British Library

About British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. As a legal deposit library, it receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the United Kingdom. The library operates as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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The British Library keeps books in a warehouse that stays in the dark, because the robots that fetch them do not need lights.
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More facts about British Library
The British Library has paired with the British Newspaper Archive to digitise most of its newspaper collection.
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