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National Newspaper Building, Boston Spa,
Yorkshire
• 24m high bay storage
• Automated retrieval by cranes and conveyors
• Low oxygen, temperature, and humidity
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• Find My Past web site
• Online access to BL
Newspaper content
• Subscrip;on based
• “Free” in Bri;sh
Library
• Great resource for
genealogical research
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Partnership – BL and UK Higher Educa$on
“UK Research Reserve (UKRR)
WHAT IS IT?
• A partnership (BL and UK HE) approach for long-term reten;on, preserva;on and access
to low use print research journals.
• Delivers capital savings, opera;onal savings and space (c100 linear km).
• Protec;ng and preserving na;onal research collec;ons.
• Original accessible (BL can deliver within 24 hrs).
INDEPENDENT REPORT
….. speculated that, if all libraries were able to dispose of their holdings that duplicated
those held by the BL, as much as £103 million might be saved in the capital construc@on
costs of storage space in future.