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LibrariesEngland, United Kingdom1001-5000 Employees
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, located at 96 Euston Road, London, England NW1 2DB. It operates in the libraries industry and employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people. The library maintains a living collection of more than 170 million items that grows daily and spans about 3,000 years of history. Its holdings include historically significant items such as Shakespeare's First Folio and Magna Carta, alongside contemporary content like newspapers, blogs, and tweets, and a copy of every UK domain website. The institution engages in collaborations with other libraries and organizations, including the Across These Islands partnership with the National Libraries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and has launched initiatives such as a migration history teaching toolkit and a returnable cup scheme, while noting a cyber-attack in October 2023 that disrupted services.