British Library

Japanese: British Library(英語表記)BritishLibrary
British Library

…Due to the expansion of the collections and the decline of storage capacity, the departments of natural history and anthropology moved to separate buildings in the city in 1881 and 1970, respectively. The library, which had been attached to the university since its founding, became a separate organization in 1973 as the British Library. The library holds about 10 million printed books and about 150,000 manuscripts, and a new building is currently under construction near St. Pancras station. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "British Library" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…収蔵品の拡大と収蔵能力の低下から,自然史部門と,人類学部門は市内の独立した建物に各々1881年,1970年に移っている。また創立以来併設していた図書館は1973年,大英図書館(ブリティッシュ・ライブラリー)British Libraryとして独立し,別組織になった。同図書館は約1000万点の印刷本と約15万点の写本を収蔵,新しい建物がセント・パンクラス駅のそばに建造中である。…

※「British Library」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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