“Welcome to Boston Spa”

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“Welcome to Boston Spa” The British Library “Welcome to Boston Spa” Samantha Tillett – Head of Business Development, Partnerships and Licensing Richard Ebdon – Business Development Manager

Programme Introductions & welcome Background & history of the British Library Boston Spa site Living Knowledge On Demand EHESS Imaging Services Conclusions

Who do you think we are?

Oldest National Libraries National Library of the Czech Republic 1366 National Library of Austria 1368 Marciana National Library 1468 National Library of France 1480 National Library of Malta 1555

St Pancras Building November 1997, and is now a Grade I listed building Sir Colin St John Wilson, devoted 37 years of his career to its design and construction Developing into the British Library’s campus St Pancras

Celebrating 50 years at Boston Spa: The site 18 May 1940 Construction starts on the 450 acre site of the Royal Ordinance Factory at Thorp Arch at a total cost of £5.9 million October 1942 The factory is in full production employing 10,000 workers served by 4 factory stations and a circular railway comprising some 25 miles of track April 1958 Production ceases, the railway is sold for scrap and the site put up for sale. Donald Urquhart accepts c.60 acres on the site of the old locomotive sheds and engineering works on behalf of the National Lending Library for Science and Technology

Boston Spa Site Development

Boston Spa site (1961 – 1990s) Formerly National Lending Library and then Document Supply Centre Boston Spa site c1960 – National Lending Library 1975 The Urquhart Building (108km) Print storage Catalogue and description Inter lending loan/photocopy service Supporting London Reading Room Daily deliveries

Boston Spa site (1990s onwards) Rise of digital and alternative research methods Declining traditional document supply Mass digitisation Back office functions High density print storage Digital storage and replication Alternative access models 2014 Newspaper Storage Building (40km) 2010 Additional Storage Building (260km)

Visualisation of Boston Spa site following development

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