British Library sets sights on the East

The British Library—renowned for collecting books, journals and artefacts from across the globe— is set to shift its focus from Western Europe towards China and India. Academics in these countries will be generating the big ideas in science, technology and economics, the library has forecast in an extensive study set for release today, and could overtake the West as the intellectual and cultural centers of the 21st century world. Find details in The Guardian.