Resources relating to 19th century English literature and literary figures curated by staff at the British Library in the early 2000's. The collection includes websites devoted to author societies, themed events, anniversary and other news coverage, adaptations, interpretations, museums and fan sites, as well as academic sites.
This collection looks at aging issues from a number of contexts. The collection covers health and social care, intergenerational relationships, housing, pensions and finance, social life and leisure activities, assistive technologies and the representation of older people in literature, the arts and media. Research into the biological mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases are also considered. The collection includes websites published by academic organisations, research centres, think tanks, advocacy groups, service providers and local and central government.
This is a collection of websites relating to the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem. Operation Market Garden was a failed World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. The collection reflects how Operation Market Garden was remembered within the UK Web Space during 2019. It is curated by staff at the Royal Air Force Museum and the British Library and is intended provide a corpus of websites which capture as many aspects of the anniversary as possible. Arnhem75 Collection - Scoping Document: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/6d03705d-716c-4c03-9a39-c51d8b2aeb7a/
The UK Blogosphere (connected community of Web logs) has burgeoned since the late 1990s and early 2000s, due in part to the advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by non-technical users. Until 2009 Blogs were generally the work of a single author, in the 2010s Multi Author Blogs (MABs) developed. This collection curated by staff at the British Library from 2005 onwards, represents a cross section of UK Web logs containing a wealth of material which will be of value to researchers now and in the future. The collection contains a wide variety of Blogs from news and political commentaries, sports and music Blogs to personal online diaries.
Collection of Internet sites selected by staff at the British Library in the early 2000's around the theme of British Countryside intended to reflect a wide range of related issues such as rural economy, environment, wildlife, art, history and politics. Sites represent organisations such as wildlife groups; academic think tanks; agricultural consultants; national countryside groups, campaigning groups and tourist boards amongst others.
This is a collection of archived websites published in, and with information relating to, the British Overseas Territories (BOTS). The collection has been curated by staff at the British Library beginning in 2014. The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are fourteen territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom. Most of the permanently inhabited territories are internally self-governing, with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Three are inhabited only by a transitory population of military or scientific personnel. They all share the British monarch (Elizabeth II) as head of state.
The British Stand-Up Comedy Archive was established at the University of Kent in 2013 to celebrate, preserve, and provide access to the archives and records of British stand-up comedy and comedians. This Collection of websites has been curated by the BSUCA's Archivist to complement the physical collections held at the University of Kent.
Cambridge has produced Nobel prize winning scientists and others of world renown. This collection, initiated in 2019 is being put together to recognise and preserve the scientific contribution of our academics. This collection will be lead by the Head of Physical Sciences at Cambridge and will include a wide range of contributors from across Cambridge University Library.
2018 marked 70 years since the Empire Windrush carried hundreds of Caribbean migrants to Britain. This collection of websites was initiated to accompany an exhibtion hosted by the British Library entitled "Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land" which explored why people came, what they left behind and how they went on to shape Britain. The website collection includes (but is not restricted to) themes such as ‘Windrush’; Arts, Literature and Music; Race Relations, West Indies in WWI and WWII.
This collection focuses on climate change and related issues published in the UK. In 2021 the UK hosts the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, 1-12 November 2021. This event is a significant global milestone in implementing the Paris Agreement (2015).
This collection of websites, curated by staff at the British Library from 2005 onwards, focuses on Cornwall, the most south westerly county in the UK. It is intended to reflect a wide range of related issues such as economy, environment, culture, language, tourism and campaigning groups such as the self governing movement. The collection is ongoing.
This collection of websites, covering the period July 2008 to January 2010 was initiated by staff at the British Library to reflect how the UK has been affected by the global financial crisis. The collection includes the websites of banks, corporations, local governments, consumer and financial advisory groups as well as blogs and commentaries.
The year 2009 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, 'On the Origin of Species'. A series of events was held globally to celebrate the 'Year of Darwin 2009' and to promote science in general. This collection of websites was curated by staff at the British Library.
Electronic publishing refers to the digital publication of e-books and electronic articles and to the development of digital libraries and catalogues. E-publishing is a growing phenomenon which uses innovative technologies to enable individuals, scholars and communities to establish contacts, exchange data, and share knowledge. Many works, especially scientific journals and popular works of fiction are increasingly only published online. This collection of websites, curated by staff at the British Library, is intended to reflect this growing trend and includes e-books, a publisher's online addenda to a printed book, an experiment in the novel as a blog and sites about the impact of digital technologies upon writing.
The West African Ebola virus epidemic (2013–2016) was the most widespread outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history—causing major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in the countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This collection of websites was curated by staff at the Bodleian Library Oxford, focussing on the UK response to the disaster.
This collection, initiated in 2012 by a member of the British Library Science Team and developed by staff across the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, looks at energy technology and production, focussing on scientific research, engineering technologies and energy policy & regulation. It includes websites from academic research organisations, energy companies, industry organisations, suppliers & manufacturers, and trade associations.
This collection of around 200 Internet sites was curated during and immediately after the European Parliament election campaign of 2009 by staff at the British Library. It consists of a representative sample of Pan-European, national and regional political party sites, candidate's campaign sites and blogs, manifestos of civil society organisations at national and European level, and comment from the traditional press, political analysts in academia, and individuals and communities sharing their thoughts online.
This collection of archived websites focusses on the 2019 European Parliament elections, the UK component of which was held on Thursday 23rd May 2019. The websites, curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, have a UK focus and include campaign sites, press & media comment, interest groups and official party websites.
This collection includes a huge variety of websites related to the First World War (1914-1918), particularly the various events which took place in the Centenary period 2014-2018. The collection also includes resources about the history of the war; academic sites on the meaning of the conflict in modern memory and patterns of memorialisation and critical reflections on British involvement in armed conflict more generally. Staff at the British Library worked with the Heritage Lottery Fund to take archival copies of the websites of all HLF-funded First World War Centenary projects.
A food related collection initiated in 2017 by staff at the British Library, covering these topics: Food Production (including farming, manufacture, packaging, logistics, marketing and retail) Cookery and Recipes Food History Food Activism Food Politics and Policy Diet and Health Restaurants and Eating Out Food Research
This collection focusses on Scottish Gaelic and related sites published in the UK. Originally based on the work of a Gaelic Digital Assistant appointed from June 2016 to July 2017 in the National Library of Scotland to identify and collect Gaelic websites and social media. The collection is currently being updated.
This collection, initiated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries in 2018, gives an insight into attitudes in the UK relating to gender equality. The collection includes material relating to bodily autonomy; domestic abuse, gender equality in the workplace; gender identity; the gender pay gap; parenting; and women’s suffrage, including material relating to the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the Peoples Act.
A collection of websites, curated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, representing various global communities living in the UK. Each sub-category focuses on communities from particular countries or regions from outside the UK. The collection is in the very early stages of development and will grow to represent more communities over time.
For almost half a century police authorities in England and Wales fulfilled their role of ensuring that the public had an efficient and effective local police force. This system was replaced by a single elected individual (a Police & Crime Commissioner) following the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, and elections on Thursday 15th November 2012. This collection contains snapshots of all 41 police authority sites at or near the changeover date of 20th November. It also includes sites from the newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners, and selected sites relating to the first elections of 2012. It also includes the sites of the police forces and associated organisations in Scotland superseded by the Police Service of Scotland from April 2013, under the terms of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
The ‘Government in Wales’ collection consists of many websites collected by the National Library of Wales since 2007 relating to all forms of Government across Wales. Mae casgliad ‘Llywodraeth yng Nghymru’ yn cynnwys nifer o wefannau a gasglwyd gan Lyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ers 2007 yn ymwneud â phob math o lywodraeth yng Nghymru.
