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Old 10th Mar 2018, 12:17 am   #7
Grubhead
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Default Re: The British Library's race to save old audio recordings

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
I saw this on the BBC website this morning as well. It struck me that between them, the membership of this forum very likely have every single type of format reader / player the library could possibly need, but I assume they have their own versions already of course.

I was already aware that the library gets a copy of just about every printed work ever published in the UK (where does it keep them all?) but didn't know this also extended to media recordings. I wonder if it also extends to other things such as eighties era computer software cassettes, and so on.
There are three libraries that have a requirement for printed material, the B.L. being one.
I suspect they have them stored in various warehouses and places around London. Certainly I know for certain that Sheffield Archives uses storage places around the city for example. In many instances you have to give them advanced notice if you want to see something. Often an hour or more. So I should imagine the B.L. do the same.
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