Novelist Charlotte Mendelson explores an institution that holds the history of humanity — and, on any given day, a curious cross-section of the capital itself ...

A vast £1.1 billion extension of the British Library is to go ahead after the project secured the backing of Japanese ...

The British Library has been hit by a major IT outage affecting its website and many of its services following a "cyber incident" that impacted its systems on Saturday, October 28. The ongoing outage ...

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...

Libraries across Europe appear to be facing attacks from cybercriminals. At Britain’s national library, an “incident” is sending scholars back to an analog age. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London ...

LONDON, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (CLVT) (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announces that the British Library has selected Clarivate to ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: A general view of the exterior signage at The British Library on November 23, 2023 in London, England. Rhysida, a ransomware group, has claimed responsibility for the ...

The British Library has confirmed that an IT outage that began at the end of October was indeed the result of a ransomware attack on its systems, from which it is yet to recover. The organisation’s ...

Over 300 workers at the British Library in St Pancras, London are engaged in a two-week strike until November 9 in pursuit of a wage increase. The strikers are library assistants, conservation and ...

Staff at the British Library are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members will walk out from December 8-12. The union said the ...