Some libraries are clearly more highly regarded by their
national governments. See:
http://catalog.loc.gov/
See the above also for free MARC records downloadable in
exchange format. Coming soon to the BL? I don't think so!
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:49:56 -0600 Peter Scott
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> > Interesting that on the main page The British Library Public
> > Catalogue has an amazon.co.uk advert and under it the words
> > "Buy books NOW from our sponsors". A little jarring. Wasn't
> > anticipating any level of commercialism here.
>
> It's becoming very common for libraries to raise funds this way. See:
>
> http://www.lights.com/how-to/libraries.html
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TUC Library Collections
University of North London
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