Tom Scott visits the British Library's legal deposit library

Tom Scott · Explainer · 5 min · 2023 · YouTube title: This library has every book ever published.

Why it's here

HN commenters cite it to explain why legal deposit should be complete rather than selective.

What it covers

Tom Scott visits the British Library, a UK legal deposit library that receives a copy of everything published, and discusses storing so much material, including the web archive.