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The British Library

The British Library, established in 1973, is the national library for the United Kingdom under the control and management of the British Library Board. It consists of the Reference Division, the Bibliographic Services Division, the National Sound Archive and the Research and Development Department in London, and the Lending Division in Yorkshire.

The Reference Division has its origins in the library departments of the British Museum and includes the Department of Printed Books, the Department of Manuscripts and the Preservation Service which are in the British Museum building; and, elsewhere in London, the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, the Science Reference Library and the India Office Library and Records.

The British Museum was founded by Act of Parliament in 1753 to bring together the collections of Sir Robert Cotton, which were already national property, and those formed by the two Harleys, first and second Earls of Oxford, and by Sir Hans Sloane; both collections were on offer to the nation for sale on favourable terms. Under the terms of the Act, which closely followed lines laid down in the will of Sir Hans Sloane, a government lottery was held to provide a build­ing to all these collections and future additions to them, and to pay for the Sloane and Harley collections.

Montagu House, a seventeenth-century building, standing on the present site of the Museum, was bought, and in 1759 it was opened as the British Museum. It stood until 1845, but the present King’s Library, the first part оf a new building on the site, was finished in 1826, and the new south wing, with the entrance portico in its pres­ent form, was completed in 1847. The architect was Sir Robert Smirke and the sculptured tympanum was designed by Sir Richard Westmacott.

The Royal Library, containing the books of the kings of England from Edward IV onwards, was presented to the nation by George II in 1757 and added to the collections. The library of George III, pre­sented to the nation by his son in 1823, was transferred to the Museum and housed in the King’s Library, mentioned above, which had been designed to hold it.

In 1973 the library departments were separated from the Museum and joined with other institutions to form the British Library.

PART V

SELF-STUDY ASSIGNMENTS

Self – Study Assignment 1

LABORATORY WORK

Task 1. Talking about books (T 3.6.mp3)

1.1. Listen to three people talking about a book they have read recently. Take notes about it under the following headings.

Joey

Ken

Kate

Title and author

Type of book

Setting

Who and what it is about

Personal opinion

Task 2. A book I enjoyed (07 – 7.mp3)

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