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British Library aims to preserve websites

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The British Library is trying to preserve defunct websites before they disappear. Disused websites from former MPs, old campaigns, and bankrupt businesses are to be kept for historians of the future. Dame Lynn Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, explains the reasons behind the move.

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