Access to our Sound and Vision collection is through the Listening and Viewing Service, which is in the Rare Books & Music Reading Room.
The British Library Sound Archive consists of the following collection areas:
- Oral History
- Drama and Literature
- Radio and News Broadcasts
- Popular Music
- Classical Music
- World and Traditional Music
- Accent and Dialect
- Wildlife and Environmental Sounds
- Moving Image (*currently unavailable)
The Listening and Viewing Service is by advance appointment only, and no walk-up appointments can be booked. This is because we often have to arrange access to the material you need.
The service is open Monday to Thursday between 10.00 – 19.30, and Friday and Saturday from 10.00 – 16.30.