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Our digital teams deliver a number of services including our website, catalogue, legislation.gov.uk, the UK Government Web Archive and Find Case Law. Read the latest updates and expert opinion on the subjects of digital media, digital archiving, taxonomy and management of data.
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Prototyping digital technology for collaboration and exploration
NewDigital researcher Bernard Ogden reflects on using experimental technology to foster co-learning between digital and collection experts.
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Welcome to the new National Archives online catalogue!
We want to bring the archives to everyone, and as the first step towards that goal we’ve worked on making the online catalogue more accessible and inviting.
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Celebrating digital records
Learn more about The National Archives' digital preservation work and how you can preserve records that matter to you.
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Introducing the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure UK (EHRI-UK)
Read about our work as part of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure UK, a national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the UK.
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Developing an enhanced dataset for the history of photography
Researchers Giorgia Tolfo and Katherine Howells reflect on their recent project focusing on the metadata in our photographic copyright collections.
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Prototyping semantic search for case law
PhD student Caitlin Wilson showcases the latest results from her research into an accessible search function for The National Archives' Find Case Law service.
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Welcome to the new National Archives blogs
We introduce you to our new blogs and explain why we’re so excited to share with you the improvements we have made.
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Designing our button
We recently went through the process of standardising the set of components we use to build our websites. The simplest of these was the button.
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The new National Archives blogs launched in 2025, but our older posts can still be read in the UK Government Web Archive.
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