British Library update – more of the collection available, remote ordering possible, with more detail here.

My anecdotal experience recently, in the two rooms I’ve used most over the past few years (Rare Books and Asian and African Studies) is that the new online ordering is a bit laborious, but that the staff are very helpful in getting you to see what you want. I was asking for something quite difficult in one case. It’s not as straightforward as it used to be, still, but certainly an improvement on earlier this year.