During the 1880s, when for various reasons the intake of published music to the British Museum far exceeded the resources available to catalogue it, a decision was made to leave aside material thought ...

The British Library's collection of Ethiopian manuscripts is the richest in Europe, where there are in fact numerous public and private collections of such manuscripts. Three inventory catalogs have ...

A visitor looks at themed products of "Lord of the Mysteries" during the inclusion event of ten online Chinese novels at the British Library in London, Britain, on Nov. 21, 2024. The British Library ...

For more than 100 years, the British Library kept thousands of its dirtiest books locked away from the rest of its collections. All volumes deemed to be in need of extra safeguarding so that members ...

The British Library has acquired the archive of poet Christopher Logue, comprising 22 boxes of private papers, 53 files of drafts, working materials and correspondence relating to War Music, and ...

Believe it or not, 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (“Sorcerer’s Stone” in the US), the first volume in J.K. Rowling’s wildly popular ...

Do you believe in magic? If not, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic,” the latest exhibition at the British Library in London, might very well make you a believer. Opened last month, the exhibition ...

Google has made a deal with the British Library to make an extensive collection available online: The partnership covers non-copyrighted texts only, but will still make thousands of books available ...

The scanning race has started: Microsoft Corp. announced an agreement today to scan 25 million pages from the British Library’s collection that will eventually be made available on its MSN Book Search ...

Inside, though, three-quarters of the British Library's entire 170 million-strong collection can be found, including medical journals used by health workers researching Covid-19 treatments, electoral ...

To stay at the forefront of global literary trends and incorporate more works from diverse languages, cultures, and eras, the storied British Museum has just announced a new partnership with China's ...