This collection focusses on the history of libraries and librarianship in the UK; from the establishment of early cathedral libraries to the technological advancements of the late 20th century up until the year 2000. The sub category of this collection, the “Evolving role of libraries” focusses on library developments after this year. Curated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
This collection will bring together independent arts organisations from around the UK providing an overview of activity that is inherently itinerant and ephemeral. This collection will also provide an insight into how artists and curators are using current technologies and advancements in networking to promote and showcase their activity.
This collection of websites has been selected around the theme of Free Church religion. The Free Churches (successively known in previous generations as Dissenters and Nonconformists) formally emerged in the seventeenth century. They originally comprised individuals and denominations refusing to conform to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England but have come to include a large number of evangelical and renewal movements which have grown up quite independently of the established Church. Most, but not all, of them are trinitarian. The major categories, in terms of numerical strength, currently comprise Baptist, Methodist, Reformed and Pentecostal. In addition to the websites included in this collection, there is a separate special collection for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
A collection documenting the effects, aftermath and human responses to the 26 December 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia. The sites were collected by staff at the British Library between January-March 2005 and include those of aid organisations, charities, sites set up to raise relief donations, those established to record personal experiences, and the response of religious communites to this event.
This collection includes the transcripts of decisions by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in patents, trade marks, and designs. It also archives the Company Names Tribunal website. The collection was initiated in 2019 by a Subject Librarian in the British Library Business and IP, Research Services team.
Jersey Archive is responsible for preserving and providing access to the Island’s unique written cultural heritage. Increasingly this means that archivists need to start looking at ways in which we can archive digital information including websites and social media. This collection of websites curated by staff at Jersey Archive will become a part of Jersey’s evolving history.
2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, which partially decriminalised homosexuality. Over this time LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning) issues have moved from something scarcely mentioned – in fact barely legal - into the mainstream. The British Library’s collections of LGBTQ+ printed materials go back almost 500 years and, augmented by more recent material in the Sound Archive, provide a unique resource for research into the subject. This collection of websites augments these collections as well as the collections of the other five UK legal deposit libraries to reflect contemporary aspects of LGBTQ+ life in modern Britain.
A collection of Internet sites produced by Latin American communities in the UK or by UK organisations with direct links to these communities and to the region. The sites archived include those of charities, educational and support groups, solidarity campaigns, Anglo-Latin American societies, news and information services for Latin Americans in the UK, commercial and cultural organisations and one-off events.
The Live Art Collection was initiated in late 2008 and is maintained by the British Library in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency, London. Live Art is an innovative exploratory approach to contemporary performance practices. The range of websites in this collection includes organizations supporting, promoting and curating Live Art; artists websites; sites that are artistic or project-driven by their nature; blogsites and online spaces engaging in critical reviews; through to online archival sites relating to Live Art. This collection represents the diverse practices and approaches of artists today and the support and critical frameworks that exist to support, promote and comment upon Live Art and the ephemeral nature of this area of practice. This project was revisited in 2017 with new websites added to the collection.
This collection of websites was curated inbetween 2012 and 2014 by Dr. Saskia Huc-Hepher, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, on the subject of the French community in London. The Collection was a fundamental component of Dr. Huc-Hepher's thesis on the French community in London. It is hoped that the collection will serve both as an innovative dataset and as a means of reaching out to a diverse range of audiences.
This collection of websites focuses on the London mayoral election which took place on the 1st May 2008. The election was the third London mayoral election, the previous elections being held in 2000 and 2004. The 2008 election was won by Conservative party candidate Boris Johnson. The collection includes websites of the main candidates, as well as opinion sites and commentaries. Sites were gathered from the 1st April 2008 until 31st May 2008 by members of staff at the British Library.
Collection of Internet sites with content about the terrorist attacks in London on July 7th 2005 begun immediately after the event. The collection comprises news and commentary, public information and support for victims and weblogs written by those who had first hand experience of the bombs. The collection was curated by staff at the British Library.
This collection of websites was curated by staff at the British Library following the death of Margaret Thatcher on 8 April 2013. Baroness Thatcher (1925 – 2013) was a British stateswoman who was Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, and the first woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her The Iron Lady, a nickname that became popularly associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
A collection of websites initiated by staff at the Wellcome Library in 2005. The collection includes websites addressing issues of mental health and its effects as well as support and research organisations. There is a sub section of this collection entitled, Mental Health, Social Media and the Internet, curated by staff at the Bodleian Libraries.
Muslims, Trust and Cultural Dialogue is an RCUK-funded international research project that explores trust between Muslims and non-Muslims in Britain, Europe and North America. The project analyses the conditions of trust and mistrust in three overlapping areas of modern life: politics and society; business and finance; and art and culture. It is an international multidisciplinary network of scholars, practitioners and stakeholders exploring questions of trust in the relationship between Muslim diaspora populations in the West and the societies around them. The project is committed to understanding how existing practices in these three arenas enact dialogue and negotiation between groups in ways that can be mutually informative, and which help us move beyond misunderstanding and negative stereotyping. - See more at: http://www.muslimstrustdialogue.org/index.php/about#sthash.sCNaSzzY.dpuf
The National Health Service is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom. It is made up of a wide range of different organisations with different roles, responsibilities and specialities. These organisations provide a variety of services and support to patients and carers. This collection will, in time, offer a one-stop-shop for access to primary materials about the NHS. The collection will focus exclusively on official websites of NHS bodies with selective commentary and analysis together with the websites of think tanks and research centres. It will include Twitter feeds where they exist. The collection was initiated in March 2020 by the British Library's Government and Official Information Team in partnership with the other UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
This collection of websites focuses on the election for the National Assembly for Wales in 2011. The Assembly was established in 1999, but the fourth Assembly, would be the first to have full lawmaking powers in devolved areas. The election resulted in gains for the Labour and Conservative parties and losses for the Welsh Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru but with no party having an overall majority. Following the election, Carwyn Jones AM, leader of the Labour group was elected as First Minister and formed a government. Etholiad Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru 2011 Mae'r casgliad hwn o wefannau yn canolbwyntio ar yr etholiad i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru yn 2011. Sefydlwyd y Cynulliad yn 1999, ond y Pedwerydd Cynulliad, fyddair cyntaf i gael pwerau deddfu llawn mewn meysydd sydd wedi'u datganoli. Canlyniad yr etholiad oedd enillion ar gyfer y Blaid Lafur ar Ceidwadwyr a cholledion ar gyfer Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru a Phlaid Cymru, ond heb unrhyw blaid gyda mwyafrif. Yn dilyn yr etholiad, etholwyd Carwyn Jones AC, arweinydd y grŵp Llafur, yn Brif Weinidog a ffurfiodd lywodraeth.
This collection of websites was curated by staff at the British Library following the death of Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 – 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
This collection includes websites for shortlisted works and winners of the New Media Writing Prize, as well as relevant online contextual information such as author’s websites and blog reviews. The New Media Writing Prize was established in the UK in 2010 by Bournemouth University, with the purpose of showcasing and rewarding innovative examples of digital interactive storytelling. This collection was established in 2020-21 and curated by staff at the British Library in collaboration with staff at Bournemouth University. For more details, please refer to the <a href="https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/4e649b8e-c4c0-4494-895b-197a9c4ac150?locale=en"> New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) Collection Scoping Document </a> on the British Library Research Repository.
