The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. As a legal deposit library, it receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, along with a significant share of overseas titles distributed in the United Kingdom, and it operates as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Facts
Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountLondon Borough of Camden, United Kingdom 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Sources
1. British Library - Wikipedia
- infobox building_type/type field: National library
standing status determination, wikipedia summary
The library operates as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. As a legal deposit library, it receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the United Ki
View the Source2. British Library (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1973)
Wikidata item Q23308, property P571: 1973
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q23308, property P131/P17 (location): London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom
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