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Due to scheduled maintenance some of our website services are unavailable or disrupted from 17:00 on Thursday 2 April until 11:00 on Tuesday 7 April 2026.
Our catalogue, Discovery
Signing in to Discovery is unavailable during this period. This means the following functions are unavailable:
- record copying requests
- downloading records for free while signed in.
You can still search for records, view catalogue descriptions, and pay for digital downloads, as normal.
Other services
The following services are not available during this period:
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- Book a reading room visit
- Website search
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- PRONOM
- Trafalgar Ancestors
- E179
We apologise for the inconvenience.