British Library

Did you know that the British Library has a Facebook page? A new trend for companies is to create a page in Facebook that people can add by becoming a "fan". A new loophole that allows various companies and organizations to add themselves to a popular website. They could make some trouble for MySpace due to the fact that in MySpace you have to lie and create a page as if your organization is a real person.

Why am I talking about all this? It is because I am a fan of the British Library and I am able to get updates on what their website has to offer. Something that I have just learned today is that the British Library provides:

Treasures in full: High-quality digital editions, free to your desktop.

Examine every page of rare historic works; compare different editions side-by-side; choose standard or magnified view; read supporting material by our curators and other experts.

• Shakespeare in Quarto
• Caxton's Chaucer
• Gutenberg Bible
• Magna Carta
• Renaissance Festival Books
• Preview: Malory's Arthurian manuscript

Technology really has come a long way and I am glad that people are going out of their way to preserve pieces of history for future generations.

http://www.bl.uk/treasures/treasuresinfull.html