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British Library. We are the national library of the UK. Our shelves hold over 170 million items - a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we collect everything published today, tomorrow and decades into the future. We have millions of books, but also newspapers, maps, sound recordings, patents ...
Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music. 26 April–26 August 2024. Journey through an ever-evolving and ever-expanding history of Black music in the UK with our latest major exhibition, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. On Thursday 1 August Beyond the Bassline will close at 14.00 (last ticketed entry also at 14.00).
Using the Library. We're a bit different to your local library. You can't take books out, but you can use our Reading Rooms in London and Yorkshire for personal study and to access our collection. All you need is a free Reader Pass. Our users include academic researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students and members of the public.
The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. Prior to this, the national library was part of the British Museum, which provided the bulk of the holdings of the new library, alongside smaller organisations which were folded in (such as the National Central Library, the National Lending Library for Science and Technology and the British National ...
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries. Its collections include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages ...
Jul 3, 2024 · British Library, national library of Great Britain, formed by the British Library Act (1972) and organized by July 1, 1973. It holds more than 170 million items, including 13 million printed and electronic books as well as hundreds of thousands of periodicals, microfilms, and rare manuscripts.
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries. Its collections include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages ...
By Rachel Brett, Science Reference Team Leader, The British Library The British Library is one of six UK legal deposit libraries. We are a dual site based in London and Boston Spa, Yorkshire. At St. Pancras in London we have eleven different subject focused reading rooms comprising of: Humanities 1...
Introduction to the Treasures of the British Library. Weekly: Monday – Friday, 11:00. Saturdays, 11:00 and 14:00. Sundays, 11:30. The second largest atlas in the world, the historic library of King George III, Wilfred Owen’s manuscripts. See and learn about these items and much more on a guided tour of some of the treasures in our collection.
May 1, 2024 · Images Online is the picture library of the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom. We host some of the nation’s best historical collections, in many different languages from across the world, including the private collection of King George III which is housed in the King’s Library. Our images are used worldwide, in ...
