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The British Library Sound Archive, formerly the British Institute of Recorded Sound; also known as the National Sound Archive (NSA), [1] in London, England is among the largest collections of recorded sound in the world, including music, spoken word and ambient recordings. It holds more than six million recordings, [2] including over a million ...
The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. [13] Prior to this, the national library was part of the British Museum, which provided the bulk of the holdings of the new library, alongside smaller organisations which were folded in (such as the National Central Library, [14] the National Lending Library for Science and Technology and the British ...
British Library Sounds. British Library Sounds (previously named Archival Sound Recordings) is a British Library service providing free online access to a diverse range of spoken word, music and environmental sounds from the British Library Sound Archive. Anyone with web access can use the service to search, browse and listen to 50,000 ...
Website. bl.uk/philatelycollectionshub. The British Library Philatelic Collections is the national philatelic collection of the United Kingdom with over 8 million items from around the world. [1][2] It was established in 1891 as part of the British Museum Library, later to become the British Library, with the collection of Thomas Tapling.
Unlocking Our Sound Heritage. ' Unlocking Our Sound Heritage ' (UOSH) is a UK-wide project that aims to preserve, digitise and provide public access to a large part of the nation's sound heritage. The UOSH project forms part of the core programme 'Save Our Sounds' led by the British Library and involving a consortium of ten regional and ...
2. The King's manuscripts are a collection of 446 historical manuscripts held in the British Library. The collection was originally assembled by King George III, and was passed to the British Museum by George IV in 1823 as part of the King's Library. The manuscripts were at first kept with the printed books, but in 1840 were transferred to the ...
While access within the British Library is free, online access is via a subscription system based on daily or item charges, £12.95 monthly or yearly fees of up to £79.95 as of July 2019. New visitors may access three free page views and explore hundreds of national, regional and local titles dating from the 1700s–2000s. [19]
E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) is a bibliographic database and union catalogue of electronic theses provided by the British Library, the National Library of the United Kingdom. [1][2][3][4] As of February 2022 EThOS provided access to over 500,000 doctoral theses awarded by over 140 UK higher education institutions, [5] with around 3,000 new ...