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Yesterday, the British Library announced with much fanfare that it is to attempt to archive all UK websites. The informed viewer may well have asked "What's new?"
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Classic movie icon Sir Alec Guinness is beloved for his roles in "Star Wars" and "Bridge Over The River Kwai," and now the British Library possesses the actor's personal letters and diaries.
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The British Library has a fine reading room dedicated to Oriental studies, including India, but next month the sub-continent comes to Britain's leading research archive big time.
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When David Webb died in June this year, he left a surprising legacy which but for your enterprising correspondent may have been lost forever.
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The campaign to digitise the entire world continues at an exponential rate. Recently both the British Library and the Public Record Office have unleased two more on the world.
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Like books? Like intelligent women? You can combine the two at the British Library next week, but whoever devised this novel event has a poor sense of timing.
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The great archives of the world in collaboration with governments are digitising enormous quantities of material to deliver to your desktop totally free.
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How would you like an atlas for your bookshelf? This one is 1.8 metres tall and weighs 150 kilogrammes. Or a biography of a rock band that costs $4,299? What do you mean, probably not?
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British Library readers have been asked to fill out a short questionnaire this week. Well, 30 questions. The important questions are 13, 14 and 15.
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The London Olympics are nearly here, not merely a series of sporting events but a great cultural one, including a look back at previous events.
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Check out the first two screengrabs below. Notice the difference? If you don't, here's a clue - what is rhubard? No,...
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The following is addressed to all Digital Journal correspondents, especially newcomers and those for whom English is...
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