Scottish Beekeepers Association

The Moir Library contact details

Fountainbridge Library, Dundee Street, Edinburgh EH11 1BG.

Tel 0131-529-5616.

Current opening hours are as follows:

Monday and Wednesday 1p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Library Officer

library@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk

Boxes of selected books

Boxes of selected books from the library are available for Affiliated Beekeeping Associations to borrow.

Please contact the Library Officer

Lists of the contents of each box are available to download

The duties of managing the Moir Library

The duties of managing the Moir Library and its collections are varied and demanding:

Purchase, preparation cataloguing and classification of new and existing stock of books and periodicals
Correspondence, enquiries and telephone calls
Purchase of new books
Reading and requesting reviews
Postal loans service
Bindings and repairs
Displays to promote the library
Chairing meetings of the sub-committee
Attending SBA board meetings

Borrowing Items From the Library

During the pandemic it is not possible to visit the Moir Library, but requests to borrow books and other information related to the library should be sent to library@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk
Read the rules printed on the red issue label in each book
Take great care of the books while they are in your possession and return them punctually and carefully packed.
Give alternative authors and titles where possible.
Address all correspondence and return books to the Hon. Librarian, Moir Library, Fountainbridge Library, Dundee Street, Edinburgh EH11 1BG.
Books published before 1900 and certain scarce books can only be borrowed by special permission of the Convener of the Library Committee.

Can I donate books to The Moir Library ?

The library welcomes gifts of books and pamphlets, particularly rare or hard to obtain publications, but subject to prior consultation and agreement with the Library Convener.
Further information may be obtained from the Library Officer : library@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk

The Moir Library Catalogues

Catalogues of the Moir Library are available for download below
or by post from the Library or Convener at a cost of £5 each.

Further information may be obtained from the Library Officer: library@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk