The British Library’s partnership with the Qatar National Library and Qatar Foundation is transforming access to the library’s collections on Gulf History and Arabic Science. The Qatar Digital Library (www.qdl.qa) is a bilingual, free to use resource which makes available over million images of archives, manuscripts, photographs, maps and sound recordings from the British Library collections.

1. Heritage Made Digital:
Transforming access to the
British Library’s collections
Richard Davies
Head of British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership
CILIP, 4 July 2018

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5. British Library Partnership with
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Qatar Digital Library

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George Barnes Brucks and the First
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Profile: Br t ish Baluchistan and Makran Economy in Turmoi : Gulf Trade Hit by
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Fann Al Bal)n - The Great Art of the
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20. Thank you
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