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Doctoral Open Day: Maps, Art, Science and Music. Spaces remain available. Fri 17 Nov 2023, 10:00-18:00 t.ly/pwiuw

Audiovisual heritage provides us with a window to the world. For #AudiovisualHeritageDay, explore worldwide celebration events, and share your own here: ccaaa.org/WDAVH2023

We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services too. We anticipate restoring many services in the next few weeks, but some disruption may persist. We have now

UPDATE 20/11/23: The British Library is continuing to experience a major technology outage, as a result of a cyber-attack. The outage is affecting our website, online systems and services, as well as some onsite services including our Reading Rooms and public wifi.

Join us at the British Library and play a major part in preserving the nation's sound heritage. We're looking for a knowledgeable Electronics Engineer with experience of analogue and digital audiovisual equipment maintenance. See more details here - tinyurl.com/2am32wjr

Registration now open for BISA 2024: Sound Heritage Today, 9 & 10 May in Glasgow! eventbrite.co.uk/e/bisa-2024-so…

We're seeking a freelance Artist in Residence to engage new audiences with Tyne & Wear Archives sound collections. Opportunity open to creative practitioners working in any medium. £8K contract over five months. Apply by 20 March 2024 twmuseums.org.uk/news/tyne-and-…

BISA 2024: Sound Heritage Today full programme out now: bisa-web.org/bisa-2024-soun… 9-10 May at the National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. Don't forget to book your tickets!

Take a sneak peek at the rich tapestry of costumes, artworks and records featured in Beyond the Bassline 👀 Journey through five centuries of history and discover the places where the sounds of Black Britain were born, opening tomorrow: bit.ly/BLBeyondTheBas…

The ‘Beyond the baseline’ exhibition about 500 years of Black British music is officially open! Huge congratulations to Dr Aleema Gray Dr Mykaell Riley and everyone at the British Library who worked so hard to deliver this incredible show.

Don't forget to book your ticket for BISA 2024: Sound Heritage Today 9-10 May in Glasgow! eventbrite.co.uk/e/bisa-2024-so…

Don’t need much excuse to go to the British Library but the ‘Beyond The Bassline: 500 years of Black British Music’ exhibition is a must see! 👀 3 towers of vinyl & 200+ exhibits stretching from the earliest recordings through calypso, jazz, jungle… 👏Dr Aleema Gray Dr Mykaell Riley

Whiteness and Sound Studies: Annie Goh 'Echoes of elsewhere? From archaeoacoustics to sonic cyberfeminisms' Weds 8 May, 6 - 8pm BST, Online Tickets are free - book via Eventbrite bit.ly/3yhdYqV

Good news! Thanks to generous support The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we're starting another sound digitisation project across the region. Following the success of #UOSH, we'll be working with archives in the SW to preserve our sound heritage for everyone. More info: bit.ly/3UJrWcR

Thanks to the extensive research of Andrew Krastins, it is now believed that a group of mysterious wax cylinders hold performances by Camillo Sivori, the only pupil of legendary violinist Niccolo Paganini. Follow the intriguing story here: blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…

Sound System Culture Day: Sunday 2 June @ British Library An afternoon celebrating sound system culture with DJs, performances, talks, creative activities and more! …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/sound-sy…

Delighted to see that the story about British Library cylinders of possible Sivori recordings in The Strad has been picked up in Poland and France. ruchmuzyczny.pl/article/4354 search.app/jzzP5fZqbtWr48…

Don't miss Dr Mykaell Riley on Later...with Jools Holland on BBC Two... with Jools Holland this week! 📺 Tune in for an insightful discussion on our exhibition, Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music. Saturday 15 June, 21.00 BBC Two & BBC iPlayer.

Tickets still available for the Oral History Festival on Sat 6 July 2024! Join us for a day of reflection, listening, conversation and networking at the British Library hosted by @oralhistorysoc and British Library Oral History. Book here: …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/oral-his…

Earlier in the week we took an artist trip to British Library to see #BeyondtheBassline. We met with the Sound Archive Curator and submitted our limited-edition 12" vinyl LP 'Melancholy & Madness - by #BethlemLiveLounge'! ARTIST TAXI DRIVER #BethlemArtists #ArtDayOut