Researcher Format Datasets from Collection Metadata
Researcher Format Datasets from Collection Metadata
Researcher Format Datasets from Collection Metadata
This collection of themed datasets is available in comma-separated value (CSV) format for users to analyse the data using utilities or applications such as Open Refine. We produce these files in response to: requests from researchers, projects and British Library exhibitions.
Researcher Format datasets consist of up to 5 files, each providing a different view of the data; the views focus on bibliographic records, titles, names, topical terms or Dewey classification. A ‘readme’ file accompanying each dataset provides details of file contents.
Users can download the CSV datasets of metadata for resources relating to people or topics. The resources are from the BNB and the British Library's collections. ZIP files include multiple CSV files, a readme.txt file and a PDF document.
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Item type:Dataset, Silk Road(2026-02-10)British LibraryDataset created to accompany the exhibition A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang (27 September 2024 - 23 February 2025). This Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, National Parks(2026-02-24)British LibraryDataset created to mark the 70th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 in 2019. This Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, W. H. Auden(2026-03-05)British LibraryThis Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources by or about W. H. Auden, drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually.3 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, Leonardo da Vinci(2025)British LibraryDataset created to accompany the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion (7 June 2019 - 8 September 2019). This Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually.1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, Elizabeth Barrett Browning(2026-03-05)British LibraryThis Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources by or about Elizabeth Barrett Browning, drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually.1 4 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, History of music(2026-02-10)British LibraryThis Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata relating to printed and manuscript sheet music from the British Library Catalogue. It was initially released as part of an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded collaboration between Royal Holloway University of London and the British Library, entitled "A Big Data History of Music". It is updated annually. The original project data is available here: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/collections/aa6a8a00-7611-4fde-a5f3-84d540d017833 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, India Office Medical Archives(2019)British LibraryDataset created during the India Office Medical Archives Project, 2015-2016. It describes a range of East India Company and India Office Records taken from the Official Publications, Government Proceedings, Board of Control Collections, and Political and Judicial records. The project was funded through a Wellcome Trust Research Resources award. More information can be found here: https://diseasesofmodernlife.web.ox.ac.uk/article/introducing-the-india-office-medical-archives-project10 7 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, E. R. Braithwaite(2025)British LibraryThis Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources by or about E. R. Braithwaite, drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually.5 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, William Wordsworth(2025)British LibraryThis Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources by or about William Wordsworth, drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually.1 5 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, Virginia Woolf(2026-02-24)British LibraryThis Researcher Format dataset consists of a collection of CSV (comma-separated value) files containing metadata for resources by or about Virginia Woolf, drawn from the British National Bibliography (BNB) and the British Library’s collections. It is updated annually.2 4