Tag: 3. Februar 2007

> The Independent and the Guardian have run the following
> articles about threatened funding cuts at the BL.
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2192972.ece
> http://guardian.co.uk/books
>
> If these are put into action, the British Library will start charging
> researchers, reduce opening hours, will pulp 15 per cent of its
> collection, & close the newspaper collection at Colindale.
> The BL management have said that the more letters of protest (to them,
> or to the newspapers) the better. I have a feeling that a good
> response from Cambridge would carry a lot of weight.