Editing Orkney (section)

===Media===
Orkney is served by a weekly local newspaper, ''[[The Orcadian]]'', published on Thursdays. It is first published in 1854 and part of the Orkney Media Group, formed out of a partnership with a competing newspaper, ''Orkney Today'', in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=25 June 2007<!--Older HTFP archives usually default to 25/6/2007-->|title=Weekly titles in company merger |work=HoldTheFrontPage |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2007/news/weekly-titles-in-company-merger/ |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>

A local BBC radio station, [[BBC Radio Orkney]], the local opt-out of [[BBC Radio Scotland]], broadcasts twice daily, with local news and entertainment.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/news/orkney/index.shtml "Radio Orkney"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201074605/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/news/orkney/index.shtml |date=1 February 2009 }}. BBC. Retrieved 19 September 2009.</ref> Orkney also had a [[commercial radio]] station, [[The Superstation Orkney]], which broadcast to Kirkwall and parts of the mainland and also to most of [[Caithness]]<ref>[http://www.thesuperstation.co.uk/ "Superstation Orkney"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519170245/http://www.thesuperstation.co.uk/ |date=19 May 2011 }} thesuperstation.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2009</ref> until its closure in November 2014.<ref>[http://radiotoday.co.uk/2014/11/superstation-orkney-stops-broadcasting/ Superstation Orkney ends community radio broadcasting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120231927/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2014/11/superstation-orkney-stops-broadcasting/ |date=20 January 2015 }}, RadioToday, 16 November 2014</ref> [[Moray Firth Radio|MFR]] broadcasts throughout Orkney on an FM transmitter just outside Thurso. The [[community radio]] station Caithness FM also broadcasts to Orkney.<ref>[http://www.caithnessfm.co.uk/ "Welcome to the Caithness F.M. website"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216062844/http://caithnessfm.co.uk/ |date=16 February 2009 }} Caithness FM. Retrieved 19 September 2009.</ref>

Orkney is home to the [[Orkney Library and Archive]], based in Kirkwall. The library service provides access to over 145,000 items.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/index.htm|title=Orkney Library & Archive|website=www.orkneylibrary.org.uk|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143255/http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> They have a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles available for loan as well as audiobooks, maps, eBooks, music CDs, and DVDs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/kirklibrary.htm|title=About our libraries|website=www.orkneylibrary.org.uk|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143357/http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/kirklibrary.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Orkney Library and Archive operates a Mobile Library Service that serves the rural parishes and islands of Orkney. The Mobile Library carries a wide range of books and audiobooks suitable for all ages and is completely free to use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/mobile.htm|title=Mobile Library|website=www.orkneylibrary.org.uk|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143226/http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/mobile.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>