The British Library was established in 1973 by the British Library Act of 1972. This national library was part of the British Museum, which provided much of the new library holdings, together with various smaller organizations, which were also included in the structure of the British Library (such as the British National Bibliography). In 1983, the Library "swallowed" National Sound Archive. Core Historical Library collections based on the number of donations and acquisitions from the eighteenth century, known as "basic collection". They include books and manuscripts of Sir Robert Cotton (Robert Cotton), Sir Hans Sloan (Hans Sloane), Robert Hurley and King George III.
For many years the Library collection was dispersed in various buildings around central London, in places such as Bloomsbury (in the British Museum), Chancery lane, and Holborn, with the
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