This Research Project will be based upon factual information from Encyclopaedia Britannica On-Line. The Oxford Companion to British History. And various other sources that will be listed in order of use. All efforts have been made to produce a testimony to printing in a light-hearted fashion and therefore the inclusion of video transcripts, Google pictures and photographs depicting the progression of the printing press will hopefully add interest. Before the invention of printing, the n.

History of the British Library. The main entrance to the British Library. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. The origins and foundations of this significant library which was established in 1753. A donation was given to the library from the Royal book collection of King George III. To the library in 1827 and housed in this first public museum. For over 200 years the collection was added to and kept as part of the British Museum library .