Heritage leaders in the capital are joining forces with the city council's librarians to run an initiative aimed at helping anyone who has ever been tempted to look into the history of their house. Full Article at The Scotsman

In a bookcase lie rows of first editions, many written by her husband's great, great grandfather Robert Chambers. On a rack by the door sit copies of every Chambers dictionary imaginable. Full Article at The Scotsman

'AND this," says Marianne Smith, breezy as any tour guide, "is a gangrenous foot". Smith, dressed in a neat black suit, her hair neatly bobbed, is the librarian of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Full Article at The Scotsman