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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 ...
The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million, [1] is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the city's redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, [3] the largest public cultural space in Europe, [4] [5] [6] and the largest regional library in Europe.
The London Library is an independent lending library in London, established in 1841. It was founded on the initiative of Thomas Carlyle, who was dissatisfied with some of the policies at the British Museum Library. It is located at 14 St James's Square, in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, which has been its home since 1845. [1]
Research Libraries UK(RLUK) (formerly CURL)[1]comprises 35 university libraries, 3 national libraries, and the Wellcome Collectionin the United Kingdom and Ireland.[2] Its aim is to increase the ability of research libraries to share resources among themselves. The holdings of these libraries provided the basis of the Copaconline catalogue.
The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament. It was established in 1818, although its original 1828 construction was destroyed during the burning of Parliament in 1834. The library has adopted the phrase "Contributing to a well-informed democracy" as a summary of its mission ...
class=notpageimage|. Location of the Weston Library within central Oxford. The Weston Library is part of the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, reopened within the former New Bodleian Library building on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road in central Oxford, England .
The British Library of Political and Economic Science, commonly referred to as "LSE Library", is the main library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). It is one of the largest libraries in the world devoted to the economic and social sciences. [2] The Library responds to around 5,000 visits from students and staff each ...
Libraries in the British Overseas Territories (2 C) Libraries in England (43 C, 3 P) Libraries in Northern Ireland (1 C, 4 P) Libraries in Scotland (7 C, 10 P) Libraries in Wales (4 C, 8 P)