The new British Library

• Main Author: Day, Alan Edwin (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: London Library Association Pub. 1994
• Subjects: British Library; National libraries > Great Britain
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 The British Library is a national institution. In recent years its fluctuating fortunes have stirred national debates and brought it to the forefront of public attention. Following Alan Day's well-received "The British Library. A Guide to its Structure, Publications, Collections and Services" (1988), this book closely follows the Library's developments over the last five years. There is comprehensive analysis of the extended run-up to the relocation of its London-based reference services to the new St Pancras building, the organized opposition to the move, National Audit Office and Parliamentary concern over its escalating costs, the building's construction, and what facilities readers may expect to find there. Thos book looks at the British Library's strategic plans and analyses' poiicy documents. The various relocations are assessed in the context of the Library's overall service. The library's changing administrative structure is explored as well as the major responsibilities and functions, activities, service developments, and recent publication record of each directorate.