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Gabrielle Walker, Writer, Broadcaster and Consultant
The British Library has put me at the centre of a wide scope of material which continues to enrich my research. That’s the beauty of it. You can access information on chemistry, biology, physics and geology, as well as history and politics – all in one place.
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Preserving knowledge
Dr Julian Harrison, Curator of Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts
The Dering Roll is one of the most important acquisitions of the year, and it has really captured people's imagination. We have been inundated with enquiries from people wanting to find out if their ancestors are named on it.
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Advancing access to information
Juan Garcés, Greek Manuscripts Digitisation Manager
This is the first phase of an exciting project - it's an international collaboration to reunite the earliest existing Christian Bible, one of the world's most important manuscripts, and make it available to a global audience for the first time.
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- The Digital Lives Research Project
- UK PubMed Central
- Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic
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