British Library to archive e-mail

The British Library, the famed repository of everything from Gutenberg Bibles to culturally significant napkin scribbles by the likes of Lennon and McCartney, has added e-mails and electronic data to the list of documents it archives.

Jeremy John, the library's curator of digital manuscripts, said the institution will be adding to its digital archive substantially in the future and called the move a "natural progression" from manuscripts. He also said the library is not just looking for the big names.

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