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Libraries within the library : the origins of the British Library's printed collections / edited by Giles Mandelbrote and Barry Taylor

Preface / Sir Colin Lucas -- Notes on contributors -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : from texts to collections / David Pearson -- The foundation collections. Henry VIII's library and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The British Library’s Dirtiest Books Have Been Digitized

For more than 100 years, the British Library kept thousands of its dirtiest books locked away from the rest of its collections. All volumes deemed to be in need of extra safeguarding so that members ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Israel-British project makes Hebrew texts available online

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest surviving Hebrew manuscripts, a bible dating back more than 1,000 years, will soon be available online in a joint project with The British Library in London, the ...
Computerworld

Microsoft moves to digitize books from the British Library

The scanning race has started: Microsoft Corp. announced an agreement today to scan 25 million pages from the British Library’s collection that will eventually be made available on its MSN Book Search ...
PR Newswire

British Library and Yuewen Commence Three-Year Collaboration

The three-year collaboration includes a programme for Yuewen writers to see some of the iconic items in the British Library's collection, attend creative workshops, and engage in co-creation digital ...