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Article: Contents of an ancient history.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2009
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Byline: chris upton
There are, as you know, legal deposit libraries (six in all) which receive copies of every item published in the United Kingdom.
Indeed, the latest piece of legislation on the subject, passed in 2003, covers electronic publications as well.
God knows how they make that work.
No-one has yet come up with an Act of Parliament to require legal deposit of things and it's high time they did. If noone archives ...