Collection of UK online news publications curated by subject specialists at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. The sites are archived on either a daily or weekly basis. The collection does not just include newspaper's websites, but web-only news sites, community journalism sites (hyperlocals), news broadcasters’ sites, news parody sites and more.
This collection was started in 2020 by the Royal College of Nursing History of Nursing Forum. 2020 marked 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and was designated by the World Health Organisation as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Instead of celebrating these milestones, 2020 saw our nursing staff across the NHS and independent nursing at the forefront of COVID-19. Nursing is the largest profession in the UK, in 2020 there were over 700,000 registered nurses - not including nursing associates and health care professionals. Nursing first became a registered profession in the UK in 1919 and remains approximately 90% women. One in every five nurses, midwives and health visitors in the NHS is from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background. This collection aims to reflect the breadth and depth of our nursing community of practice, which is diverse in terms of geography, clinical specialisms, ethnicity and special interests. The collection includes content from the four branches of nursing – adult, children, mental health and learning disability. Individuals, specialist community networks and the history of nursing are included. It does not cover dental or veterinary nursing which are different professions. Nominations to develop in the collection are welcomed.
This collection was initiated in 2016 and curated by staff and graduate trainee digital archivists at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. It captures how UK based public forums are used to discuss hobbies and activities and serve as a place for enthusiasts to converse with others sharing similar interests. It gives an insight into how hobbyists of the British public are using the internet right now to further their social and recreational activities, and show the use of online communities in an everyday, routine manner rather than providing reactions to a particular event. The range of interests covered by online communities within the UK is surprisingly vast – it is possible to find anything from the more traditional areas, such as stamp collecting and cycling, to the more esoteric, such as a community for those dedicated to turning their raspberry pi computers into retro gaming machines.
The Oral History in the UK collection was initiated in 2012 and is maintained by the Oral History section of the British Library. The websites in this collection have been selected to demonstrate the variety of ways in which Oral History is used by community and local history groups, charities and universities. The range of websites in this collection includes sites which document the experiences of those that emmigrated to the UK (such as the Birmingham Black Oral History Project and Moroccan Memories in Britain); local history (Durham in Time, St. Helier Memories); disability history (Speaking Up For Disability); industry in the UK (Songs of Steel); and memories of war (The Workers' War, Captive Memories). The websites vary widely in the way they present oral history; many, although not all, provide access to extracts from oral history audio or video archive material and most sites also provide information on the project background, participants and funding arrangements. Websites will continue to be nominated for inclusion in the UK Web Archive and added to the 'Oral History in the UK' collection. if you would like to nominate any content to the collection you can fill in the online form: https://beta.webarchive.org.uk/en/ukwa/info/nominate
This collection of websites was initiated in 2005 to contingency plan around any possible outbreak of Avian flu in the UK. It has since been expanded to include all types of Pandemic flu such as the Swine flu outbreak of 2009 and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. The collection contains public advisory sites produced by the Government alongside news and commentary.
This collection of philately websites was initiated in 2005 by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. It contains subjects such as postal history, special stamp issues, auction catalogues, collector's forums and new stamps. As of 2021, websites relating to the study of postcards have been included.
This collection of UK-based online poetry journals and magazines has been curated by a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths. It is concerned with contemporary responses to the increasing ubiquity of the internet and networked culture. Poetry communities are increasingly emerging out of and operating within digital spaces; participants are using social media for networking, collaboration and promotion, taking advantage of cheap web hosting and free blog domains to publish zines and chapbooks.
This collection aims to represent and document the use of the web in political engagement in the UK: from single-authored blogs through local and grassroots campaigns to political parties and charities and trusts that support democratic engagement and activism. The collection also includes examples of research into levels of democratic engagement, and the use of communications technology in campaigning and activism.
This collection of websites was initated in 2009. Websites were selected by the Library of the <a href="http://www.quaker.org.uk/library" target="_blank">Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers)</a> and maintained by the British Library. It includes sites relating to Quaker activity in Britain, such as Quaker meetings, groups and campaigns, centres, schools and communities, businesses and blogs. <a href="http://www.quaker.org.uk/library"><img alt="Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers)" border="0" src="/images/quakers_logo.png"></a>
A collection of sites touching on issues relating to the place of religious ideas in the public sphere in the UK since 2005. It includes sites of official church bodies, as well as campaigning organisations both religious and secularist. Also included are sites concerned with parliamentary politics, along with others connected with the law and with contested issues such as the law on abortion, assisted suicide, and religion in state education. Those religious sites chosen are predominantly Christian in origin, but not exclusively so.
This is a collection of the UK Royal Colleges of Health and Medicine's websites instigated by the Library and Archive Service at the Royal College of Nursing in 2019. The Royal Colleges are the professional bodies responsible for development of and training in one or more medical specialities in the UK.
Curation of this collection started in 2017 and is on-going. This collection has been curated by Hannah Connell, a collaborative doctoral student at the British Library and King’s College London. The selection of the content for the Russia in the UK collection forms part of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship researching migration and diaspora through Russian-language publishing. This collection reflects the ways in which diasporic communities continue to preserve and contribute to a shared identity though new forms of media today. In preserving and indexing the online presence of the Russian-speaking community in the UK, this collection also contributes to the British Library’s knowledge of the communities which create and use its collections. For more details, please refer to the Russia in the UK Collection Scoping Document: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/367368d0-bf85-4a1b-9b8c-9821815d4053/
In 2020 we started to review and organise science content within the UK Web Archive. A Science, Technology, Engineering & Medicine (STEM) subject librarian managed this task. The collection is tagged according to the standard divisions of the sciences under Universal Decimal Classification, using the names as listed as follows: Agriculture, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Communications, Earth sciences, Engineering, Physics. The collection will not cover computer science or information technology as there is already a web archive collection for this subject area. Science is also represented by several curated collections within the UK Web Archive, dealing with specific subjects such as disease pandemics, science at Cambridge University, the Medical Royal Colleges, and the late Stephen Hawking. We are continually building our science collections in the UK Web Archive.
The Scottish Government collection includes archived sites of public bodies and agencies in Scotland, a full A-Z list begins at the bottom of the page. Main Scottish Government site: http://www.gov.scot/; see also:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/. A collection of Scottish Government sites made by prior to March 2013 is available here: https://archive-it.org/collections/3011. This collection is maintained by the National Library of Scotland.
The year 2007 saw the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade. In 2007 the Internet was an important engagement space for museums, archives, libraries and various other institutions relaying the history of slavery and marking the bicentenary. This collection includes, but is not confined to, sites relating to that bicentenary, and includes resources from a range of UK government, heritage, local history and other organisations on the enactment, abolition and consequences of slavery in the Caribbean. The collection was curated by a content expert at the British Library.
This is a collection of selected websites archived by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries from May 2010 to February 2013 focusing on the impacts of the public spending cuts implemented by the Coalition Government following the 2010 General Election. The collection contains UK central and local government sites, public policy documents and responses, news and commentary, and relevant pages from the sites of think tanks, charities, pressure and protest groups, individual anti-cuts campaigners and trade unions.
Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death on the 14 March 2018, Cambridge. The collection is maintained by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
This is a special collection of websites selected by the Royal Archives, the British Library and the Institute of Historical Research around a subject of topical interest and national importance to the UK, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 2012. The collection includes archived copies of websites produced by the Royal Household together with a wide range of related material such as Blogs, commentaries and news articles.
Collection of websites, curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, archived during and immediately after the UK general election campaign of 2005. The collection comprises a sample of candidates campaign sites and weblogs, local and national party sites, opinion polls, news and commentary, and the manifestos of a range of interest groups.
Collection of websites curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, archived during and immediately after the UK General Election campaign of 2010. The collection comprises a sample of candidates campaign sites and weblogs, local and national party sites, opinion polls, news and commentary, regulatory materials and the campaign websites and manifestos of a range of interest groups. Many of the sites chosen encourage public engagement and interactivity.
Collection of websites, curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, focussing on the United Kingdom general election of 2017 which took place on Thursday 8 June. Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 an election had not been due until 7 May 2020, but a call by Prime Minister Theresa May for a snap election was ratified by the necessary supermajority in a 522-13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017.
In 2017 the UK and India celebrated a major bilateral year of cultural exchange. The year marked the 70th anniversary of Indian independence and, through a varied programme of projects and events – led by the Ministry of Culture in India, the Nehru Centre and other Indian cultural organisations in the UK and the British Council – aimed to highlight India-UK cultural relations. This website collection was curated by staff at the British Library.
This collection contains online webcomics published in the United Kingdom. The comics cover a wide variety of subjects and are produced by a diverse range of creators, including many voices not frequently represented in traditional publishing. The collection includes examples of renowned (and sometimes award-winning) webcomics, as well as independently produced comics which may not be as well-known. Due to current technological restrictions in capturing online material (as of 2017), some elements of these items (such as embedded video) may not appear within the archived item as they did when published online. The collection was curated by Jennifer Aggleton, a doctoral placement student at the British Library.
2018 marks 25 years since the passing of the Welsh Language Act in 1993 which gives effect to the principle that in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales the English and Welsh languages should be treated ‘on the basis of equality’. The powers given to the Secretary of State for Wales under this Act were later devolved to the National Assembly for Wales in 1997. Over the past 25 years, an underlying theme has been looking at ways to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language in all walks of life. This is a collection of websites relating to the Welsh language collected by the UK Web Archive______________________________________________________________ Eleni, 2018, mae'n bum mlynedd ar hugain o flynyddoedd ers i Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993 ddod i rym, deddf sydd yn gweithredu'r egwyddor y dylid trin y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg ar sail eu bod yn gyfartal wrth gynnal busnes cyhoeddus a gweinyddu cyfiawnder yng Nghymru. Yn ddiweddarach yn 1997, datganolwyd y grymoedd a roddwyd i Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru o dan y ddeddf hon i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru. Yn ystod y pum mlynedd ar hugain ddiwethaf mae hi wedi bod yn nod sylfaenol polisi cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i edrych ar ffyrdd o hybu a hwyluso defnydd o'r Gymraeg ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd. Mae hwn yn gasgliad o wefannau sydd yn ymwneud â'r Gymraeg ac sydd wedi eu casglu gan Archif We y Deyrnas Gyfunol.
This collection of websites focuses on the referendum on the powers of the National Assembly for Wales, held on March 3rd 2011. Following the coalition agreement between Labour and Plaid Cymru, signed after the 2007 Assembly election, a further referendum was held in 2011 on granting the Assembly the power to make laws without having to first seek permission from the UK Parliament. Mae'r casgliad hwn o wefannau yn canolbwyntio ar y refferendwm ar bwerau i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, a gynhaliwyd ar Fawrth 3ydd 2011. Yn dilyn y cytundeb clymblaid rhwng Llafur a Phlaid Cymru, wedi'i lofnodi ar ôl etholiadau'r Cynulliad yn 2007, cynhaliwyd refferendwm pellach yn 2011 ar ganiatáu i'r Cynulliad y pŵer i wneud cyfreithiau heb orfod yn gyntaf i ofyn am ganiatâd gan Senedd y DU.
This collection of web sites about women's issues was curated by the Women's Library at LSE (the London School of Economics and Political Science) <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/featuredCollections/womensLibraryLSE.aspx">Women's Library</a>, in collaboration with the British Library inbetween 2005 and 2013. The collection includes sites of women's organisations and campaigns, research reports, government publications and statistics pertaining to women, personal sites of women, such as blogs, and women focused e-zines. <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/featuredCollections/womensLibraryLSE.aspx"> <img alt="The Women's Library" border="0" src="/agencylogos/wl.gif"> </a> <hr />
This collection looks at aging issues from a number of contexts. The collection covers health and social care, intergenerational relationships, housing, pensions and finance, social life and leisure activities, assistive technologies and the representation of older people in literature, the arts and media. Research into the biological mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases are also considered. The collection includes websites published by academic organisations, research centres, think tanks, advocacy groups, service providers and local and central government.
Cambridge has produced Nobel prize winning scientists and others of world renown. This collection, initiated in 2019 is being put together to recognise and preserve the scientific contribution of our academics. This collection will be lead by the Head of Physical Sciences at Cambridge and will include a wide range of contributors from across Cambridge University Library.
This collection focuses on climate change and related issues published in the UK. In 2021 the UK hosts the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, 1-12 November 2021. This event is a significant global milestone in implementing the Paris Agreement (2015).
The year 2009 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, 'On the Origin of Species'. A series of events was held globally to celebrate the 'Year of Darwin 2009' and to promote science in general. This collection of websites was curated by staff at the British Library.
The West African Ebola virus epidemic (2013–2016) was the most widespread outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history—causing major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in the countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This collection of websites was curated by staff at the Bodleian Library Oxford, focussing on the UK response to the disaster.
This collection, initiated in 2012 by a member of the British Library Science Team and developed by staff across the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, looks at energy technology and production, focussing on scientific research, engineering technologies and energy policy & regulation. It includes websites from academic research organisations, energy companies, industry organisations, suppliers & manufacturers, and trade associations.
A collection of websites initiated by staff at the Wellcome Library in 2005. The collection includes websites addressing issues of mental health and its effects as well as support and research organisations. There is a sub section of this collection entitled, Mental Health, Social Media and the Internet, curated by staff at the Bodleian Libraries.
The National Health Service is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom. It is made up of a wide range of different organisations with different roles, responsibilities and specialities. These organisations provide a variety of services and support to patients and carers. This collection will, in time, offer a one-stop-shop for access to primary materials about the NHS. The collection will focus exclusively on official websites of NHS bodies with selective commentary and analysis together with the websites of think tanks and research centres. It will include Twitter feeds where they exist. The collection was initiated in March 2020 by the British Library's Government and Official Information Team in partnership with the other UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
Collection of UK online news publications curated by subject specialists at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. The sites are archived on either a daily or weekly basis. The collection does not just include newspaper's websites, but web-only news sites, community journalism sites (hyperlocals), news broadcasters’ sites, news parody sites and more.
This collection was started in 2020 by the Royal College of Nursing History of Nursing Forum. 2020 marked 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and was designated by the World Health Organisation as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Instead of celebrating these milestones, 2020 saw our nursing staff across the NHS and independent nursing at the forefront of COVID-19. Nursing is the largest profession in the UK, in 2020 there were over 700,000 registered nurses - not including nursing associates and health care professionals. Nursing first became a registered profession in the UK in 1919 and remains approximately 90% women. One in every five nurses, midwives and health visitors in the NHS is from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background. This collection aims to reflect the breadth and depth of our nursing community of practice, which is diverse in terms of geography, clinical specialisms, ethnicity and special interests. The collection includes content from the four branches of nursing – adult, children, mental health and learning disability. Individuals, specialist community networks and the history of nursing are included. It does not cover dental or veterinary nursing which are different professions. Nominations to develop in the collection are welcomed.
