Bahrain has reportedly signed an agreement with the British National Archives to gain access to over 80 million digital documents. The deal was signed between the King Hamad Digital Library and the British National Archives.
The agreement is one of many that have been signed with King Hamad Library to offer state-of-art digital library services. The National Archives is the UK government's official archive. It contains millions of documents, files and images that cover 1,000 years of history.
According to the Minister of Education, Dr Majid Al Nuaimi, the agreement is the beginning of many cooperation in exchanging expertise, drafting and designing e-books, digital archiving and training.
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