How can I be sure of quality?
We at British History Online (BHO) are part of the Institute of Historical Research's Publications section. The IHR has an extensive program of publication, including the journal Historical Research, established since 1923. Other electronic resources in the IHR include Reviews in History and the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History.
The expansion of BHO is very much part of the Institute's strategic planning. The IHR's commitment to the debate about the application of ICT to historical research is demonstrated by our recent and very successful conference on 'Humanities beyond Digitisation'.
All of our texts are double-keyed into XML by our outsourcing partner, in line with instructions from our expert editorial team.
Our partner guarantees accuracy of 99.9% and the team routinely test a sample of files to verify that guarantee. Our users consistently tell us that this degree of accuracy is essential in a reliable resource.
The editorial team are responsible for the development and maintenance of all supporting descriptive material and the taxonomies which support browsing. The team includes academic staff from the Victoria County History, the History of Parliament Trust and the Centre for Metropolitan History, as well as from within the IHR and elsewhere. (For more about the team, see Who we are in this section.)
The project team have a proven track record of successful project management. As well as our own project of digitisation, we have successfully completed a number of externally funded projects to date. Project partners have included the London Record Society, and English Heritage (for the Survey of London).