The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library

Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of ...
The New York Times

Months After Cyberattack, British Library Crawls Back Online

Britain’s national library made the first major steps in its recovery process after a ransomware group took down its website and online catalog. By Jenny Gross Reporting from London The British ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare Magical Manuscripts Go on Display at the British Library

Do you believe in magic? If not, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic,” the latest exhibition at the British Library in London, might very well make you a believer. Opened last month, the exhibition ...
Bleeping Computer

British Library knocked offline by weekend cyberattack

The British Library has been hit by a major IT outage affecting its website and many of its services following a "cyber incident" that impacted its systems on Saturday, October 28. The ongoing outage ...
London Evening Standard

British Library workers to strike in pay dispute

The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members at the site in London will walk out from October 27 to November 9 after voting by 98% in favour of industrial action.
World Socialist Web Site

British Library workers strike over poverty pay and declining services

Over 300 workers at the British Library in St Pancras, London are engaged in a two-week strike until November 9 in pursuit of a wage increase. The strikers are library assistants, conservation and ...