Voluntary eDeposit

The British Library is running pilot voluntary deposit schemes for offline and e-journal material on behalf of the Legal Deposit Advisory Panel and the Joint Committee on Legal Deposit. The PA has representatives on both bodies, and members are strongly urged to support these schemes and deposit their material.

  • e-Journal Voluntary Deposit pilot scheme

Publishers wanting to make deposits of electronic journals should follow this guidance:

  eJournal Voluntary Scheme Letter to Publishers 17Apr07

  eJournal Voluntary Scheme Scope 23Mar07

  • Offline Voluntary Deposit pilot scheme

Publishers wanting to make deposits of offline material should follow this guidance:

  Offline deposit guidance notes