The British Museum Library; 1964
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0387
- Title
- The British Museum Library; 1964
- Description
- This paper by J. Burroughs Noell outlines the evolution of the British Museum Library from its inception in 1753 to its current state. Funded initially by Parliament and expanded through various means, including a lottery, the library grew to house 6 million volumes and 60,000 manuscripts, emphasizing historical and scientific knowledge without functioning as a lending library. Notable developments include the arrangement of books by language, the construction of a larger building to accommodate King George III's collection, and the introduction of machine cataloging methods aimed at completing the catalog by a projected date.
- Date
- 8 October 1964
- Creator
- Noell, James Burroughs
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- James Burroughs Noell
- Noell
- 1964
- British Museum Library
- Parliament
- Cotton House
- Buckingham Palace
- Montague House
- manuscripts
- non-lending library
- manuscripts department
- King George III
- reading room
- sliding press
- Sir Frank Francis
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- James Burroughs Noell
Part of The British Museum Library; 1964