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• BBC and British Library to take joint approach to building digital archive

  
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  Venture to digitise British Librarys archive of more than 150m items plus nearly 1m hours of BBC output The BBC and the British Library are collaborating on a digital technology project to open up the institutions archives, with the aim of giving the public greater online access to a vast cultural treasure trove. ...
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• British Library to employ robotic librarians

  
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  Whats the difference among a human and a robotic librarian? None, except that the latter is far more efficient. Librarians have been stereotyped to be drab and boring, but were certain youve come across some cheerful personalities once in a while. The British Library’s Boston Spa site in West Yorkshire will rely on ...
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• More Asian and African surprises from the British Library collections

  
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  Another year on and another show and tell from the idiosyncratic Hedley Sutton with more Asian surprises at the British Library . This time he added a few African ones to boot. Hedley started the show off with an exotic quiz in the shape of a black and white photo of a European looking woman wearing a belly ...
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• Benevento Missal to return under new Nazi loot law

  
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  The Benevento Missal is likely to be the first artefact to be returned under the new Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Act . This is an interesting case, as it was one of the pointers that highlighted that a chance in the law was necessary. The British Library returned it – but only as a permanent loan, as the ...
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• Robots Will Operate New British Library Facility

  
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  The British Library just revealed their new automated storage facility which is fully serviced by robots at their building in Wetherby at West Yorkshire. The Boston Spa building which was built for about £26m is completely self-run with robot labour. The robots are responsible for sorting and lifting. The giant ...
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• British Library packs its least requested items into new, robot-operated facility in Leeds

  
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• British Library packs its least requested items into new, robot-operated facility in Leeds

  
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  The British Library’s just taken the wraps off a new facility up in Leeds where they’ll now house some lesser used items (things like patent specs and Martin Amis’ diner receipts). The new digs are a
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• British Library packs its least requested items into new, robot-operated facility in Leeds

  
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    The British Library’s just taken the wraps off a new facility up in Leeds where they’ll now house some lesser used items (things like patent specs and Martin Amis’ diner receipts). The new digs are a
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• Sony’s PlayStation marks 15th anniversary

  
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  1994. A good year for many reasons, but for gamers it’s best remembered as the year Sony shook things up in a big way with its original PlayStation game console (on this day in Japan, at least — the rest of us had to wait ’til the fall of 1995). While Sega got a slight head start with its Saturn, the Sony ...
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• Sony’s PlayStation marks 15th anniversary

  
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  1994. A good year for many reasons, but for gamers it’s best remembered as the year Sony shook things up in a big way with its original PlayStation game console (on this day in Japan, at least — the rest of us had to wait ’til the fall of 1995). While Sega got a slight head start with its Saturn, the Sony ...
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• In the thick of it: the Digital Economy bill is trying to kill open Wi-Fi

  
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  A professor of internet law explains how the government apparently wants to kill off open Wi-Fi as a corollary of its Digital Economy bill A lot of people have talked to me over the last week about Wi-Fi (open and closed, i.e. password-protected) and the Digital Economy bill. The more I try to find answers, the more ...
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• Sustainable Supply Chains workshop

  
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  Today I attended an excellent workshop on Sustainable Supply Chains. It was presented by Stephen Taiwo, who was the sustainable policy adviser and architect of the Government Office for London and Defra’s Sustainable Food Procurement project. He now works for Supply London – an LDA and European funded initiative, ...
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• Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening – oh what a night!

  
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  What a fantastic night it was!  Women Unlimited held its first ever Extraordinary Entrepreneurs evening in the British Library last night, and judging by the fact that the women had to be asked to vacate the dining area twice, it is safe to say it was a resounding success!  What better way to celebrate Women’s ...
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• My podcast on the Guardian’s Small is Beautiful website

  
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  An interview I recorded a couple of weeks ago has now made it onto the Guardian’s Small is Beautiful website . The aim of the recently launched section is to show why growing firms are the economy’s best hope.  And to highlight the potential for small business to lead Britain out of recession, by focussing ...
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• Karen Blakeman likes our business essentials wiki

  
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  I’ve just read Karen Blakeman’s latest blog post which mentions our new  business essentials wiki in glowing terms. This is high praise indeed given Karen’s legendary knowledge and experience of all things related to business information. And the fact her website  Business Information on the Internet ...
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• Launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) at The British Library

  
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  Peter Jones and Priya Lakhani from Masala Masala discuss enterprise education I spent Monday morning at the launch of GEW from the comfort of The British Library conference centre. The event was well chaired by Simon Jack from the BBC , and included some light-hearted banter between him and Peter Jones (of ...
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• BL launches business essentials wiki

  
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  The British Library’s Business and IP Centre has launched a wiki: Business Essentials on the Web ( http://bl-business-essentials.wikispaces.com ). The wiki aims to provide business information that is aimed at entrepreneurs and SMEs. Topics covered currently include business planning, grants and ...
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• In conversation with Lord Sugar

  
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  Tonight was definitely one of the highlights of Global Entrepreneurship Week for me. Our event in the British Library conference centre In conversation with Lord Sugar was full to bursting. As time is short and it is now after midnight, I am going to post my notes of his gems and leave it at that. Is now a good ...
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• Scholars hail discovery of Rani Jhansi letter in London

  
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  London, Nov 17 (IANS) Scholars have found a previously unknown letter written by the Rani of Jhansi in what has been termed a “hugely significant” discovery, the BBC reported Tuesday.Lakshmibai wrote the letter shortly before the 1857 Indian mutiny.The BBC said academics described the discovery of the letter as ...
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