TNA closes reading room but doubles free monthly download limit

From the National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) south of the border:

Reading room service suspended as of Thursday 5 November

We will be suspending our reading room service as of Thursday 5 November, in line with the new national restrictions in England.

We know this will be very disappointing to many and look forward to welcoming visitors again as soon as this is possible.

We will continue to provide access to our collections and services online, including:

    Our website, including research guides, blogs, podcasts, learning resources and online exhibitions
    Discovery, our online catalogue and digital home of our collections
    Online education sessions and resources
    Naturalisation certificate requests
    Record copying
    Online shop
    Freedom of Information requests

We will continue to review government guidance and to provide regular updates.

Greater access to online collections

We can confirm that we’re now doubling the monthly limit on downloading free digital records from our website, from 50 to 100.

This service, made free in response to the restrictions earlier in the year, has been very popular with online researchers around the world, with more than 84,000 people downloading around 1.1m documents to date.

The original announcement, with links, is available at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/coronavirus-update/

Chris

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