On December 17, 2008, a lecture by Mr. Nigel Spencer, Research & Business Development Manager of the British Library, was held in the Tokyo Main Library as a training program of the Reference and Special Collections Department.

Mr. Spencer manages the Business & IP Centre (BIPC), which is one of the reading rooms in the British Library. BIPC provides business and intellectual property information to clients (users). He gave a talk on the present condition of the business support services of the BIPC and United Kingdom.

The lecture attracted an audience of 108 (including 37 from outside NDL).

For the content of this lecture, please refer the transcript and slides below:

• Transcript of the lecture
• Slides: Services developed by the British Library to support entrepreneurs and
  small business development[PDF Format, 832KB]

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