Acquisitions

New Acquisitions

The BFI National Library displays a selection of new books every week in the Reading Room. A bulletin is produced of those titles, and other acquisitions added to stock.

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Past Acquisitions

Some of the major collections acquired by the BFI National Library include:

ITC collection

In 2002 the ITC (Independent Television Commission, now Ofcom) Library closed to the public and, following a successful bid, its collections were assimilated into the BFI National Library. Read the report

Pre-cinema collection of printed matter

This collection was acquired for the library from a specialist book dealer, collector and film historian in the late 1980s. The name reflects the greater part of the collection, which covers the various processes which come together to make moving pictures, but some of the collection covers the period of silent film and a small part the sound era. The materials are pitched at all levels, from scientific pieces in Boy's Own to trade items and ephemera, as well as textbooks. It consists of over 1,000 lantern readings & lectures, and almost 900 books, catalogues & ephemera.