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The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom, and one of the world's largest libraries in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, playscripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books (second only to the USA's Library of Congress), along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. As a legal deposit library, the BL receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK. It also has a significant budget for content acquisitions. The British Library adds some three million items every year occupying 11 kilometres of new shelf space. The library is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is located on the north side of Euston Road in St Pancras, London, between Euston railway station and St Pancras railway station and at Boston Spa in Yorkshire. More about the British Library... The King's Library was one of the most important collections of books and pamphlets of the Age of Enlightenment. Assembled by George III, this scholarly library of over 65,000 volumes was subsequently given to the British nation by George IV. It was housed in a specially-built gallery in the British Museum from 1827 to 1997 and now forms part of the British Library. The term 'King's Library' is sometimes also used to refer to the gallery in the British Museum built for the collection. Philatelic collections in the British Library The earliest-known fragment of the Testament of Ba. ... that the earliest known fragment of the Testament of Ba (pictured), an account of the establishment of Buddhism in Tibet, was discovered in the British Library in 2009? ... that the Melisende Psalter, produced in the 12th century, is the most notable example of Crusader art? ... that the International Dunhuang Project has made over a quarter of a million images of Silk Road manuscripts and other artefacts available online? ... that the Dering Roll begins with the coats of arms of two illegitimate sons of King John of England? ... that the Old Royal Library dating back to the Middle Ages was given to the British Museum by George II in 1757, and is now in the British Library? First floor “ The great British Library — an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or “pure English, undefiled” wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought. ” — Washington Irving (1783 –1859) The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1819 ▼ British Library ► British Library collections [−] Media The British Library WikiProject is a project that helps to assemble writers and editors interested in improving topics related to the British Library. The aim of this project is to standardize and improve articles related to the British Library, as well as to create any missing articles. To become a member of this WikiProject (anyone may join), simply click here and add your name.  FA   A   GA   B   C   Start   Stub   FL   List   Category   Portal   Project   Template   NA   ???  Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 More info on the project.... The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject:

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