The British Library has opened up its extensive bibliographic records to the Internet, adding millions of records to Amazon.co.uk's books listings. The move will make it possible for rare and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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