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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">I am very sorry to report that the British Library catalogues, including the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC; estc.bl.uk), are currently unavailable.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Here the official statement:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The British Library is experiencing a major technology outage, as a result of a cyber-incident. This is affecting online systems and services, our website, and onsite services including our Reading
Rooms. We are investigating the incident with the support of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and cybersecurity specialists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">We are very grateful for the support and understanding we have had from our users, staff and partners.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The Library’s sites remain fully open to the public and details on the services that remain available can be found via @britishlibrary on X (formerly Twitter).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">(Direct link here:
<a href="https://twitter.com/britishlibrary/status/1719338957907825151">https://twitter.com/britishlibrary/status/1719338957907825151</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I will send an update when the catalogues are available again.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Iris O’Brien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Iris O'Brien
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">St Pancras</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">London</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NW1 2DB</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">E-mail:
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