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Chevening British Library Fellowships, 2020/21: Ap...

14 August 2019

Find out about two new year-long fellowship opportunities for international experts.

On Demand operating times for U.K. August public h...

07 August 2019

The UK’s August bank holiday is Monday 26 August this year, so most On Demand services will stop from 02.00 on 24 August...

Apprenticeships at the British Library

29 July 2019

We offer you a great start if you're leaving school or changing career

British Library On Demand maintenance completed

22 July 2019

British Library On Demand is available for use again after we successfully completed our maintenance.

Scheduled maintenance for British Library On Deman...

17 July 2019

We are performing maintenance on British Library On Demand which will mean that the service is unavailable over the week...

British Library acquires Granta’s archive: marking...

04 July 2019

A key source for understanding late 20th-century writing and publishing

PhD studentship available: North American Indigeno...

04 July 2019

We are looking for candidates for a collaborative PhD research project with the University of Hull. Apply by 5 August fo...

UKRR progress towards service delivery - June upda...

19 June 2019

We continue the process of moving UKRR to a British Library Service and in May and June have been presenting our vision...

New exhibition now open – Leonardo da Vinci: A Min...

07 June 2019

See inside the mind of Leonardo through his extraordinary notebooks

Last chance for submissions

03 June 2019

Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer's Award 2020

British Library On Demand Prices for 2019/20

31 May 2019

There will be changes to the pricing of On Demand document supply from 1 August 2019. The changes will help us ensure ou...

New edition of British Library Research Report pub...

20 May 2019

The 2017-18 Research Report is now available, covering the impressive range of collaborative research at the British Lib...

Status update on the UKRR becoming a service, May...

15 May 2019

We're progressing with our transition of the UKRR from a project to a service.

Notice for visitors: some areas will be closing ea...

14 May 2019

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Notice for visitors: some areas will be closing ea...

14 May 2019

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