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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Libraries Division:...
Catalogue reference: PF 322
What's it about?
PF 322
This series contains registered files created by the Libraries Divison concerning policy matters of the public library service, monitoring of public library services and the funding considerations of such services. Records within this series also...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PF 322
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Libraries Division: Registered Files (LD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1987-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files created by the Libraries Divison concerning policy matters of the public library service, monitoring of public library services and the funding considerations of such services. Records within this series also cover a wide variety of issues, including: the development of the British Library at St Pancras, libraries in museums, copyright and intellectual property rights, legal deposit, the Public Lending Right, the DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Challenge Fund and the impact of private finance initiatives on libraries.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files concerning predecessor departments involvement within library policy matters can be found at ED 244
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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LD Prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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228 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2023 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Sports
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Some records inherited from the Department of Education and Science upon the establishment of DCMS (then the Department of National Heritage) in 1992 and the transfer of policy responsibilities.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17836246/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Libraries Division: Registered Files (LD Series)
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