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The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. [13] 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, [14] the National Lending Library for Science and Technology and the British ...
Entrance gate to the British Library on Euston Road, St Pancras, London, looking towards the Newton statue. In October 2023, Rhysida, a hacker group, attacked the online information systems of the British Library. They demanded a ransom of 20 bitcoin, at the time around £596,000, to restore services and return the stolen data. When the British ...
The British Institute of Recorded Sound became part of the British Library, which had been split off from the British Museum, in April 1983. [3] It was later renamed the British Library Sound Archive. The metal masters originally collected by the British Museum were transferred to the Archive in 1992. [6]
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, located in London. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The British Library Philatelic Collections is the national philatelic collection of the United Kingdom with over 8 million items from around the world. [1] [2] It was established in 1891 as part of the British Museum Library, later to become the British Library, with the collection of Thomas Tapling.
The Friends of the British Library is a registered charitable organisation in the UK with close links to the British Library. It provides funding in the form of grants to the British Library in order to allow the Library to acquire new items and collections, procure new equipment and facilities, and produce exhibitions.
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British Library Philatelic Collections (62 P, 3 F) Pages in category "British Library collections" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.