Smithsonian Magazine

The British Library’s Dirtiest Books Have Been Digitized

For more than 100 years, the British Library kept thousands of its dirtiest books locked away from the rest of its collections. All volumes deemed to be in need of extra safeguarding so that members ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare Magical Manuscripts Go on Display at the British Library

Do you believe in magic? If not, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic,” the latest exhibition at the British Library in London, might very well make you a believer. Opened last month, the exhibition ...
PR Newswire

British Library and Yuewen Commence Three-Year Collaboration

The three-year collaboration includes a programme for Yuewen writers to see some of the iconic items in the British Library's collection, attend creative workshops, and engage in co-creation digital ...
Newsweek

Gorgeous Medieval Book Is As Heavy As a 5-Year-Old, But Now It’s Viewable Weightlessly

The British Library has digitized one of the most astounding works of art of the Middle Ages, an illuminated manuscript known as the Sherborne Missal, making it viewable in astonishing detail online.
Digital Journal

Imaginary Cities: How the digital age changes perceptions (Includes first-hand account)

What Michael Takeo Magruder has undertaken with the new exhibition is to take items from the British Library collection and to remix images of historic urban maps into fictional cityscapes, designed ...