This collection of websites was initiated in 2005 to contingency plan around any possible outbreak of Avian flu in the UK. It has since been expanded to include all types of Pandemic flu such as the Swine flu outbreak of 2009 and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. The collection contains public advisory sites produced by the Government alongside news and commentary.
This is a collection of the UK Royal Colleges of Health and Medicine's websites instigated by the Library and Archive Service at the Royal College of Nursing in 2019. The Royal Colleges are the professional bodies responsible for development of and training in one or more medical specialities in the UK.
In 2020 we started to review and organise science content within the UK Web Archive. A Science, Technology, Engineering & Medicine (STEM) subject librarian managed this task. The collection is tagged according to the standard divisions of the sciences under Universal Decimal Classification, using the names as listed as follows: Agriculture, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Communications, Earth sciences, Engineering, Physics. The collection will not cover computer science or information technology as there is already a web archive collection for this subject area. Science is also represented by several curated collections within the UK Web Archive, dealing with specific subjects such as disease pandemics, science at Cambridge University, the Medical Royal Colleges, and the late Stephen Hawking. We are continually building our science collections in the UK Web Archive.
Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death on the 14 March 2018, Cambridge. The collection is maintained by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
This collection was initiated in 2016 and curated by staff and graduate trainee digital archivists at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. It captures how UK based public forums are used to discuss hobbies and activities and serve as a place for enthusiasts to converse with others sharing similar interests. It gives an insight into how hobbyists of the British public are using the internet right now to further their social and recreational activities, and show the use of online communities in an everyday, routine manner rather than providing reactions to a particular event. The range of interests covered by online communities within the UK is surprisingly vast – it is possible to find anything from the more traditional areas, such as stamp collecting and cycling, to the more esoteric, such as a community for those dedicated to turning their raspberry pi computers into retro gaming machines.
This is a collection of websites relating to the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem. Operation Market Garden was a failed World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. The collection reflects how Operation Market Garden was remembered within the UK Web Space during 2019. It is curated by staff at the Royal Air Force Museum and the British Library and is intended provide a corpus of websites which capture as many aspects of the anniversary as possible. Arnhem75 Collection - Scoping Document: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/6d03705d-716c-4c03-9a39-c51d8b2aeb7a/
This collection includes a huge variety of websites related to the First World War (1914-1918), particularly the various events which took place in the Centenary period 2014-2018. The collection also includes resources about the history of the war; academic sites on the meaning of the conflict in modern memory and patterns of memorialisation and critical reflections on British involvement in armed conflict more generally. Staff at the British Library worked with the Heritage Lottery Fund to take archival copies of the websites of all HLF-funded First World War Centenary projects.
This collection focusses on the history of libraries and librarianship in the UK; from the establishment of early cathedral libraries to the technological advancements of the late 20th century up until the year 2000. The sub category of this collection, the “Evolving role of libraries” focusses on library developments after this year. Curated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
The Oral History in the UK collection was initiated in 2012 and is maintained by the Oral History section of the British Library. The websites in this collection have been selected to demonstrate the variety of ways in which Oral History is used by community and local history groups, charities and universities. The range of websites in this collection includes sites which document the experiences of those that emmigrated to the UK (such as the Birmingham Black Oral History Project and Moroccan Memories in Britain); local history (Durham in Time, St. Helier Memories); disability history (Speaking Up For Disability); industry in the UK (Songs of Steel); and memories of war (The Workers' War, Captive Memories). The websites vary widely in the way they present oral history; many, although not all, provide access to extracts from oral history audio or video archive material and most sites also provide information on the project background, participants and funding arrangements. Websites will continue to be nominated for inclusion in the UK Web Archive and added to the 'Oral History in the UK' collection. if you would like to nominate any content to the collection you can fill in the online form: https://beta.webarchive.org.uk/en/ukwa/info/nominate
The year 2007 saw the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade. In 2007 the Internet was an important engagement space for museums, archives, libraries and various other institutions relaying the history of slavery and marking the bicentenary. This collection includes, but is not confined to, sites relating to that bicentenary, and includes resources from a range of UK government, heritage, local history and other organisations on the enactment, abolition and consequences of slavery in the Caribbean. The collection was curated by a content expert at the British Library.
This collection of websites, covering the period July 2008 to January 2010 was initiated by staff at the British Library to reflect how the UK has been affected by the global financial crisis. The collection includes the websites of banks, corporations, local governments, consumer and financial advisory groups as well as blogs and commentaries.
This collection of around 200 Internet sites was curated during and immediately after the European Parliament election campaign of 2009 by staff at the British Library. It consists of a representative sample of Pan-European, national and regional political party sites, candidate's campaign sites and blogs, manifestos of civil society organisations at national and European level, and comment from the traditional press, political analysts in academia, and individuals and communities sharing their thoughts online.
This collection of archived websites focusses on the 2019 European Parliament elections, the UK component of which was held on Thursday 23rd May 2019. The websites, curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, have a UK focus and include campaign sites, press & media comment, interest groups and official party websites.
For almost half a century police authorities in England and Wales fulfilled their role of ensuring that the public had an efficient and effective local police force. This system was replaced by a single elected individual (a Police & Crime Commissioner) following the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, and elections on Thursday 15th November 2012. This collection contains snapshots of all 41 police authority sites at or near the changeover date of 20th November. It also includes sites from the newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners, and selected sites relating to the first elections of 2012. It also includes the sites of the police forces and associated organisations in Scotland superseded by the Police Service of Scotland from April 2013, under the terms of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
The ‘Government in Wales’ collection consists of many websites collected by the National Library of Wales since 2007 relating to all forms of Government across Wales. Mae casgliad ‘Llywodraeth yng Nghymru’ yn cynnwys nifer o wefannau a gasglwyd gan Lyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ers 2007 yn ymwneud â phob math o lywodraeth yng Nghymru.
This collection includes the transcripts of decisions by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in patents, trade marks, and designs. It also archives the Company Names Tribunal website. The collection was initiated in 2019 by a Subject Librarian in the British Library Business and IP, Research Services team.
This collection of websites focuses on the London mayoral election which took place on the 1st May 2008. The election was the third London mayoral election, the previous elections being held in 2000 and 2004. The 2008 election was won by Conservative party candidate Boris Johnson. The collection includes websites of the main candidates, as well as opinion sites and commentaries. Sites were gathered from the 1st April 2008 until 31st May 2008 by members of staff at the British Library.
