Library charges

2nd May 1997, 1:00am

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Library charges

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The British Library is consulting readers over introducing charges in its 15 reading rooms which have been free for the past 250 years.

Readers were were reassured by Brian Lang, the chief executive, that no decision would be taken “quickly, lightly, or without due consideration for the future well-being of research”.

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