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When Google Books started, the British Library signed an agreement with Microsoft to digitise a number of books from the British Library for its Live Search Books project. [75] This material was only available to readers in the US, and closed in May 2008. [76] The scanned books are currently available via the British Library catalogue or Amazon ...
Some years ago, the British Library partnered with an external funder to digitise a large collection (~45,000 titles, ~65,000 volumes) of 19th century books. These are currently available through JISC Historic Books and other sources such as via print-on-demand copies at Amazon and an iPad application. The Library have recently announced that:
The Bliss bibliographic classification (BC) is a library classification system that was created by Henry E. Bliss (1870–1955) and published in four volumes between 1940 and 1953. Although originally devised in the United States , it was more commonly adopted by British libraries. [ 1 ]
The British National Bibliography (BNB) was established at the British Museum in 1949 [1] to publish a list of the books, journals and serials that are published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. [2] It also includes information on forthcoming titles. [3] This is the single most comprehensive listing of UK titles.
The King's manuscripts are a collection of 446 historical manuscripts held in the British Library. The collection was originally assembled by King George III, and was passed to the British Museum by George IV in 1823 as part of the King's Library. The manuscripts were at first kept with the printed books, but in 1840 were transferred to the ...
In 2011, EAP moved to the newly formed Digital Scholarship section of the British Library. Previous directors include Graham Shaw, Susan Whitfield, Aly Conteh and Adam Farquhar. In 2018, a second phase of the Programme began with a further grant from Arcadia when EAP moved to the Collections and Curation department of the British Library. [8]
Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books (3rd ed.). American Library Association. Pollard and Redgrave (1928), Short-Title Catalogue of Books…1475-1640; Donald Wing (1945–1951), Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700
First edition. The British Museum Library: A Short History and Survey is a book by Arundell Esdaile [1] published by George Allen & Unwin, London, in 1946.It was reprinted in 1979 by Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. from the 1948 ed. published by G. Allen & Unwin, London, which was issued as no. 9 of the Library Association series of library manuals.