This collection of websites was curated by staff at the British Library following the death of Margaret Thatcher on 8 April 2013. Baroness Thatcher (1925 – 2013) was a British stateswoman who was Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, and the first woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her The Iron Lady, a nickname that became popularly associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
This collection of websites focuses on the election for the National Assembly for Wales in 2011. The Assembly was established in 1999, but the fourth Assembly, would be the first to have full lawmaking powers in devolved areas. The election resulted in gains for the Labour and Conservative parties and losses for the Welsh Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru but with no party having an overall majority. Following the election, Carwyn Jones AM, leader of the Labour group was elected as First Minister and formed a government. Etholiad Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru 2011 Mae'r casgliad hwn o wefannau yn canolbwyntio ar yr etholiad i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru yn 2011. Sefydlwyd y Cynulliad yn 1999, ond y Pedwerydd Cynulliad, fyddair cyntaf i gael pwerau deddfu llawn mewn meysydd sydd wedi'u datganoli. Canlyniad yr etholiad oedd enillion ar gyfer y Blaid Lafur ar Ceidwadwyr a cholledion ar gyfer Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru a Phlaid Cymru, ond heb unrhyw blaid gyda mwyafrif. Yn dilyn yr etholiad, etholwyd Carwyn Jones AC, arweinydd y grŵp Llafur, yn Brif Weinidog a ffurfiodd lywodraeth.
This collection of websites was curated by staff at the British Library following the death of Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 – 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
Collection of UK online news publications curated by subject specialists at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. The sites are archived on either a daily or weekly basis. The collection does not just include newspaper's websites, but web-only news sites, community journalism sites (hyperlocals), news broadcasters’ sites, news parody sites and more.
This collection aims to represent and document the use of the web in political engagement in the UK: from single-authored blogs through local and grassroots campaigns to political parties and charities and trusts that support democratic engagement and activism. The collection also includes examples of research into levels of democratic engagement, and the use of communications technology in campaigning and activism.
A collection of sites touching on issues relating to the place of religious ideas in the public sphere in the UK since 2005. It includes sites of official church bodies, as well as campaigning organisations both religious and secularist. Also included are sites concerned with parliamentary politics, along with others connected with the law and with contested issues such as the law on abortion, assisted suicide, and religion in state education. Those religious sites chosen are predominantly Christian in origin, but not exclusively so.
The Scottish Government collection includes archived sites of public bodies and agencies in Scotland, a full A-Z list begins at the bottom of the page. Main Scottish Government site: http://www.gov.scot/; see also:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/. A collection of Scottish Government sites made by prior to March 2013 is available here: https://archive-it.org/collections/3011. This collection is maintained by the National Library of Scotland.
This is a collection of selected websites archived by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries from May 2010 to February 2013 focusing on the impacts of the public spending cuts implemented by the Coalition Government following the 2010 General Election. The collection contains UK central and local government sites, public policy documents and responses, news and commentary, and relevant pages from the sites of think tanks, charities, pressure and protest groups, individual anti-cuts campaigners and trade unions.
Collection of websites, curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, archived during and immediately after the UK general election campaign of 2005. The collection comprises a sample of candidates campaign sites and weblogs, local and national party sites, opinion polls, news and commentary, and the manifestos of a range of interest groups.
Collection of websites curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, archived during and immediately after the UK General Election campaign of 2010. The collection comprises a sample of candidates campaign sites and weblogs, local and national party sites, opinion polls, news and commentary, regulatory materials and the campaign websites and manifestos of a range of interest groups. Many of the sites chosen encourage public engagement and interactivity.
Collection of websites, curated by staff at the Legal Deposit Libraries, focussing on the United Kingdom general election of 2017 which took place on Thursday 8 June. Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 an election had not been due until 7 May 2020, but a call by Prime Minister Theresa May for a snap election was ratified by the necessary supermajority in a 522-13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017.
This collection of websites focuses on the referendum on the powers of the National Assembly for Wales, held on March 3rd 2011. Following the coalition agreement between Labour and Plaid Cymru, signed after the 2007 Assembly election, a further referendum was held in 2011 on granting the Assembly the power to make laws without having to first seek permission from the UK Parliament. Mae'r casgliad hwn o wefannau yn canolbwyntio ar y refferendwm ar bwerau i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, a gynhaliwyd ar Fawrth 3ydd 2011. Yn dilyn y cytundeb clymblaid rhwng Llafur a Phlaid Cymru, wedi'i lofnodi ar ôl etholiadau'r Cynulliad yn 2007, cynhaliwyd refferendwm pellach yn 2011 ar ganiatáu i'r Cynulliad y pŵer i wneud cyfreithiau heb orfod yn gyntaf i ofyn am ganiatâd gan Senedd y DU.
Resources relating to 19th century English literature and literary figures curated by staff at the British Library in the early 2000's. The collection includes websites devoted to author societies, themed events, anniversary and other news coverage, adaptations, interpretations, museums and fan sites, as well as academic sites.
The UK Blogosphere (connected community of Web logs) has burgeoned since the late 1990s and early 2000s, due in part to the advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by non-technical users. Until 2009 Blogs were generally the work of a single author, in the 2010s Multi Author Blogs (MABs) developed. This collection curated by staff at the British Library from 2005 onwards, represents a cross section of UK Web logs containing a wealth of material which will be of value to researchers now and in the future. The collection contains a wide variety of Blogs from news and political commentaries, sports and music Blogs to personal online diaries.
The British Stand-Up Comedy Archive was established at the University of Kent in 2013 to celebrate, preserve, and provide access to the archives and records of British stand-up comedy and comedians. This Collection of websites has been curated by the BSUCA's Archivist to complement the physical collections held at the University of Kent.
Electronic publishing refers to the digital publication of e-books and electronic articles and to the development of digital libraries and catalogues. E-publishing is a growing phenomenon which uses innovative technologies to enable individuals, scholars and communities to establish contacts, exchange data, and share knowledge. Many works, especially scientific journals and popular works of fiction are increasingly only published online. This collection of websites, curated by staff at the British Library, is intended to reflect this growing trend and includes e-books, a publisher's online addenda to a printed book, an experiment in the novel as a blog and sites about the impact of digital technologies upon writing.
This collection focusses on Scottish Gaelic and related sites published in the UK. Originally based on the work of a Gaelic Digital Assistant appointed from June 2016 to July 2017 in the National Library of Scotland to identify and collect Gaelic websites and social media. The collection is currently being updated.
This collection focusses on the history of libraries and librarianship in the UK; from the establishment of early cathedral libraries to the technological advancements of the late 20th century up until the year 2000. The sub category of this collection, the “Evolving role of libraries” focusses on library developments after this year. Curated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries.
This collection will bring together independent arts organisations from around the UK providing an overview of activity that is inherently itinerant and ephemeral. This collection will also provide an insight into how artists and curators are using current technologies and advancements in networking to promote and showcase their activity.
The Live Art Collection was initiated in late 2008 and is maintained by the British Library in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency, London. Live Art is an innovative exploratory approach to contemporary performance practices. The range of websites in this collection includes organizations supporting, promoting and curating Live Art; artists websites; sites that are artistic or project-driven by their nature; blogsites and online spaces engaging in critical reviews; through to online archival sites relating to Live Art. This collection represents the diverse practices and approaches of artists today and the support and critical frameworks that exist to support, promote and comment upon Live Art and the ephemeral nature of this area of practice. This project was revisited in 2017 with new websites added to the collection.
This collection includes websites for shortlisted works and winners of the New Media Writing Prize, as well as relevant online contextual information such as author’s websites and blog reviews. The New Media Writing Prize was established in the UK in 2010 by Bournemouth University, with the purpose of showcasing and rewarding innovative examples of digital interactive storytelling. This collection was established in 2020-21 and curated by staff at the British Library in collaboration with staff at Bournemouth University. For more details, please refer to the <a href="https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/4e649b8e-c4c0-4494-895b-197a9c4ac150?locale=en"> New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) Collection Scoping Document </a> on the British Library Research Repository.
