For higher levels of support, donors receive a special behind the scenes tour of the Conservation studios at the British Library. Adopt a Book is an innovative gift idea, to commemorate a person's birth year, celebrate the birth of a baby, a wedding anniversary or retirement. Individuals can choose their book according to a particular interest or hobby or as a lasting and personal memorial to commemorate a loved one. The actress Kathleen Turner commented, ' I can't imagine anything more life-giving than reading. It gives company, comfort, challenges, joy.
Books are an imaginative record of our inner life, our society, our hopes, despair and creativity.
The British Library is the largest and most important organisation of its kind in the world. Spanning 3000 years and every continent, the Library's 150 million items include books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents and sound recordings in all the world's known written languages. The British Library belongs not just to the nation, but to the world. We are its present custodians.