Презентация на тему "Great Libraries".

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Elena Mamutova, 11th A form

2. British Library, national library of Great Britain, located in London; one
of the world's great libraries.
Long a part of the British Museum, the library collection originated in
1753 when the government purchased the Harleian Library.

3. It is famous all over the world.
The library contains millions of
books, among them are rare
books, and thousands of
manuscripts. People come to
this famous library to get the
information they need. Among
the readers there are
philosophers, scientists,
economists, engineers, artists,
musicians, in other words —
specialists of all possible
professions. Traditionally a
non-lending reference library
with manuscript and printed
books divisions, the British
Library now has large lending
and bibliographic departments
and is the copyright depository
library for Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.

4. By the beginning of the 21st cent.
it housed some 150 million items,
including books, magazines,
newspapers, manuscripts, maps,
prints, drawings, musical scores,
patents, various kinds of sound
recordings, and stamps. The
library also maintains an online
catalog. Outstanding works in its
collection include a unique
papyrus of Aristotle, four original
Magna Cartas, Beowulf, the 4th-
century Greek Codex Sinaiticus
Bible, a Gutenberg Bible,
Froissart's Chronicles, the
Lindisfarne Gospels, Leonardo da
Vinci's notebooks, and the
Diamond Sutra (868), probably the
oldest surviving printed book. At
the present time the library has
modern electronic services, so the
reader must not wait long to
receive the material he needs.