The British National Bibliography (BNB) records the publishing activity of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland since 1950. The BNB is currently available on the Share Family beta portal. It ...

We are the national library of the UK. Our shelves hold over 170 million items - a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we collect everything ...

We're a bit different to your local library. You can't take books out, but you can use our Reading Rooms in London and Yorkshire for personal study and to access our collection. All you need is a free ...

Beyond the Bassline is the first major exhibition to document 500 years of Black music in Britain, from Tudor musician John Blanke and 19th century composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor through to Pauline ...

We're transforming our West Yorkshire site in Boston Spa, creating essential, sustainable and cutting-edge storage facilities that will allow our ever-expanding collection to keep growing long into ...

Home to works by some of the greatest minds in history – from Leonardo da Vinci and Shakespeare to Florence Nightingale and Gandhi – it's a venue for your event like no other. We’re very easy to find ...

As an independent charitable trust within the Oral History section of the British Library, our expertise is oral history fieldwork with a focus on the long life story methodology. For over 30 years we ...

Whether you’re an organisation that wants to share your physical archive with the digital world, or a researcher that needs a closer look at our treasures, we’re here to help. That’s just the start of ...

Beyond the Bassline (26 April – 26 August 2024) is the first major exhibition to document 500 years of Black music in Britain Events with Joan Armatrading, Eddy Grant and No Signal confirmed with more ...

First exhibition to document the 500-year musical journey of African and Caribbean people in Britain opens at the British Library and in local libraries across the UK Soul II Soul, Ezra Collective, ...