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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...

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...

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...

Change in price to the CLA default Copyright fee

02 December 2019

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) default copyright fee will be rising from £17.50 to £20.00 on 1 January 2020.

We've updated our DRM Lite Guidelines

30 October 2019

We’ve updated our DRM Lite Guidelines to give you a better experience when using British Library On Demand.

Caring for On Demand Loans

11 September 2019

As part of our continued work to conserve and care for our collections, here are some friendly reminders for best practi...

Changes to ILL Form

11 September 2019

In response to customer feedback we are making changes to the online ILL claim form to address the issues some of you ha...

British Library On Demand maintenance completed

22 July 2019

British Library On Demand is available for use again after we successfully completed our maintenance.

Scheduled maintenance for British Library On Deman...

17 July 2019

We are performing maintenance on British Library On Demand which will mean that the service is unavailable over the week...

British Library On Demand Prices for 2019/20

31 May 2019

There will be changes to the pricing of On Demand document supply from 1 August 2019. The changes will help us ensure ou...

On Demand operating times for May U.K. public holi...

30 April 2019

There are two U.K. public holidays in May and the operating hours for On Demand will be limited as a result

Archive of Tony Benn acquired for the nation

07 March 2019

From political diaries to audio and video content

Computing course being developed for the Cultural...

07 March 2019

A project to develop a new postgraduate certificate, Computing for Cultural Heritage, with The National Archives and Bir...