York Digital Library

York Digital Library provides open access to digitized university archives and heritage collections, including manuscripts and photographs.

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About York Digital Library

Discover is the University of York's digital library platform for digitised material from the Borthwick Institute for Archives, the University Library and cultural heritage partners. It brings together manuscripts, archives, photographs and other resources spanning medieval manuscripts to twentieth-century photographs for researchers, students and the public worldwide.

Key features

  • Search more than 300,000 digitised items by collection name, person name or keyword
  • Browse named collections such as Stained Glass Images, Medieval Collections and University of York Photographs
  • View detailed zoomable images as IIIF manifests in the site or other viewers such as Mirador or UniversalViewer, with linked AI transcriptions
Best for: Researchers, students and members of the public worldwide.

York Digital Library at a glance

Type
Website
Pricing
Free
Platforms
Web
Details verified
Oct 21, 2026 · Official source
Open source
Not stated
Language
English
Country
GB
Last checked
Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

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