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The British Library is the library of the United Kingdom, and one of the world's largest libraries in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books (second only to the USA's Library of Congress), along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: British Library)
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Public Libraries Corner: Life After the Millenium Bid |
After the recent disappointing turn-down of the millenium bid to connect public libraries to the Internet, Sarah Ormes wonders where we go from here. |
January 1997, issue7, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: MODELS 5 Workshop Report and Futures |
Sarah Ormes gives a report on the recent MODELS 5 workshop and its outcomes. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Stories from the Web |
Sarah Ormes talks about an exciting new BLRIC funded children's library project. |
July 1997, issue10, regular column |
Information Landscapes |
Rosemary Russell, Sally Criddle and Sarah Ormes report on the UKOLN conference held in June 1998. |
July 1998, issue16, event report |
Public Libraries Corner |
Sarah Ormes and David Potts shed light on the what exactly the Networked Policy Taskgroup does. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
