User:Clpda/Sandbox/BL revised
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| British Library | |
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 The British Library from the concourse | |
| Location | London, England (Euston Road), United Kingdom |
| Type | National library |
| Established | 1973 (1753) |
| Branches | 2 (Boston Spa, West Yorkshire and Colindale, London |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 25M books (150M total items) |
| Legal deposit | Yes, since an Act of Parliament from 1911 |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to anyone with a genuine need to use the collection |
| Other information | |
| Budget | £100M[1] ($200M, 2nd quarter 2008) |
| Director | Lynne Brindley (Chief Executive) |
| Website | http://www.bl.uk/ |
This page shows The British Library's infobox with the new proposed coding and additional data.