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The British Library Newspaper Library has mounted a new webpage
'Concise History of the British Newspaper Since 1620'
at:
<http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspaper/britnews.html>
Illustrated by seventeen images from the British Library's unrivalled
collections of British newspapers, this new webpage details almost two
hundred key dates in the history of British newspaper publishing and
the newspaper industry.
These range from the publication on 2nd December 1620 in Amsterdam of
the first coranto in the English language, to the award by the
Heritage Lottery Fund in March 1999 of the largest preservation grant
ever made in the UK which was given to NEWSPLAN to fund the
preservation microfilming of local newspapers.
Further information about the services and collections provided by the
British Library Newspaper Library can be found at its suite of
webpages at:
<http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspaper/>
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Dr Christopher Skelton-Foord
Reading Rooms & Information Services Manager
The British Library
Newspaper Library
Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HE
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7393
Email: [log in to unmask]
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