The mapping, which began in 1741, was finished in 1745 and published the following year [British Library] An 18th Century ...

Britain’s national library made the first major steps in its recovery process after a ransomware group took down its website and online catalog. By Jenny Gross Reporting from London The British ...

The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries, has confirmed that a ransomware attack led to the theft of internal data. In late October, the ...

On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and ...

The British Library has been hit by a major IT outage affecting its website and many of its services following a "cyber incident" that impacted its systems on Saturday, October 28. The ongoing outage ...

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is the first of FT Globetrotter’s new series on great world libraries and a part of our guide to ...

Workers at the British Library are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members at the site in London will walk out from October 27 ...