The British Library and the BBC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to make the content and assets of both organisations more widely available.
Managed by a joint steering committee, the MoU seeks to develop new ways of integrating access to nearly a million hours of BBC TV and radio content and over 150 million British Library items. This is projected to significantly increase access to research material across both national institutions for the benefit of researchers and the wider public.
Signed by BBC Director General Mark Thompson and British Library CEO Dame Lynne Brindley, the MoU also proposes that the BBC and British Library collaborate to develop viable approaches on various important issues. These include rights management, distribution of archive content, digitisation and storage.
The agreement follows MoUs signed earlier this year between the BBC and the British Film Institute, and the BBC and the National Archives.
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