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	British Museum Reading Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Museum Reading Room, situated in the centre of the Great Court of the British Museum, used to be the main reading room of the British Library.
		The Reading Room was used by a large number of famous figures, including notably Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, Mohandas Gandhi, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, Vladimir Lenin and H.
		It is also the subject of an eponymous poem, The British Museum Reading Room, by Louis MacNeice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Museum_Reading_Room (315 words)

	British Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The British Museum Reading Room used to be part of the British Library.
		Not surprisingly the British Museum and especially Reading Room is a recurring setting in David Lodge 's 1965 novel The British Museum Is Falling Down.
		The British Museum has a wonderful collection of Chinese art, from the Neolithic to the early years of the 20th century, and this book uses the collection as an introduction to Chinese culture, and to the varied forms of art--bronzes, jades, pottery and p...
	www.freeglossary.com /British_Museum (647 words)

	British Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the world's largest and most important museums of ancient history.
		The British Museum is principally a museum of antiquities.
		The British Museum, and especially the Reading Room, is a recurring setting in David Lodge's 1965 novel The British Museum Is Falling Down.
	british-museum.ask.dyndns.dk (1082 words)

	The British Museum: Libraries and Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Archives of the British Museum consist of the administrative records of the Museum's Trustees and Directors which have been selected for permanent preservation for their evidential, administrative or research value.
		The records of the Office of Works and its successors relating to the development of the British Museum building are held at the Public Record Office at Kew.
		The British Museum is committed to public access to its records in line with current legislation and the Government's policy as set out in the 'Modernising Government' White Paper.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /libraries (841 words)

	Libraries@UW-Madison - The British Museum's Reading Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She sent some pictures of the Reading Room, formerly known as the British Library.
		The Reading Room was restored to the original 1857 appearance and opened to the public in December 2000.
		The reading room is in the middle of the Great Court, which is the largest public covered square in Europe.
	www.library.wisc.edu /libraries/News/newsletter/35/british.shtml (226 words)

	BBC News \| Entertainment \| Facelift for British Museum's reading room
		The round reading room at the British Museum has been restored to its former glory.
		For many years the room has been used only by post-graduate students - but when the renovations are complete in the autumn the general public are to be let back in.
		British Museum archivist Christopher Date said: "It will be a public reference library, where all members of the public, when they come to visit the museum, will be able to come and consult books as well as multimedia facilities."
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/329922.stm (327 words)

	Queen Elizabeth II Great Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The central quadrangle of the British Museum in London was redeveloped and opened by Queen Elizabeth II to become the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court in 2000.
		The court has a tessellated glass roof by Foster and Partners (Architects) and Buro Happold (Engineers) covering the entire court and surrounds the original circular British Museum Reading Room in the centre, now a museum.
		It is deliberately open for longer that the British Museum itself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Great_Court (203 words)

	FS : Issue 28.3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hoberman argues that a vital female culture flourished in the Reading Room in the 1880s and 1890s, despite the truculent opposition of male readers who accused women of crowding the reading room and sitting in seats other than those reserved specifically for their use.
		The British Museum Reading Room played a changing but revealing role in the effort of middle class, politically involved women to enter the public sphere during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
		During the late nineteenth century, the reading room was besieged by ambitious middle class women eager to stage their entry into the public sphere through their use of the room.
	www.feministstudies.org /issues/vol-20-29/28-3.html (1733 words)

	Reading Room (former British Library) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the heart of the Great Court is the magnificent Reading Room, now restored to its 1857 glory and home to a modern information centre open to all Museum visitors.
		, the Museum's multimedia object database, is free to use and available to all Museum visitors on touchscreens in the Reading Room.
		The Reading Room has a range of equipment available to ensure the facilities are as accessible as possible for all visitors.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /greatcourt/read.html (342 words)

	British Museum
		British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art.
		The museum was opened in 1759 under its present name in Montague House, but the acquisition of the library of George III in 1823 necessitated larger quarters.
		But the museum argues that the removal of the four-foot slab that unlocked the mysteries of the pharaohs would be disastrous.(Features)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0808989.html (562 words)

	The British Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, for our purposes, one important aspect of the Reading Room is the initial conditions, in this case the vision of an Italian political exile, Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi.
		Because of Panizzi's vision and ability, the Reading Room was reified.
		The Reading Room became the favourite haunt for a number of important political and literary figures.
	www.intelligentchristian.org /the_british_museum.htm (208 words)

	British Museum
		The Great Court opened in December 2000 and is the largest covered square in Europe.The roof is a glass and steel construction with 1656 pairs of uniquely shaped glass panes.
		A few weeks later, the theft of a small Greek statue was blamed on lack of security staff.The British Museum Reading Room used to be part of the British Library.
		This artikel British_Museum is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
	americanliteraturereview.com /103479_british-museum_0486267032ancien... (417 words)

	The British Museum and Trafalgar Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When I stepped into the Reading Room I felt the silence, the awesome sense of history, and the serene depths of this place of hundreds of years of deep thought.
		Century authors who sat down at the Reading Room desks to write and study; I felt their presence, their lingering thoughts, their spirits.
		The British Museum Reading Room may have been the most amazing place of worship I have ever visited.
	www.capjewels.com /family/england6.html (435 words)

