Oxford LibGuides: electronic Legal Deposit: Help/Feedback

eLD current situation

At the end of October 2023, the British Library was subject to a major cyber-attack, which disrupted access to electronic Legal Deposit (eLD) content. A large-scale exercise was subsequently undertaken to check the integrity of the vast core eLD dataset. This led to the development of a new secure interface for accessing eLD content collected prior to October 2023 (excluding the UK Web Archive, which remains unavailable).

The ELD SOLO Browser Image of the ELD SOLO Browser icon is an interim solution with limited functionality; for example, some of the tools and icons do not work properly.

Restoring access was deemed necessary despite these shortcomings. Fortunately, a project is underway to develop an improved version of the player. More information will be shared in due course.

Helpful resources

eLD content is only available for material collected prior to the October 2023 cyber-attack. If you require material that was published post October 2023 please see below for alternative resources.

Check SOLO for alternative copies
Check Library Hub Discover for content outside Oxford. Library Hub Discover is a union catalogue of 204 UK and Irish academic, national & specialist library catalogues across the UK
Recommend a purchase by filling in an online form. Your request will be passed on to the relevant subject librarian for consideration, and you will be notified of the outcome. SSO password required to access the form.
Inter-library requests: Our inter-library requests service (also known as inter-library loans) can attempt to obtain both loans of items and scans from other libraries in the UK and worldwide, when the material required is not held in an Oxford library. This service is available to all University and Bodleian Reader card holders although please note that charges apply for Reader card holder requests. Note that in most cases, print items from the British Library are not currently available, so there may be delays in sourcing ILL items that can only be obtained from libraries outside of the UK at this time.

Help/feedback

If you need assistance:

Ask a member of staff in a reading room for assistance
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Email reader.services@bodleian.ox.ac.uk with further queries

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