British supermarket giant Tesco is among the corporations
lining up to endow curatorships and (possibly) profit from
the privatization of services at the British Library:
The British Library is planning a huge injection of private money that could see curators being sponsored by Tesco and services run for profit by big business. The Independent on Sunday can reveal that barely four years after its £520m London home was finally completed, the library is to undergo a radical commercial makeover to attract more funds.
Sponsorship ideas being floated by library directors include creating posts that might include a \”Tesco curator for cookery\” or an anthropology librarian funded by Endemol, producers of reality TV show Big Brother. . . Private bidders may also be asked to pay the salaries of new specialists in other \”fashionable areas\” such as gardening, sport and DIY. The libraryis also considering plans to invite private investors to build and run new facilities. . .
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