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Improving User Experience: BOA’s New “Themes” Page

Here at British Online Archives (BOA), we have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to improve the user experience of our website. A major part of this process has been the creation of a brand new “Themes” landing page. This... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 4th March, 2024 3 min read

New Collections Available on the Jisc DAC Purchasing Scheme!

British Online Archives (BOA) is delighted to announce its participation in the Jisc Digital Archival Collections Group Purchasing Scheme for 2024.Following our continued high performance in this scheme throughout the previous academic year, BOA will once again grant Jisc member... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 7th February, 2024 2 min read

British Online Archives Updates the Universal Viewer

British Online Archives (BOA) continues to make significant improvements to the way in which products are accessed by our customers. We are therefore delighted to announce BOA’s continued implementation of the Universal Viewer.The Universal Viewer (UV) is used to display... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 17th October, 2023 2 min read

British Online Archives Joins theIPregistry.org

British Online Archives (BOA) is delighted to announce it has signed up with theIPregistry.org to make the process of checking, monitoring and updating the IP addresses used to authenticate access to content easier for our customers. We will transition to... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 25th September, 2023 2 min read

Communist Party of Great Britain Archive

With the publication of our latest collection, The Political Culture of British Communism, 1920-1991, British Online Archives are pleased to announce the completion of the migration of the archive of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Comprising over 253,455... Read more →
Sean Waite
Published 12th September, 2023 5 min read

Summer Offers and Discounts Available from British Online Archives

British Online Archives is offering Higher Education institutions significant discounts and bundling options on its primary source collections until 31st July 2023. Our diverse range of resources goes beyond subject matter to include size, too. And that means we can market... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 27th June, 2023 1 min read

International Medieval Congress 2023

British Online Archives is delighted to announce its attendance at this year’s International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds as an exhibitor at the IMC 2023 Bookfair. We’ll be proud to introduce attendees to our forthcoming primary source collection, Pandemics,... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 27th June, 2023 1 min read

BOA Internship 2023

We’re hiring interns!British Online Archives (BOA) is a West Yorkshire based academic publisher that specialises in providing unique, digital collections of primary source documents for students and researchers working within the Humanities and Social Sciences.We are excited to offer this fantastic... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 16th May, 2023 1 min read
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New Collections Available on the Jisc DAC Purchasing Scheme

British Online Archives (BOA) is delighted to announce its participation in the Jisc Digital Archival Collections Group Purchasing Scheme for the 2022/23 academic year following its record-breaking performance during the previous year.Once again, BOA will be granting Jisc member UK... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 23rd January, 2023 1 min read
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Charleston Vendor Showcase 2022

British Online Archives (BOA) in partnership with our exclusive North American sales representative, Digital Micro Media (DMM), are delighted to announce our attendance at the 2022 Charleston Vendor Showcase on Tuesday November 2.You can find us at BOOTH 28.We hope... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 25th October, 2022 1 min read
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New BOA Platform Features

Our team has spent the past 18 or so months developing various aspects of the British Online Archives (BOA) platform. All changes have been made based on consultation with and feedback from student-led focus groups, academics, and librarians. In the... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 15th February, 2022 2 min read
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British Online Archives Offers Free Institutional Access

British Online Archives (BOA) is once again delighted to offer Higher Education Institutions (HEI) free access to its entire platform for a limited period. We understand the ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic, and appreciate remote learning remains a top... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 18th January, 2022 1 min read
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British Online Archives Internships

British Online Archives (BOA) is a West Yorkshire based academic publisher that specialises in primary resources. As part of our student outreach initiative, we’re offering  members of the Leeds University History Society the opportunity to enrol in our 2022 Winter &... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 8th November, 2021 2 min read
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Charleston Vendor Showcase 2021

British Online Archives (BOA) in partnership with our exclusive North American sales representative, Digital Micro Media (DMM), are delighted to announce our attendance at the 2021 Charleston Vendor Showcase on Tuesday November 2.You can find us at BOOTH 30.Alternatively, you’ll also find... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 26th October, 2021 1 min read
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Australia in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1808-1967 (Updated)

The British Online Archives team have recently updated the collection, Australia in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1808-1967. This collection provides an unparalleled insight into the establishment and subsequent development of the Church of Australia.This collection contains records compiled by the... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 23rd September, 2021 1 min read
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Slave Trade Records from Liverpool, 1754–1792 (Updated)

The British Online Archives team have recently updated the collection, Slave Trade Records from Liverpool, 1754–1792. This collection allows researchers and students to explore Britain’s part in one of the darkest episodes in modern human history, the transatlantic slave trade.Liverpool’s... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 25th May, 2021 1 min read
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A Christmas Message from British Online Archives

2020 has been a challenging year for those studying and working in Higher Education.Our main concern since March has therefore been to make it easier for students, researchers, and librarians to use online primary resources. The most obvious way we... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 18th December, 2020 1 min read
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British Online Archives continues successful partnership with JISC

British Online Archives is offering a unique opportunity for Jisc member institutions to make significant savings on its most popular primary source collections.multi-disciplinary. David Sarsfield, the Head of Library Sales, commented:   “Providing  member institutions with the opportunity to purchase our collections... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 28th January, 2020 5 min read
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British Online Archives team up with Jisc - Press Release

British Online Archives team up with Jisc to provide products at discounted rates to Higher Education Institutions British Online Archives (BOA) have been accepted onto a new framework with Jisc, which is geared towards selling their resources at a discounted... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 14th December, 2018 3 min read
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British Online Archives Undergraduate Essay Award

 The winner of the British Online Archives Undergraduate Essay Award will receive a Kindle e-reader (6") and £50 worth of Amazon vouchers, as well as having their essay published on our website.Question:   Leon Trotsky once said that "war is the... Read more →
British Online Archives
Published 26th November, 2018 1 min read

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