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Friday, 27th August 2004

The British Library 2003-2004 Annual Report

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The British Library
Source: BL
Now Available, The British Library 2003-2004 Annual Report
From a summary article, "The British Library Annual Report 2003/2004, available online yesterday, shows how the national library underpins research strengths of UK businesses, universities and spin-outs -- generating an estimated �363m of value to the UK economy each year.

Other statistical highlights of the 2003/2004 Annual Report include:
+ 53,483,537 international patents are held in the Library's collection -- the world's largest

+ 5,000 plus scientific, business and patent items were consulted in the reading rooms every day by inventors, entrepreneurs and other researchers

+ 2,477,535 printed books, journals, newspapers and patents entered the collections -- 571,901 sent by publishers under UK Legal Deposit legislation

+ �10 million is spent annually by the Library on acquiring new science, technology, medical and business material

+ 9,721,574 searches were made of the Library's web catalogue -- six and a half million of which were made by users in 184 countries around the world."
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Filtering
Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times
Library filters could block out ed sites
From the article: "Shakespeare's plays, classic novels like 'Moby Dick' and a Web site about the NFL's Super Bowl are among the resources that may be blocked to children younger than 13 under a proposal to filter Internet searches at Multnomah County libraries. A proposal by library Director Molly Raphael would filter all Internet searches by children ages 12 and younger, unless parents or guardians want them to have unlimited access. Youths ages 13 to 16 could access any Web site."

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