I knew of that Agency, but I had not seen its website before.
Thank you.
On that website is the following.
> Publishers must supply five copies of every print publication, on request, to the Agency for Legal Deposit Libraries (ALDL) in Edinburgh, for distribution to the five Legal Deposit Libraries.
A copy of a print publication must be sent within one month of publication to The British Library.
The Agency then has one year in which the request may be made. A publisher may send them in without being asked if the publisher so chooses.
With pure electronic publications, The British Library makes copies and sends them, though whether that is to the Agency or direct to the five libraries I do not know.
I was, in fact, under no obligation to send in the PDF document as The British Library gathers from websites. However, I choose to do so.
The regulations for electronic publications, both pure electronic and electronic on media, came into force in 2013. Before then, The British Library had no right to gather. However, for some years before, The British Library had a Voluntary Deposit system for electronic publications and I used to send pure electronic publications. When the regulations came in I continued to send items in as before. This so that I know that they have them for conservation.
So my Art Show can be On Tour too.
I wonder at how many locations. The British Library has Reading Rooms at London and in Yorkshire.
William
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