The British Library at the UKSG Forum

The UKSG Forum takes place on the 16 November 2016 at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London and the British Library will be exhibiting its services

Published date:: 18 October 2016

The event, which is now in its fourth year, is entitled ‘The Innovation Game: Breaking the Rules’, and will focus on how organisations have created new business models, new workflows, new offers, new collaborations in today’s environment.

The British Library will be exhibiting Imaging Services, On Demand and EThOS at the event.

There will be talks throughout the day, including from the British Library’s Sara Gould, who will be presenting “Data mining the UK’s thesis”.

Our On Demand twitter page will provide updates in the build-up and during the event.

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