British Librar
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The British Librar (Inglis: British Library) is the naitional librar o the Unitit Kinrick[6] an the lairgest librar in the warld bi nummer o items catalogued. It is estimate tae haud mair nor 170–200 million[7][8][3][4] items frae mony kintras.
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Kintra | Unitit Kinrick |
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Type | Naitional leebrary |
Established | 1 July 1973 (50 years ago) (1 July 1973) |
Location | Euston Road Lunnon, NW1 |
Coordinates | 51°31′46″N 0°07′37″W |
Branches | 1 (Boston Spa, Wast Yorkshire) |
Collection | |
Items collectit | Beuks, jurnals, newspapers, magazines, soond an muisic recordins, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prents, drawings an manuscripts |
Size | 170–200 million+[1][2][3][4] items 13,950,000 beuks[5] |
Legal deposit | Yes, providit in law bi:
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Access and use | |
Access requirements | Appen tae onyane wi a need tae uise the collections an services |
Other information | |
Budget | £142 million[5] |
Director | Roly Keating (chief executive, syne 12 September 2012) |
Wabsteid | bl.uk |
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