Magazine of the Month - Living Orkney

In our local studies section known as The Orkney Room, we keep a number of periodicals.

The Orkney Room

The magazine and journal section is shown on the picture above on the left hand side under the clock. It is ordered by subject using an adapted version of the Dewey Decimal Classification System.

Comfy chairs

One of the magazines available to see is Living Orkney, "the magazine about Orkney life" and Magazine of the Year 2016. We have the complete set from Dec 2005 up to the most recent issue, currently January 2017. It is bound in batches of 6 and filed under number 050 Y.

Examples of Living Orkney

And now, thanks to our wonderful Archive Volunteers, we have an index to every featured article in every copy of Living Orkney. So if you are looking for an article that you know was published in this magazine, we should be able to find it for you, and make a copy. For example by searching for "archive" I was able to find this article below from Issue 12, November 2006, p33-35 with some familiar faces...ahem...sorry...

Fame at last

Pity the poor photographer who today had to prise reluctant Orkney Library and Archive staff from behind stacks and desks and artfully arrange us around a leather sofa for a group photo.

We resembled a group of gurny teenagers as, ever so slowly and reluctantly, we shuffled our way towards the man with the camera and took up our positions.

The purpose of said photo is an upcoming article for Living Orkney which will finally reveal what truly goes on in this place. Prepare to be amazed.