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British Library

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noun

  1. the national library of Great Britain: part of the British Museum until 1973.


British Library British  

noun

  1. the British national library, formed in 1973 from the British Museum library and other national collections: housed mainly in the British Museum until 1997 when a purpose-built library in St Pancras, London, was completed

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"This is a part of modern life that we have to tackle and deal with," Bryant added, pointing to major hacks in recent years at Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencer and the British Library.

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This was largely due to her pre-war efforts, working with the British Library to preserve, archive and digitise the works.

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Dame Carol Black, chair of the British Library, described Wilde as "one of the most significant literary figures of the nineteenth century".

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A video posted on social media shows the siren sounds blaring inside the usually tranquil British Library in London.

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Founded in 2015 as the UK's leading centre of AI research, the Turing Institute, which is headquartered at the British Library in London, has been rocked by internal discontent and criticism of its research activities.

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