: Thorns and Roses
Wed 13th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Discovering family history at NLS
Thur 14th June
http://www.nls.uk/events/readers-workshops

ELISA visit to Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library and Archive
Thur 14th June            15.30
gilly.dennis@edinburgh.gov.uk

Father's Day Network
Sat 16th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Scotsman Literary Dinner with AS Byatt
Wed 20th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Wed 20th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Maps for family and local history
Wed 20th June
http://www.nls.uk/events/readers-workshops

Ordinary Days
Thur 21st June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

ELISA visit to Scottish National Portrait Gallery Library and Archive
Thur 21st June          15.30
gilly.dennis@edinburgh.gov.uk

A Bardic Journey: Skye Storytelling Fest
Thur 21st June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

The Warrior Poets: A Multinational Perspective on World War Two
Thurs 28th June
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/2012-06

The determination of public value of heritage
Thur 28th June
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/rcahms-lunchtime-lectures.html

Edinburgh in Song and Story
Sat 30th June
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Blackwell's Book Quiz
Mon 2nd July
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Events for May

Scotlands Sacred Landscapes
Sat 5th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Blackwell's Book Quiz
Mon 7th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

School of Poets
Tue 8th May      18.00 - 20.30
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/2012-05

Cafe Voices: Hope in Spring
Wed 9th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Recreating Magnificence: the research background to the Stirling Castle Palace Project
Thur 10th May
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/rcahms-lunchtime-lectures.html

Talk and film screening: 'Foula — The time of my life'
Thur 10th May       18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/

The Business of Writing
Fri 11th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Seminar: Mapping and Printing the World
Sat 12th May
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Adult Learners' Week — science fiction display tour
Tues 15th May         14.00-14.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Adult Learners' Week workshop and tour
Wed 16th May        10.30-11.45
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Noc Literatury / Literature Night 2012
Wed 16th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Nothing But The Poem: Kathleen Jamie
Thur 17th May
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/

ELISA Open Forum
Thur 17th May
http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/elisaopenforum/

Nothing But The Poem: Kathleen Jamie
Sat 19th May
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/

Hello Poetry
Sat 19th May
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/

Intro to Screenwriting EXPRESS!
Mon 21st May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Rosslyn Chapel
Tues 22nd May
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/rcahms-lunchtime-lectures.html

ELISA Staff Development Group visit to the National Museums Scotland Library
Thurs 24th May      14.45
(fully booked)

CILIPS East - Meet the President
Thurs 24th May      18.00
a.leslie@nls.uk

Skriva Writing School - Poetry: Different Forms
Thur 24th May
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/

Living with Ballads
Fri 25th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Guid Crack
Fri 25th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Stories and Cures
Sat 26th May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

CILIPS East - Meet the President

will be held on Thurs 24th May at 18.00

Contact a.leslie@nls.uk for details

Events for April

April Verse Day
Sun 1st April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Blackwell's Book Quiz
Mon 2nd April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Words, Words, Words, is moving into Traverse Two to open its wings…
Mon 2nd April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Beyond Macbeth: Shakespeare in Scottish

Collections
daily until 29th April
http://www.nls.uk/events/

A Room with Our View
daily until 27th April
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/room-our-view

It's life Jimmy, but not as we know it!
28th March until 30th June
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Writers Bloc Brave New Words
Wed 4th April 20.00
http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/categories/talk/brave-new-words

Iain Banks
Thur 5th April 18.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Walking with Scientists
Thur 5th April 12.45
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Shearwater: Seabirds, Stories and Songs
Fri 6th April 14.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

Walking with Scientists
Fri 6th April 12.45
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx

School of Poets
Tues 10th April
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events

Discovering family history
Wed 11th April 14.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Science, Love and Betrayal
Wed 11th April 17.00 - 19.30
http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on

Walking with Scientists
Thurs 12th April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Human 2.0
Fri 13th April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Find out
Jane Hirshfield
Fri 13th April 18.00 - 19.30
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/2012-04

Dear Grieve: letters to Hugh MacDiarmid
Tue 17th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/

Architecture and Dance
Wed 18th April
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/rcahms-lunchtime-lectures.html

Edinburgh Reads: Alex Gray
Thurs 19th April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Read all about it!
Fri 20th April 14.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/

World Book Night
Mon 23rd April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

Here Be Dragons: Edwin Morgan, Beowulf and the

Dragon
Wed 25th April 18.30 - 20.00http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/2012-04

Nothing But the Poem
Thurs 25th April 18.00 - 19.30
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/2012-04

Alan Warner
Thurs 25th April
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23

March TACIT

can be found here