Facts for book nerds
The British Library (tagline: The World's Knowledge) is a great institution. It's a lovely place to read too. Somehow validates your work in a way that other libraries don't. 'See! I am allowed to work here, therefore I must be doing valid academic work.' Whatever. It's one of six copyright libraries to which UK publishers are obliged to send every new book. That's so many books that, apparently, the British Library commissions 12km of shelving every year to contain three million new volumes. And, according to the Observer, if you looked at five items each day, it would take you 80,000 years to view the entire library. Crumbs.
The British Library (tagline: The World's Knowledge) is a great institution. It's a lovely place to read too. Somehow validates your work in a way that other libraries don't. 'See! I am allowed to work here, therefore I must be doing valid academic work.' Whatever. It's one of six copyright libraries to which UK publishers are obliged to send every new book. That's so many books that, apparently, the British Library commissions 12km of shelving every year to contain three million new volumes. And, according to the Observer, if you looked at five items each day, it would take you 80,000 years to view the entire library. Crumbs.
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