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Books & Media – make the right choice
Now public libraries across England can make significant savings and take full advantage of the comprehensive online reference and analysis tool from BDS covering books featured and reviewed in the UK press and other media … Continue Reading...
Andrew Carnegie – Let there be light
For anyone who works in libraries the name Andrew Carnegie surely carries special significance. Lesley Whyte who was born and spent much of her childhood in Scotland, investigates a fellow Scot and advocate of libraries... Continue Reading...
Renowned Libraries in North West Italy
The Renaissance saw a rebirth of Classical learning and at its heart was the book. Little wonder then that Italy is home to some of the world's most important libraries dating from the early sixteenth century. BDS took a trip to north western Italy to do some research. Continue Reading...
A library set in Stone
In our age of digitisation and data it is easy to forget that past cultures faced exactly the same problems regarding retrieval of information, reliable source material and quality of data that libraries face today but that they had to find quite different solutions. Continue Reading...
Spanish National Library
Spanish is one of the great languages of the world, spoken by around 350 million people, making it the world’s third most spoken language. Lesley Whyte had the opportunity to visit the National Library of Spain while in Madrid. Continue Reading...
Denmark's National Library
When a taxi driver proudly points out the National Library on a trip between the station and the hotel, you realise that the institution has captured the attention of the people. This happened recently to John Hudson when he visited Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen Continue Reading...
Graphic Novel Festival
The graphic novel as a genre has engaged generations. John Hudson went to Europe's biggest festival dedicated to the graphic novel, the Festival International de la Bande Dessinee which takes place in Angouleme each year and he discovered, with a little help from BDSLive, that the comic strip is a story that travels the world. Continue Reading...
Shetland Libraries
BDS travels to the northernmost point of the British Isles and profiles the libraries that service Shetland... Continue Reading...
