Friends of the British Library
The Friends of the British Library is a registered charitable organisation in the UK with close links to the British Library. It provides funding in the form of grants to the British Library in order to allow the Library to acquire new items and collections, procure new equipment and facilities, and produce exhibitions.
Interior of former Friends Room at the British Library
The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK. The Library is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
British Library building at St Pancras from the piazza
The British Library branch at Boston Spa (on Thorp Arch Trading Estate), West Yorkshire
The British Library with St Pancras railway station behind it
Interior of the British Library, with the smoked glass wall of the King's Library in the background.