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Founded in 1976 as an Anglo-American cooperative project, work began on it at the British Library in 1977. Professor Henry L. Snyder, now at UCR, inaugurated the American counterpart in 1978. The English Short Title Catalogue is an essential resource for historians, literature scholars, and even genealogy hobbyists. It provides bibliographic records for all surviving letter press material in the British Isles and North America before 1801, held by the British Library and over 2000 other institutions worldwide.