INSIDE THE BRITISH LIBRARY by Alan Edwin Day ( 9781856042802 )

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INSIDE THE BRITISH LIBRARY

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ISBN 10:

1856042804

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9781856042802

Publisher:

FACET PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

1 January, 1998

Pages:

312

Description:

The final part of Alan Day's trilogy about the British Library. It continues the story of the development of the new building at St Pancras, complete with its controversy over funding and delays. This is a full guide to the British Library's structure, publications, collections and services.

Synopsis:

This title is the final part of Alan Day's trilogy about the British Library. It continues the story of the development of the long-awaited new British Library building at St Pancras, complete with its surrounding controversy over funding and delays. The book is timed to coincide with the opening of the new premises, and redresses the balance by giving a complete and positive account of all that the new Library will offer the reading public. This is a full guide to the structure, publications, collections and services of the UK's national library. Contents include: policy documents, administrative structure; Mansuscript Collections, Philatelic Collections, Newspaper Library; Map Library, Oriental and India Office Collections; National Preservation Office, National Sound Archive; Centre for the Book, Science Reference and Information Service; Eccles Centre for American Studies; Friends of the British Library; Research and Innovation Centre; opening of St Pancras; the merger of the Document Supply Centre and the National Bibliographic Service; and alerting services.

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Library Association Publishing

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