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:The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. In addition to receiving a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland (approximately 8,000 per day), the Library has a programme for content acquisitions. The Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) of new shelf space. | :The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. In addition to receiving a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland (approximately 8,000 per day), the Library has a programme for content acquisitions. The Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) of new shelf space. | ||
=== The Library and Museum of Freemasonry === | |||
'''The Library and Museum of Freemasonry'''<br>Freemasons’ Hall<br>60 Great Queen Street<br>London WC2B 5AZ UK<br>Telephone: 020 7395 9257<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:libmus@freemasonry.london.museum libmus@freemasonry.london.museum]<br> | |||
Website: [http://freemasonry.london.museum The Library and Museum of Freemasonry] | |||
:Freemasons’ Hall has been the centre of English freemasonry for 230 years. It is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England, the oldest Grand Lodge in the world, and also the meeting place for over 1000 Masonic lodges. | |||
=== Guildhall Library === | === Guildhall Library === | ||
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:Guildhall Library is a public reference library specialising in the history of London. Our printed books collection comprises over 200,000 titles dating from the 15th to the 21st centuries and includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, trade directories and poll books. This collection covers all aspects of life in London, past and present, its trade, people and buildings. | :Guildhall Library is a public reference library specialising in the history of London. Our printed books collection comprises over 200,000 titles dating from the 15th to the 21st centuries and includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, trade directories and poll books. This collection covers all aspects of life in London, past and present, its trade, people and buildings. | ||
=== | === Lambeth Palace Library === | ||
''' | '''Lambeth Palace Library'''<br>Lambeth Palace Rd<br>Lambeth<br>London SE1 7JU UK<br>Telephone: 20 7898 1400<br>Email: [mailto:archives@churchofengland.org archives@churchofengland.org]<br> | ||
Email: [mailto: | Website: [http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org Lambeth Palace Library] | ||
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: | :Lambeth Palace Library contains an unrivalled collection of precious books and manuscripts, documenting nearly 1000 years of ecclesiastical and cultural life of the Church and Great Britain. | ||
=== Swiss Cottage Central Library === | === Swiss Cottage Central Library === | ||