The Franco-British Council is on a two day visit to Hinkley Point C in Somerset: a huge Franco-British collaboration in #nuclear energy being developed by EDF 🇬🇧. The delegation includes Board members, Young and Local Leaders plus representatives from our partner organisations

Such a fantastic live drawing event with Jamie Smart yesterday, inspiring our son spending his afternoon creating 'Gary', the tennis loving telly! Thank you The Story Museum and #phoenixfest!

This week we welcomed library professionals from around the world to our International Library Leaders Programme at the British Library. We finished the day by hearing about their challenges. It's been such an inspiring week learning and sharing with them 📚 #libraryleaders22

What a wonderful sight, seeing so many librarians from around the world gather in Dublin this morning for #WLIC2022! Am very excited to attend a fantastic programme today and meet colleagues and friends. Go raibh maith agat, Ireland!

📢Job alert!📢 We're looking for an International Engagement Manager to join the British Library International team. Get in touch with Cecile Communal if you have any questions about the role and please share with your networks 🗺️ britishlibrary.recruitment.zellis.com/birl/pages/vac… #libraryjobs

'Setting up a warm space in your community'. Read our new best practice guide produced with funding from Martin Lewis. Started as a public library initiative, we hope it will be helpful to any organisation looking to set up warm & safe spaces this winter. cilip.org.uk/general/custom…

We are delighted to announce the opening of the exhibition ‘Early Photography and Archaeology in Western India’ in collaboration with CSMVS supported by British Council's India/UK Together Season of Culture. #csmvs #csmvs100 #IndiaUKTogether #SeasonofCulture British Council in India

Very excited to announce that we are running our International Library Leaders Programme again next summer - applications are open now!

We are excited to be running our International Library Leaders Programme again in July 2023! Check out all the info below 👇!

Come and work for us British Library! We have a fantastic opening in our International Office and are looking for an enthusiastic person to coordinate our international skills exchanges - see all the info in the job advert 👇- deadline is 16 March! britishlibrary.recruitment.zellis.com/birl/pages/vac…

Find our more in this new #KnowledgeMatters blog post from our Chief Executive, @rolykeating: blogs.bl.uk/living-knowled…

Wonderful gathering of Europe's national libraries for the #CENL2023 AGM hosted by La Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris! CENL is the warm coat of friendship and cooperation bringing us together for the past 30+ years! bnf.fr/fr/actualites/…

Really pleased to have been asked to speak at this ALIPH Foundation organised webinar about @bl_eap for the preservation of endangered archives. Fantastic speakers shared so many excellent resources - see our training videos with Ukrainian subtitles here: youtu.be/7m_L5GZzJUg

In our 50th birthday month it is incredibly heart-warming to be receiving so many birthday wishes from our library partners and friends around the world! Thank you to everyone who took part! #WeAre50 British Library blogs.bl.uk/living-knowled…

Fantastic start to the #legaldeposit2023 conference, celebrating the history and future of legal deposit, with Liz Jolly and @richove bringing to life major achievements. Great to see so many international colleagues join!

It was our honor to welcome the British Library’s Chief Executive Sir Roly Keating. The BL’s brilliant work in adapting to changes, increasing access, and making their library relatable & enjoyable inspires us at Library of Congress. Our continued partnership benefits all our users.

The UK is unwavering in its support for Ukraine and Ukrainian culture At the British Library Lord Parkinson addressed yesterday's International #CulturalDiplomacy forum supported by Ukrainian Institute London and UK in Ukraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦 on how we will continue to protect Ukrainian heritage

Interested in learning about conservation for digitisation of library and archive material? The British Library in collaboration with British Council in India is offering 2 Conservation for Digitisation placements at the British Library in 2025. For more info + app 👇 britishcouncil.in/events/conserv…

Two months to go before our “Timeless Archives, Timely Connections: Preserving Endangered Documentary Heritage and Inspiring Collaboration” conference at the British Library with Hisham Matar, Jane Winters & Prudencio Aguilar. . eap.bl.uk/conference-2024