Welcome to your LS 5.6 : THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
Source : IGNOU
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Which is the National Library of United Kingdom?
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Which of the following reflects the intellectual, cultural and socioeconomic life of Britain?
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Identify the objectives of the British Library?
4.
According the British Library Act the functions of the British Library are:
5.
When was the British Library established?
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What was the former name of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the British Library ?
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The Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the British Library comprises of ....
8.
How many units are there in The Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the British Library?
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Which unit of the Humanities and Social Sciences division of the British Library looks after the acquisition and record creation of material for the English Language, Western and East European collections of printed books, the Oriental Manuscripts and Printed books, and the collections relating to the history and culture of South Asia?
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Which unit of the Humanities and Social Sciences division of the British Library provides a wide range of reference and information services, based on the collection to those who visit the library and also to remote use?
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Which unit of the Humanities and Social Sciences division of the British Library preserves sound recordings of all kinds?
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Which unit of the Humanities and Social Sciences division of the British Library directs and controls conservation and preservation of the Humanities and Social Sciences collections, in addition to R&D activities in preservation processes and related areas?
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Which Division comprises of the Document Supply Centre and the Science Reference and Information Service?
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Which Division directs activities towards the creation of a national database, recording UK publishing output?
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Which of the following is an on-line service that gives access to the British Library and other complementary databases for information retrieval and record supply; and supplies bibliographic records of magnetic tapes in machine readable form?
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Which department of the BL This Department promotes and awards funds for research and development related to library and-information operations in all fields, relating to library, documentation and information aspects?