Collection of UK online news publications curated by subject specialists at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. The sites are archived on either a daily or weekly basis. The collection does not just include newspaper's websites, but web-only news sites, community journalism sites (hyperlocals), news broadcasters’ sites, news parody sites and more.
This collection was initiated in 2016 and curated by staff and graduate trainee digital archivists at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. It captures how UK based public forums are used to discuss hobbies and activities and serve as a place for enthusiasts to converse with others sharing similar interests. It gives an insight into how hobbyists of the British public are using the internet right now to further their social and recreational activities, and show the use of online communities in an everyday, routine manner rather than providing reactions to a particular event. The range of interests covered by online communities within the UK is surprisingly vast – it is possible to find anything from the more traditional areas, such as stamp collecting and cycling, to the more esoteric, such as a community for those dedicated to turning their raspberry pi computers into retro gaming machines.
This collection of philately websites was initiated in 2005 by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. It contains subjects such as postal history, special stamp issues, auction catalogues, collector's forums and new stamps. As of 2021, websites relating to the study of postcards have been included.
This collection of UK-based online poetry journals and magazines has been curated by a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths. It is concerned with contemporary responses to the increasing ubiquity of the internet and networked culture. Poetry communities are increasingly emerging out of and operating within digital spaces; participants are using social media for networking, collaboration and promotion, taking advantage of cheap web hosting and free blog domains to publish zines and chapbooks.
In 2017 the UK and India celebrated a major bilateral year of cultural exchange. The year marked the 70th anniversary of Indian independence and, through a varied programme of projects and events – led by the Ministry of Culture in India, the Nehru Centre and other Indian cultural organisations in the UK and the British Council – aimed to highlight India-UK cultural relations. This website collection was curated by staff at the British Library.
This collection contains online webcomics published in the United Kingdom. The comics cover a wide variety of subjects and are produced by a diverse range of creators, including many voices not frequently represented in traditional publishing. The collection includes examples of renowned (and sometimes award-winning) webcomics, as well as independently produced comics which may not be as well-known. Due to current technological restrictions in capturing online material (as of 2017), some elements of these items (such as embedded video) may not appear within the archived item as they did when published online. The collection was curated by Jennifer Aggleton, a doctoral placement student at the British Library.
2018 marks 25 years since the passing of the Welsh Language Act in 1993 which gives effect to the principle that in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales the English and Welsh languages should be treated ‘on the basis of equality’. The powers given to the Secretary of State for Wales under this Act were later devolved to the National Assembly for Wales in 1997. Over the past 25 years, an underlying theme has been looking at ways to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language in all walks of life. This is a collection of websites relating to the Welsh language collected by the UK Web Archive______________________________________________________________ Eleni, 2018, mae'n bum mlynedd ar hugain o flynyddoedd ers i Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993 ddod i rym, deddf sydd yn gweithredu'r egwyddor y dylid trin y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg ar sail eu bod yn gyfartal wrth gynnal busnes cyhoeddus a gweinyddu cyfiawnder yng Nghymru. Yn ddiweddarach yn 1997, datganolwyd y grymoedd a roddwyd i Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru o dan y ddeddf hon i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru. Yn ystod y pum mlynedd ar hugain ddiwethaf mae hi wedi bod yn nod sylfaenol polisi cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i edrych ar ffyrdd o hybu a hwyluso defnydd o'r Gymraeg ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd. Mae hwn yn gasgliad o wefannau sydd yn ymwneud â'r Gymraeg ac sydd wedi eu casglu gan Archif We y Deyrnas Gyfunol.
Collection of Internet sites selected by staff at the British Library in the early 2000's around the theme of British Countryside intended to reflect a wide range of related issues such as rural economy, environment, wildlife, art, history and politics. Sites represent organisations such as wildlife groups; academic think tanks; agricultural consultants; national countryside groups, campaigning groups and tourist boards amongst others.
This is a collection of archived websites published in, and with information relating to, the British Overseas Territories (BOTS). The collection has been curated by staff at the British Library beginning in 2014. The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are fourteen territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom. Most of the permanently inhabited territories are internally self-governing, with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Three are inhabited only by a transitory population of military or scientific personnel. They all share the British monarch (Elizabeth II) as head of state.
This collection of websites, curated by staff at the British Library from 2005 onwards, focuses on Cornwall, the most south westerly county in the UK. It is intended to reflect a wide range of related issues such as economy, environment, culture, language, tourism and campaigning groups such as the self governing movement. The collection is ongoing.
A collection of websites, curated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, representing various global communities living in the UK. Each sub-category focuses on communities from particular countries or regions from outside the UK. The collection is in the very early stages of development and will grow to represent more communities over time.
Jersey Archive is responsible for preserving and providing access to the Island’s unique written cultural heritage. Increasingly this means that archivists need to start looking at ways in which we can archive digital information including websites and social media. This collection of websites curated by staff at Jersey Archive will become a part of Jersey’s evolving history.
This collection of websites was curated inbetween 2012 and 2014 by Dr. Saskia Huc-Hepher, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, on the subject of the French community in London. The Collection was a fundamental component of Dr. Huc-Hepher's thesis on the French community in London. It is hoped that the collection will serve both as an innovative dataset and as a means of reaching out to a diverse range of audiences.
This collection looks at aging issues from a number of contexts. The collection covers health and social care, intergenerational relationships, housing, pensions and finance, social life and leisure activities, assistive technologies and the representation of older people in literature, the arts and media. Research into the biological mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases are also considered. The collection includes websites published by academic organisations, research centres, think tanks, advocacy groups, service providers and local and central government.
Collection of Internet sites selected by staff at the British Library in the early 2000's around the theme of British Countryside intended to reflect a wide range of related issues such as rural economy, environment, wildlife, art, history and politics. Sites represent organisations such as wildlife groups; academic think tanks; agricultural consultants; national countryside groups, campaigning groups and tourist boards amongst others.
This is a collection of archived websites published in, and with information relating to, the British Overseas Territories (BOTS). The collection has been curated by staff at the British Library beginning in 2014. The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are fourteen territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom. Most of the permanently inhabited territories are internally self-governing, with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Three are inhabited only by a transitory population of military or scientific personnel. They all share the British monarch (Elizabeth II) as head of state.
2018 marked 70 years since the Empire Windrush carried hundreds of Caribbean migrants to Britain. This collection of websites was initiated to accompany an exhibtion hosted by the British Library entitled "Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land" which explored why people came, what they left behind and how they went on to shape Britain. The website collection includes (but is not restricted to) themes such as ‘Windrush’; Arts, Literature and Music; Race Relations, West Indies in WWI and WWII.
This collection of websites, covering the period July 2008 to January 2010 was initiated by staff at the British Library to reflect how the UK has been affected by the global financial crisis. The collection includes the websites of banks, corporations, local governments, consumer and financial advisory groups as well as blogs and commentaries.
A food related collection initiated in 2017 by staff at the British Library, covering these topics: Food Production (including farming, manufacture, packaging, logistics, marketing and retail) Cookery and Recipes Food History Food Activism Food Politics and Policy Diet and Health Restaurants and Eating Out Food Research
This collection, initiated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries in 2018, gives an insight into attitudes in the UK relating to gender equality. The collection includes material relating to bodily autonomy; domestic abuse, gender equality in the workplace; gender identity; the gender pay gap; parenting; and women’s suffrage, including material relating to the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the Peoples Act.
