Projects

Automatic Transcription of Historical Handwritten...

Helping advance the state-of-the-art in handwritten text recognition technologies for Arabic.

British Library Qatar Foundation partnership

We've worked with the Qatar Foundation and the Qatar National Library to create a free online resource

Community Engagement

Community Engagement works closely with local community groups and residents to develop collaborative British Library pr...

Digital access to Persian Manuscripts

Our collection of Persian Manuscripts is one of the most important in the world

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Aims to provide free online access to Hebrew manuscripts from the Library’s collection

Histories and Archives of Arabic Publishing

A series of online talks exploring publishing practices in Arabic from the 1960s until the present.

New Collecting Award (2022-2024)

Collecting Arab Visual Cultures (1960 to Today)