	The British Museum, Reading Room, Securing a National Resource for Future Generations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As part of the Great Court development, The British Museum Reading Room has been restored to its 1857 glory, and is now home to a modern information centre open to all Museum visitors.
		Located on the ground floor of the Reading Room, the Paul Hamlyn Library is a new open access public reference library, including a children’s section that provides a wealth of information on the objects and cultures represented in the collections of the British Museum.
		An additional challenge was the totally circular shape of The Reading Room.
	cms.3m.com /cms/GB/en/2-115/iFzkFFV/view.jhtml (428 words)

	Victorian London - Publications - History - The Queen's London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, ...
		A copy of every publication issued in this country has to be sent to the British Museum; and the day must come when the present accommodation, large as it is, will be found insufficient.
		Excellent accommodation is afforded to readers: the desks are provided with a folding desk, a hinged shelf, blotting-paper, pens, ink, etc., and the room is illuminated by the electric light.
		The lower stage of the walls is lined with shelves containing some twenty thousand volumes, chiefly reference works, which may be used without filling up the forms provided for the books kept elsewhere.
	www.victorianlondon.org /ql/queenslondon319.htm (209 words)

	Susan Suntree
		Each polished mahogany desk had a high back and sides to separate the readers, a broad, green writing surface, ink wells and penholders, and was accompanied by a large, heavy, comfortable mahogany chair.
		Though everyone in the room appeared to be facing a book, still I felt a jury of eyes follow me as I walked gingerly, bashfully among the rows until I seated myself at an empty desk.
		I was sitting and reading and taking notes at the same desk as Karl Marx.
	www.zinkville.com /zinkzine/zinkzine6/Suntree.htm (778 words)

	Reading Room Supervisor - The British Museum
		The Reading Room Supervisor will work under the supervision of the Head of Libraries and Information to lead the team of Reading Room assistants in providing a proactive front line information service to all visitors to the British Museum Reading Room and to students and other learners seeking information.
		The Supervisor will be responsible for managing, training and motivating staff in the provision of a first class information service, organising staff rotas, monitoring the use of the Reading Room and its resources.
		Completed applications should be sent to: the Department of Human Resources, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG.
	www.museumjobs.com /jobdetails.php?JobID=2080 (197 words)

	Reading Room Assistant - British Museum
		As part of the Education and Information Department, you will provide a proactive front line information service to all visitors, students and other learners to the British Museum's famous Reading Room.
		In this varied and interesting role, we will look to you to answer enquiries on the British Museum and its collections in person, by telephone or correspondence.
		You will help our visitors use the facilities available in the Reading Room, help with educational events there and distribute educational materials to teachers and students, advising them on our collections and resources.
	www.museumjobs.com /jobdetails.php?JobID=2999 (272 words)

	Structures: Domed Reading Room, British Museum
		Domes are structurally efficient because each part supports every other part and can span a large area economically.
		The dome of the reading room at the British Museum is 42 metres in diameter.
		Its pioneering construction used cast iron ribs supported on iron piers, with a brick infill.
	www.architecture.com /go/Architecture/Also/VandA_4194.html (64 words)

	Reading Room, British Museum on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This amazing room contains thousands of historical books and is located right in the centre of the British Museum.
		To be in a room with a million books like this...
		Would be interesting to see a similar shot from closer to the stacks so the lights (at least I think they're lights) above the second floor have more visibility longer into the distance.
	www.flickr.com /photos/tonyharrison/70088651 (491 words)

	Conradiana: Conrad in the British Museum Reading Room.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Conradiana: Conrad in the British Museum Reading Room.@ HighBeam Research
		Once a part of the Jean-Aubry estate, and now located at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, are Conrad's admission ticket to the Reading Room of the British Museum and twenty-one inscribed slips for requesting books, manuscripts, and maps.
		Signed by Conrad, the admission ticket permitted use of the Reading Room for the six-month period from 7 June until 7 December 1920.
	highbeam.com /doc/1G1:132464961/Conrad+in+the+British+Museum+... (186 words)

	British Museum - reading room antique print, vintage British Museum - reading room art
		British Museum - reading room antique print, vintage British Museum - reading room art
		Antique Art :: London Interiors - Famous London Buildings :: British Museum - reading room
		Antique Art :: British Museum :: British Museum - reading room
	www.collectorsprints.com /art/1983.asp (478 words)

	Find in a Library: The reading room of the British museum
		Find in a Library: The reading room of the British museum
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/60701ab738e360f7.html (46 words)

	Photograph: The Reading Room, British Museum, London, UK.
		Photograph: The Reading Room, British Museum, London, UK.
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	Photo Critique Forum: Round Reading Room, British Museum
		Photo Critique Forum: Round Reading Room, British Museum
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	THE BRITISH LIBRARY - The world's knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Unique music manuscript is preserved for the nation
		Whether you use our reading rooms or do your work elsewhere
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	British Museum Reading Room and new roof:: OS grid TQ3081 :: Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		British Museum Reading Room and new roof:: OS grid TQ3081 :: Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square!
		TQ3081 : British Museum Reading Room and new roof
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	www.geograph.org.uk /view.php?id=1708 (60 words)

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