The Venue - The British Library, London

The venue for the London screening Wednesday, 7th December 2011 is -

The British Library, St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London

The British Library in London is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is also one of the World's greatest libraries and contains an astonishing 150 million items with a copy of every new publication in the UK and Ireland being added to the collection each year.

The library is open to everyone who has a genuine need to use its collections and a reader pass needs to be obtained before you can access the reading rooms.

The library houses a diverse collection of material inlcuding manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. Some from as early as 300 BC.

The general public can see important works like the Magna Carta, Captain Cook's journal, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Jane Austen's History of England and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, for free in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery.

There are also changing exhibitions open to the general public which are also free of charge.

The British Library’s state of the art Conference Centre has its own private entrance from the Piazza and offers exceptional and flexible facilities.

The auditorium can accommodate up to 255 delegates.

The foyer and bar area with their seating nooks are an ideal location to break out and enjoy discussions with colleagues over refreshments.