The National Library of Scotland
Boyle was appointed Chairman of the National Library of Scotland on October 25, 2012. The NLS is one of the world’s leading research libraries and one of Scotland’s premier cultural institutions. The Edinburgh-based library’s collections hold about 15 million printed items, 100,000 manuscripts, two million maps and 25,000 news-paper and magazine titles. The collection includes copies of the Gutenberg Bible, the letter which Charles Darwin submitted with the manuscript of Origin of Species and the First Folio of Shakespeare. The NLS serves as the legal deposit library of Scotland, with the right under the Copyright Act of 1710 to a copy of every book published in the U.K.
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