Scottish Poetry Library

The SPL houses a borrowing and reference collection of books, pamphlets and audio material.

[1] Khan is supported by a team of librarians and specialist staff with expertise in collections management, special projects, learning, events and communications.

The SPL has status as a Creative Scotland Regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) with a remit to support audience development, literacy through reader development and creative writing classes with diverse groups, schools and public libraries, and to promote opportunities for writers and performers for showcasing their talents at home and abroad.

Since 1999, the library has been based at 5 Crichton's Close, just off the Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town.

[3] It has been described as "a poem in glass and stone",[4] and was included in Prospect magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best modern Scottish buildings.