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On Demand Christmas and New Year Operating Hours

20 December 2022

The British Library will be closed from Friday 23 December to Tuesday 27 December inclusive and on Monday 02 January 202...

Change to CLA copyright fees for book chapters fro...

29 March 2022

From 1 April 2022, CLA will provide a copyright fee specifically for book chapters, based on publisher-set pricing

RMS collection embargo

08 March 2022

We're enhancing our storage facilities in Boston Spa and some of our collections are being moved to enable this work. As...

On Demand Christmas and New Year Operating Hours

15 December 2021

The British Library will be closed from Friday 24 December to Tuesday 28 December inclusive and on Monday 03 January 202...

On Demand operating times for UK August 2021 publi...

26 August 2021

The UK’s August bank holiday is Monday 30 August this year, so most On Demand services will stop from 02.00 on 28 August...

Suspension of On Demand Loan auto renewal fee to e...

24 August 2021

Our suspension of auto renewal fees is coming to an end and we will reinstate the renewal fee of £5.45 from September 20...

British Library On Demand operating hours, Easter...

22 March 2021

Easter is upon us, so most On Demand services will stop from 16.00 on 1 April to when we re-open at 08.00 on 6 April

Matching via the API

08 December 2020

Matching/searching our content using the On Demand API

On Demand operating hours this Christmas and New Y...

08 December 2020

The British Library will have extended closing times over Christmas and New Year

Reminder: Suspension of On Demand Loan auto renewa...

22 September 2020

From 1 October 2020 we will be reinstating our auto renewal fees following its suspension throughout the summer.

Thank you for continuing to use British Library On...

22 September 2020

As we have all been through and continue to face challenges, we just want to say thank you for sticking by us and contin...

We’ve made changes to Business Account Administrat...

22 September 2020

We’ve made changes to On Demand Business Account Management. Find out all you need to know and ensure your details are u...

Return of On Demand Loan Service

14 August 2020

From 17 August 2020 we are restarting our On Demand loan service.

We’re working to make On Demand better

10 July 2020

We are working to make long term improvements to the way we work but there will some short term disruption to our servic...

British Library On Demand closures over Christmas...

10 December 2019

The British Library in Boston Spa will be closed over Christmas and New Year impacting some of our services such as the...