Projects, partnerships and collaborations

We're more than a library and do a lot beyond our typical day-to-day operations. Discover more about our projects to transform our spaces, and how we work in partnership to preserve and share collections.

All projects

A visualisation of the renovated foyer in the British Library extension at St Pancras (looking south-west).

Transforming the British Library

We're reimagining what it means to be a 21st century national library.

Rural landscape with an electricity pylon in the middleground and trees in the foreground and middleground.

National Life Stories

National Life Stories is an oral history charity based at the British Library. It preserves a wide range of voices through in-depth biographical interviews.

The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania

The Eccles Institute at the British Library promotes knowledge of these regions through collections, fellowships, events, research and education.

Green Library Hub

The Green Library Hub offers free sustainability workshops, repair skills, energy-saving advice and community activities in Camden.

Detail from a manuscript of an angel pointing towards a group of men

Medieval England and France, 700–1200

The British Library’s Medieval England and France, 700–1200 website is currently unavailable, but you can find information and access archive content from it below.

Youth programme

Our youth programme embeds the voices of young people at all levels of the Library, and participants create meaningful digital content inspired by our collection.

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Food Season Awards 2026

Celebrating innovative food writing, exhibitions, books and influential contributors to food culture.

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