A collection of websites, curated by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, representing various global communities living in the UK. Each sub-category focuses on communities from particular countries or regions from outside the UK. The collection is in the very early stages of development and will grow to represent more communities over time.
This collection of websites has been selected around the theme of Free Church religion. The Free Churches (successively known in previous generations as Dissenters and Nonconformists) formally emerged in the seventeenth century. They originally comprised individuals and denominations refusing to conform to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England but have come to include a large number of evangelical and renewal movements which have grown up quite independently of the established Church. Most, but not all, of them are trinitarian. The major categories, in terms of numerical strength, currently comprise Baptist, Methodist, Reformed and Pentecostal. In addition to the websites included in this collection, there is a separate special collection for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
A collection documenting the effects, aftermath and human responses to the 26 December 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia. The sites were collected by staff at the British Library between January-March 2005 and include those of aid organisations, charities, sites set up to raise relief donations, those established to record personal experiences, and the response of religious communites to this event.
2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, which partially decriminalised homosexuality. Over this time LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning) issues have moved from something scarcely mentioned – in fact barely legal - into the mainstream. The British Library’s collections of LGBTQ+ printed materials go back almost 500 years and, augmented by more recent material in the Sound Archive, provide a unique resource for research into the subject. This collection of websites augments these collections as well as the collections of the other five UK legal deposit libraries to reflect contemporary aspects of LGBTQ+ life in modern Britain.
A collection of Internet sites produced by Latin American communities in the UK or by UK organisations with direct links to these communities and to the region. The sites archived include those of charities, educational and support groups, solidarity campaigns, Anglo-Latin American societies, news and information services for Latin Americans in the UK, commercial and cultural organisations and one-off events.
Collection of Internet sites with content about the terrorist attacks in London on July 7th 2005 begun immediately after the event. The collection comprises news and commentary, public information and support for victims and weblogs written by those who had first hand experience of the bombs. The collection was curated by staff at the British Library.
Muslims, Trust and Cultural Dialogue is an RCUK-funded international research project that explores trust between Muslims and non-Muslims in Britain, Europe and North America. The project analyses the conditions of trust and mistrust in three overlapping areas of modern life: politics and society; business and finance; and art and culture. It is an international multidisciplinary network of scholars, practitioners and stakeholders exploring questions of trust in the relationship between Muslim diaspora populations in the West and the societies around them. The project is committed to understanding how existing practices in these three arenas enact dialogue and negotiation between groups in ways that can be mutually informative, and which help us move beyond misunderstanding and negative stereotyping. - See more at: http://www.muslimstrustdialogue.org/index.php/about#sthash.sCNaSzzY.dpuf
Collection of UK online news publications curated by subject specialists at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. The sites are archived on either a daily or weekly basis. The collection does not just include newspaper's websites, but web-only news sites, community journalism sites (hyperlocals), news broadcasters’ sites, news parody sites and more.
This collection was initiated in 2016 and curated by staff and graduate trainee digital archivists at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. It captures how UK based public forums are used to discuss hobbies and activities and serve as a place for enthusiasts to converse with others sharing similar interests. It gives an insight into how hobbyists of the British public are using the internet right now to further their social and recreational activities, and show the use of online communities in an everyday, routine manner rather than providing reactions to a particular event. The range of interests covered by online communities within the UK is surprisingly vast – it is possible to find anything from the more traditional areas, such as stamp collecting and cycling, to the more esoteric, such as a community for those dedicated to turning their raspberry pi computers into retro gaming machines.
This collection of websites was initated in 2009. Websites were selected by the Library of the <a href="http://www.quaker.org.uk/library" target="_blank">Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers)</a> and maintained by the British Library. It includes sites relating to Quaker activity in Britain, such as Quaker meetings, groups and campaigns, centres, schools and communities, businesses and blogs. <a href="http://www.quaker.org.uk/library"><img alt="Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers)" border="0" src="/images/quakers_logo.png"></a>
A collection of sites touching on issues relating to the place of religious ideas in the public sphere in the UK since 2005. It includes sites of official church bodies, as well as campaigning organisations both religious and secularist. Also included are sites concerned with parliamentary politics, along with others connected with the law and with contested issues such as the law on abortion, assisted suicide, and religion in state education. Those religious sites chosen are predominantly Christian in origin, but not exclusively so.
Curation of this collection started in 2017 and is on-going. This collection has been curated by Hannah Connell, a collaborative doctoral student at the British Library and King’s College London. The selection of the content for the Russia in the UK collection forms part of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship researching migration and diaspora through Russian-language publishing. This collection reflects the ways in which diasporic communities continue to preserve and contribute to a shared identity though new forms of media today. In preserving and indexing the online presence of the Russian-speaking community in the UK, this collection also contributes to the British Library’s knowledge of the communities which create and use its collections. For more details, please refer to the Russia in the UK Collection Scoping Document: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/367368d0-bf85-4a1b-9b8c-9821815d4053/
This is a collection of selected websites archived by staff at the UK Legal Deposit Libraries from May 2010 to February 2013 focusing on the impacts of the public spending cuts implemented by the Coalition Government following the 2010 General Election. The collection contains UK central and local government sites, public policy documents and responses, news and commentary, and relevant pages from the sites of think tanks, charities, pressure and protest groups, individual anti-cuts campaigners and trade unions.
This is a special collection of websites selected by the Royal Archives, the British Library and the Institute of Historical Research around a subject of topical interest and national importance to the UK, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 2012. The collection includes archived copies of websites produced by the Royal Household together with a wide range of related material such as Blogs, commentaries and news articles.
2018 marks 25 years since the passing of the Welsh Language Act in 1993 which gives effect to the principle that in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales the English and Welsh languages should be treated ‘on the basis of equality’. The powers given to the Secretary of State for Wales under this Act were later devolved to the National Assembly for Wales in 1997. Over the past 25 years, an underlying theme has been looking at ways to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language in all walks of life. This is a collection of websites relating to the Welsh language collected by the UK Web Archive______________________________________________________________ Eleni, 2018, mae'n bum mlynedd ar hugain o flynyddoedd ers i Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993 ddod i rym, deddf sydd yn gweithredu'r egwyddor y dylid trin y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg ar sail eu bod yn gyfartal wrth gynnal busnes cyhoeddus a gweinyddu cyfiawnder yng Nghymru. Yn ddiweddarach yn 1997, datganolwyd y grymoedd a roddwyd i Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru o dan y ddeddf hon i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru. Yn ystod y pum mlynedd ar hugain ddiwethaf mae hi wedi bod yn nod sylfaenol polisi cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i edrych ar ffyrdd o hybu a hwyluso defnydd o'r Gymraeg ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd. Mae hwn yn gasgliad o wefannau sydd yn ymwneud â'r Gymraeg ac sydd wedi eu casglu gan Archif We y Deyrnas Gyfunol.
This collection of web sites about women's issues was curated by the Women's Library at LSE (the London School of Economics and Political Science) <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/featuredCollections/womensLibraryLSE.aspx">Women's Library</a>, in collaboration with the British Library inbetween 2005 and 2013. The collection includes sites of women's organisations and campaigns, research reports, government publications and statistics pertaining to women, personal sites of women, such as blogs, and women focused e-zines. <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/featuredCollections/womensLibraryLSE.aspx"> <img alt="The Women's Library" border="0" src="/agencylogos/wl.gif"> </a> <hr />